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03
Mar

Salud Para La Gente’s Board Announces Next Chief Executive Officer

(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...
08
Dec

Read Salud’s 2022 Annual Report!

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...
18
Nov

Salud is recruiting for a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to build on the momentum that has enabled Salud to grow into the pillar of community health that it is today.

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...
13
Aug

Dr. Christina Gamboa Interviewed for KAZU Story: Why Monterey Bay Latinos And Hispanics Are Worse Off When It Comes To COVID-19

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...
02
Aug

Dr. Amy McEntee Interviewed for MSNBC Story on COVID-19 Cases in Watsonville

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....
28
Jul

Salud and UCSC Partnership to Increase Turnaround Time for COVID-19 Testing

“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...
27
Jul

Dr. Amy McEntee Interviewed for NBC Bay Area News Story on the Impact of COVID-19 on Farm Workers

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...
23
Jul

NBC Bay Area Comunidad del Valle Interview with Dr. Amy McEntee and Darlene Torres

On July 23, 2020, Dr. Amy McEntee, CMO, and Darlene Torres, CHS Manager, of Salud Para La Gente (Salud), were interviewed by NBC Bay Area on the Comunidad del Valle segment. Their interview is available in two parts: