Title

Sandra Ascencio

Authors

Sandra Ascencio
Juana Duque, Florida International University

Files

Description

In this interview, Sandra Ascencio describes her experience working in South Florida nurseries where workers must work without water, food, or breaks. She opens up about how she suffered a heat stroke. In addition to detailing the gruesome conditions which caused the injury, Sandra explains the long-lasting impacts of the heat stroke on her health. Because of these long-term consequences, she isn't able to work as many hours as she had prior to the stroke, which affects her financially. Much of the interview focuses on Sandra’s role in the Que Calor! campaign and her ongoing advocacy for outdoor workers’ protections against extreme heat.

Publication Date

10-10-2023

Publisher

Florida International University

City

Homestead, Florida

Keywords

Florida International University, Miami, Agriculture, Labor, Human Rights, Education, working-conditions, government programs, labor reform, South-Florida, Miami, Pro-human movement, WeCount, Heat standard, extreme heat

Disciplines

Public Policy | Social Justice

Comments

Video Length: 00:32:51

Biography: Sandra Ascencio is an outdoor worker and an organizer with We Count! and the Que Calor! campaign, advocating to win life-saving protections for outdoor workers in South Florida. Sandra came to the U.S. from El Salvador with her three children to find better upcomings for her family as well as to grief the loss of her husband.

Recommended Citation

Ascencio, Sandra and Duque, Juana, "Sandra Ascencio" (2023). Después del Desierto: An Oral History of Women Agricultural Workers in South Florida. 2.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/we-count-student-oral-histories/2