Luke Sprunger

Author's Entries

  • Centro Cultural de Washington County

    Centro Cultural de Washington County is an educational and cultural center in Cornelius that offers aid and other services to Latinos. During World War II, many Latino workers came to the region as part of the Bracero Program, and thousands of Latino agricultural workers migrated to the Pacific Northwest …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center

    The Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center was established in 1975 to provide treatment for Spanish-speaking patients, immigrants, and others living in Washington and Yamhill Counties who had no insurance or money to pay their hospital bills. The center has grown from a single doctor's office, located in a converted three-car …

    Oregon Encyclopedia