In part three of A Diaspora in Focus, the CT Mirror highlights Connecticut residents from Southeast Asia.

Katy Golvala
Katy Golvala is a member of our three-person investigative team. Originally from New Jersey, Katy earned a bachelor’s degree in English and Mathematics from Williams College and received a master’s degree in Business and Economic Journalism from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in August 2021. Her work experience includes roles as a Business Analyst at A.T. Kearney, a Reporter and Researcher at Investment Wires, and a Reporter at Inframation, covering infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean.
A Diaspora in Focus: South Asia
In part two of A Diaspora in Focus, the CT Mirror highlights CT residents from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
A Diaspora in Focus: East Asia
We interviewed one CT resident from each Asian ethnicity as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Today, meet residents with roots in East Asia.
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Sharon Hospital’s plan to shut labor and delivery gets initial denial
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Federal funds to boost mental health care for teens in northwest CT
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Another CT hospital petitions to close labor and delivery unit
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Most CT residents enduring Medicaid ‘unwinding’ keep coverage
Three months after the end of a policy that prevented states from kicking people off Medicaid, most CT enrollees still qualify for coverage.
CT’s public health emergency ended. What about telehealth?
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The COVID emergency is over in CT. Here’s the latest on risk and more
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CT Senate clears expansion of autism, disability services
The bill addresses the needs of residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities across education, employment, housing and more.
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The Senate passed the original bill without the community health worker provision, which was included in an amendment added Wednesday morning.
CT House passes expansion of HUSKY for immigrant children
The measure would extend Medicaid coverage to kids 15 and younger without legal status. But advocates wanted people up to age 25 to qualify.