SABRINA MORENO Richmond Times-Dispatch RICHMOND â Abril Garcia has spent the pandemic cycling in and out of hospitals, sitting in waiting rooms a few feet from people being tested for coronavirus. Garcia, a 28-year-old medical interpreter, never finds out if a result came back positive. She only knows not taking the chances of getting sick means Spanish-speaking patients coming in for an ultrasound or mammogram run the risk of misunderstanding their doctorâs words. With restrictive visitor policies, Garcia became one of their only advocates in a state where 464,606 Virginians are not English proficient. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates more than half are Hispanic, a population facing rampant misinformation and double the case rate of white residents.