When Ramona Latty — a then 84-year-old Dominican immigrant living in the Bronx — was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, she was told to “Google it” for more information. Her daughter Yvonne Latty — by this point a mother herself, a journalist, and a university professor — was also in the room. They received the diagnosis in shock. That day, Yvonne noticed how packed the waiting room was, she noticed the color of everyone’s skin, and she realized: we are being ignored.