Through collaboration with Dientes Community Dental Care and the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation, Anita and the Salud Dental team are transforming the landscape of dental care for seniors. By now, you’ve likely heard about how, through this key funding and partnership, Salud will be positioned to hire additional dental providers to serve more patients,...

(Watsonville, CA) Salud Para La Gente’s (Salud) Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Donna Young as Salud’s next Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Donna Young will replace Dori Rose Inda, who is slated to retire in June 2023. “Donna Young has a strong background in healthcare administration that is just what we need...

Salud’s Annual Report is here! Read about all that we accomplished in 2022. This year we shifted away from COVID-centric care, returning focus to our principal mission of quality primary healthcare, preventive screenings, and other essential services. We also continue to assess and reassess our services to ensure they remain responsive to the changing needs...

Earlier this year, Dori Rose Inda announced her plans to transition from Salud Paral La Gente (Salud) in June 2023 following a decade of exemplary leadership. Salud is a vibrant community in the Pájaro Valley of California’s Central Coast. Salud serves 28,000 patients every year and provides an equitable and holistic approach to healthcare for...

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Dr. Christina Gamboa, Clinical Director and Director of Women’s Health at Salud Para La Gente (Salud), was interviewed for a KAZU segment on COVID-19 cases in the Monterey Bay area. She discussed how “the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on the Latinx community is a result of communities of color not being included in medical decision-making...

Dr. Amy McEntee, Chief Medical Officer of Salud Para La Gente (Salud), was interviewed for a segment on COVID-19 cases in Watsonville on the MSNBC show Weekends with Alex Witt. The story explores disproportionate rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the Latinx community.   The story begins at minute 12:22 and continues through 14:35....

“UC Santa Cruz, Community Foundation Santa Cruz County partner to expand access to COVID-19 testing: The campus is testing samples collected by Salud Para la Gente and Santa Cruz Community Health.” By working with local nonprofit health centers, the partnership will ensure that county residents will be able to get a COVID-19 test, regardless of...

Dr. Amy McEntee, Chief Medical Officer of Salud Para La Gente (Salud), was interviewed on July 27 in a NBC Bay Area news story on the impact of COVID-19 on farm workers. Dr. McEntee appears approximately minute 1:53 into the 2 minute news segment: update: On July 28th, part of Dr. McEntee’s interview with NBC...