Who We Are
Esperanza serves an area that is in great need of quality healthcare. Families in Esperanza's service area experience significant economic, educational, and health disparities. More than 53 percent of residents live below twice the poverty level. Large portions of Esperanza's service area have been designated as a Medically Underserved Area and a Health Professional Shortage Area by the Health Resources and Services Administration.
All of our full-time providers and all of our clinical staff are bilingual and bicultural. Our services and programs are carefully tailored to the needs and culture of the communities we serve.
Our Mission
Centro de Salud Esperanza is a community health center whose mission is to promote healthy lifestyles and improve health status through the provision of high quality health care and wellness services. Our programs emphasize prevention and education provided by bilingual, culturally diverse staff dedicated to overcoming barriers faced by underserved communities.
Our Vision
Esperanza means hope in Spanish. In living up to its name, Centro de Salud Esperanza envisions a world where community residents will be served regardless of immigration status, race/ethnicity, income or insurance, and will be able to realize their full potential through optimum health.
Esperanza strives to create communities where the root causes of health problems are addressed not only at the time of a clinic visit but through trusting, co-operative partnerships between clinic and community.
Esperanza sees healthcare and wellness promotion as inseparable. This focus results in programs which emphasize creative, innovative, and well-informed solutions to health problems.
Our Values
At Centro de Salud Esperanza, we value:
- Access to affordable healthcare for all
- Quality in all programs and services.
- Teamwork to achieve the best health outcomes for our patients and communities.
- Families and their informed and active participation in healing and wellness
- Empowerment that helps patients make healthy life choices
- Respect for people of all ages, cultures and languages.
- Education for both the individual and the community to achieve optimum wellness
- Commitment to improving the health of our communities in a way that is caring, compassionate and focused on the whole person