Preventing Birth Defects: Andrea Lopez's Story of Hope and Advocacy
Andrea Lopez holds her son, Gabriel Crude, in a hospital in Bakersfield, California, in 2011. Gabriel was born with anencephaly, a severe birth defect linked to a deficiency in folic acid, a crucial vitamin. After experiencing the loss of her first child to the same condition fifteen years ago, Lopez finds solace in the hope that Latina mothers can now prevent similar tragedies.