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in the City of San Diego (SD). Of the 30,000 residents, 70% are Hispanic and 54% have less than a high school education. The median household income is 56% less than that of the City of San Diego and 24% less than the average for California as a whole. San Ysidro is framed by three active freeways: Interstate 5, Interstate 805, and State Route 905.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Proximity to the U.S.-Mexico Port of Entry (POE) has raised concerns about air quality due to extreme vehicular wait times and industrial truck exhaust. As many as 120,000 vehicles and 60,000 pedestrians cross the POE each day.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-x6uwzkyeog4q fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="x6uwzkyeog4q"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-icon fl-node-a8knobmu6qdg" data-node="a8knobmu6qdg"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-icon-wrap"> <span class="fl-icon"> <i class="fas fa-chart-line" aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-gir7wshf9dpz" data-node="gir7wshf9dpz"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">The Results</span></h3> <p style="text-align: left;">Together with project partners & collaborators, we will be able to create an environmentally just, equal, and innovative design for the residents of San Ysidro. This will be done through calculation of climate metrics and GHG emission reductions and assessment of environmental, ecological, and public health benefits of proposed design.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Our case study can serve as a tool for Disadvantaged Communities (DAC) throughout California by addressing tangential issues that affect their residents as well. These include transportation justice, green pedestrian corridors, public safety, and serve as a launching pad for future green infrastructure.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="services" class="fl-row fl-row-full-width fl-row-bg-color fl-node-p1ti3ncugjw2 fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center" data-node="p1ti3ncugjw2"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-gdx0tov42pb7" data-node="gdx0tov42pb7"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-8in0vcrftglm fl-col-bg-color" data-node="8in0vcrftglm"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-5yukwirj3edb" data-node="5yukwirj3edb"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <h1>Project Overview</h1> <div id="desc_brief" class="project_component"> <p>San Ysidro is a majority (93%) Latino community and contains some of the lowest income census tracts in the City of San Diego (SD). Of the 30,000 residents, 70% are Hispanic and 54% have less than a high school education. The median household income is 56% less than that of the City of San Diego and 24% less than the average for California as a whole. San Ysidro is framed by three active freeways: Interstate 5, Interstate 805, and State Route 905. Proximity to the U.S.-Mexico Port of Entry (POE) has raised concerns about air quality due to extreme vehicular wait times and industrial truck exhaust. As many as 120,000 vehicles and 60,000 pedestrians cross the POE each day. While many SD County communities have seen a reduction in air pollutants during the COVID-19 pandemic, San Ysidro has recorded an increase in pollutant levels such as black carbon (BC).</p> <p>Casa Familiar is the leading non-profit organization in San Ysidro and has a 40+ year history of advocacy, service provision, community planning, and development. Alongside San Diego State University, the San Diego Air Pollution Control District and the University of Washington, Casa Familiar was part of the San Ysidro Community-Based Air Monitoring Study. The goal of this study was to engage the community of San Ysidro in designing, deploying, and analyzing the data collected from a network of low-cost air quality monitors for 12 months. 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font-weight: bold;">COMMUNITY LEAD</p> <p>Alejandro Amador is the Community Air Program Supervisor with Casa Familiar. In 2018, Amador joined Casa Familiar as the Community Air Monitoring Technician responsible for aiding in the restoration of the San Ysidro Air Monitoring Network. This community-based research project consists of collaborating with San Diego State University and the University of Washington to place low-cost air monitors around the border community of San Ysidro. This project incorporates engagement with San Ysidro residents and stakeholders to interpret the community’s top air quality concerns as well as educational materials and workshops for the community to grow a better understanding of the impacts of air pollution through the data collected. Now, as the program supervisor, Amador oversees the continuous implementation of Casa Familiar’s air program and grants while working to connect this work to Casa Familiar’s community development and advocacy efforts.</p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-9qo8tk54h3c7" data-node="9qo8tk54h3c7"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-zbk5w1rluhm2 fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="zbk5w1rluhm2"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-photo fl-node-y4t39l5k7s06" data-node="y4t39l5k7s06"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-photo fl-photo-crop-circle fl-photo-align-center" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <div class="fl-photo-content fl-photo-img-jpg"> <img decoding="async" class="fl-photo-img wp-image-1098" src="https://communitysci.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/bb-plugin/cache/SarinaVega-150x150-circle-7200fdc736abdd979d3febed50080e00-y4t39l5k7s06.jpg" alt="SarinaVega" itemprop="image" title="SarinaVega" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-x2gckj6a4qyp fl-col-bg-color" data-node="x2gckj6a4qyp"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-callout fl-node-qu6k5j8ra4o2" data-node="qu6k5j8ra4o2"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-callout fl-callout-has-icon fl-callout-icon-left"> <span class="fl-icon"> <a href="mailto:communitysci@agu.org" target="_self"> <i class="" aria-hidden="true"></i> </a> </span> <div class="fl-callout-content"> <h3 class="fl-callout-title"><a href="mailto:communitysci@agu.org" target="_self" class="fl-callout-title-link fl-callout-title-text"><span>Sarina Vega</span></a></h3><div class="fl-callout-text-wrap"><div class="fl-callout-text"><p style="padding-bottom: 5px; font-weight: bold;">COMMUNITY LEAD</p> <p>Sarina Vega is an Air Quality Technician at Casa Familiar. Her background is in environmental science and policy. At Casa Familiar, her roles as a researcher and public health advocate intersects with issues of public health, environmental justice, transportation, data analysis and community outreach/engagement is a large part of her position. She has extensive experience working in San Ysidro schools, with promotoras and youth. She is deeply interested in GIS work and has spent time studying the U.S./Mexico border landscape and urban infrastructures. Before Casa Familiar, she also worked at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Youth Conservation Corps. She is currently pursuing a certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at UCSD.</p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-xp543sql6vdh" data-node="xp543sql6vdh"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-af17sdjhyvkt fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="af17sdjhyvkt"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"></div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-rs97f3yvhb5i fl-col-bg-color" data-node="rs97f3yvhb5i"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-callout fl-node-rgs9eai5hu3d" data-node="rgs9eai5hu3d"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-callout fl-callout-has-icon fl-callout-icon-left"> <span class="fl-icon"> <a href="mailto:communitysci@agu.org" target="_self"> <i class="" aria-hidden="true"></i> </a> </span> <div class="fl-callout-content"> <h3 class="fl-callout-title"><a href="mailto:communitysci@agu.org" target="_self" class="fl-callout-title-link fl-callout-title-text"><span>Lisa Cuestas</span></a></h3><div class="fl-callout-text-wrap"><div class="fl-callout-text"><p style="padding-bottom: 5px; font-weight: bold;">COMMUNITY LEAD</p> <p>Lisa Cuestas is currently Chief Executive Officer of Casa Familiar, a 501(c)(3) non-profit community-based organization in San Ysidro, CA. Ms. Cuestas has worked for Casa Familiar for 20 years and nearly 25 years of experience in the non-profit sector. 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