Compassion & Choices today released new bilingual videos featuring deceased Latino advocate Miguel Carrasquillo, his mother and Mexican actor  Mauricio Ochmann. The videos commemorate the first anniversary of Miguel’s horrific death to brain cancer and demonstrate the need for medical aid in dying. A native Puerto Rican, Miguel was realizing his dream as a chef…

Compassion & Choices lanzó hoy videos bilingües nuevos mostrando al fallecido defensor latino, Miguel Carrasquillo, a su madre, y al actor mexicano Mauricio Ochmann, promoviendo la ayuda médica para morir al conmemorarse el primer aniversario de la muerte horrible de Miguel por cáncer cerebral. Miguel, originario de Puerto Rico, estaba realizando sueño como chef en…

People en Español published a beautiful two-page spread about Compassion & Choices volunteer advocate Miguel Carrasquillo, highlighting the fact that 69 percent of Latinos now support medical aid in dying since Miguel’s agonizing death last year, as well as our Latino efforts in New York and across the nation. The story also notes the support…

Ha pasado casi un año desde que le dijimos adiós a nuestro amigo, Miguel Carrasquillo, y aprovecho esta oportunidad para contarles lo que su muerte ha significado para Compassion & Choices y nuestra misión. Miguel abrió la puerta al movimiento de opción de fin de vida en español, al convertirse en el primer defensor latino…

  Univision Anchor Jorge Ramos wrote the following piece about meeting Miguel. Click here to read the op-ed in Spanish. Miguel Carrasquillo, 35, didn’t die as he wanted. He died in pain after enduring months of agony. Miguel wanted doctors to end his pain by helping him to die, but none of them could legally…

The Chicago Tribune published an opinion piece by Miguel Carrasquillo, who recorded a bilingual video for Compassion & Choices to urge state lawmakers nationwide to pass laws to give terminally ill adults the option of medical aid in dying. In the piece, Miguel talks about the pain he experiences and calls on lawmakers nationwide to authorize…

People en Español published a beautiful two-page spread about Compassion & Choices volunteer advocate Miguel Carrasquillo, highlighting the fact that 69 percent of Latinos now support medical aid in dying since Miguel’s agonizing death last year, as well as our Latino efforts in New York and across the nation. The story also notes the support…

In 2016, as my friend Miguel Carrasquillo lived his last days, I reached out to Univision anchor and Emmy Award-winning journalist Jorge Ramos. Miguel, a 35-year-old former chef who had lived in New York and Chicago, was dying of brain cancer. Miguel had recently recorded bilingual interviews to urge fellow Latinos to support medical aid…

The original editorial was published in  Diario NY, (New York) La Opinión,(Los Angeles)  La Raza (Chicago). I feel lost, numb. Not only did I lose my only son, I feel as if I failed the sacred duty to protect my child. But fulfilling the last promise I made to Miguel before his painful death to…