Ambassador Program

Lydia Pasillas (she/her/hers)

AACI serves individuals and families with cultural humility, sensitivity and respect, advocating for and serving the marginalized and ethnic communities in Santa Clara County. AACI's mission is to strengthen the resilience and hope of our diverse community members by improving their health and well-being.

Asian Americans for Community Involvement

Marcela Patino (she/her/hers)

BACS envisions strong neighborhoods where everyone is healthy and has an abundance of resources, meaningful relationships, and a place they call home. BACS uses a “whatever it takes” approach to stabilize and empower our participants to achieve individualized goals.

Bay Area Community Services

Cristina Sosa (she/her/ella)

Canal Alliance is a nonprofit champion of immigrants who are challenged by a lack of resources and an unfamiliar environment. Canal Alliance believes everyone has the right to achieve their dreams. Because when we support immigrants, Marin becomes a place where everyone can live, learn, work, and succeed.

Canal Alliance

James Sarria (he/him/his)

Canal Alliance is a nonprofit champion of immigrants who are challenged by a lack of resources and an unfamiliar environment. Canal Alliance believes everyone has the right to achieve their dreams. Because when we support immigrants, Marin becomes a place where everyone can live, learn, work, and succeed.

Canal Alliance

Pedro Moreira (he/him/his)

Canal Alliance is a nonprofit champion of immigrants who are challenged by a lack of resources and an unfamiliar environment. Canal Alliance believes everyone has the right to achieve their dreams. Because when we support immigrants, Marin becomes a place where everyone can live, learn, work, and succeed.

Canal Alliance

Wilner Alvarez (he/him/his)

Canal Alliance is a nonprofit champion of immigrants who are challenged by a lack of resources and an unfamiliar environment. Canal Alliance believes everyone has the right to achieve their dreams. Because when we support immigrants, Marin becomes a place where everyone can live, learn, work, and succeed.

Canal Alliance

Jasmine Derish (she/her/hers)

Compass Family Services leads the way in helping San Francisco families facing homelessness secure stable housing and attain economic self-sufficiency and family well-being. Compass Family Services have been service innovators for more than 100 years, and more than 95% of the families who complete their housing programs achieve lasting success.

Compass Family Services

Luwam Beyene (she/her/hers)

Compass Family Services leads the way in helping San Francisco families facing homelessness secure stable housing and attain economic self-sufficiency and family well-being. Compass Family Services have been service innovators for more than 100 years, and more than 95% of the families who complete their housing programs achieve lasting success.

Compass Family Services

Aaron Rodriguez (he/him/his)

Homeless Prenatal Program empowers homeless and low-income families, particularly mothers motivated by pregnancy and parenthood, to find within themselves the strength and confidence they need to transform their lives. Homeless Prenatal Program promotes health and stability for families.

Homeless Prenatal Program

Nancy Diaz (she/her/hers)

Larkin Street Youth Services is a nonprofit supporting young people to move beyond homelessness. Founded in 1984, Larkin Street has helped over 80,000 young adults in San Francisco by providing a continuum of healthcare, housing, employment, and education services. As San Francisco’s largest nonprofit provider for young people experiencing homelessness, Larkin Street is part of the movement to end youth homelessness on a national scale through policy partnerships with national organizations and fellow nonprofits.

Larkin Street Youth Services

Anna Hernandez (she/her/hers)

Serving San Joaquin County, California, Prevail advocates and strengthens individuals, families and children through prevention and education driven services and programs delivered with compassion and respect. Prevail provides free and confidential services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking. Prevail is dedicated to providing immediate crisis intervention and ongoing supportive services to individuals and families who have experienced or are currently experiencing sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, or domestic violence. Prevail rovides services to youth at risk, runaway or experiencing homelessness to heal, grow, and thrive.

Prevail

Monica Gomez (she/her/hers)

Serving San Joaquin County, California, Prevail advocates and strengthens individuals, families and children through prevention and education driven services and programs delivered with compassion and respect. Prevail provides free and confidential services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking. Prevail is dedicated to providing immediate crisis intervention and ongoing supportive services to individuals and families who have experienced or are currently experiencing sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, or domestic violence. Prevail rovides services to youth at risk, runaway or experiencing homelessness to heal, grow, and thrive.

Prevail

Cristian Ramirez-Rodriguez (he/him/his)

Rebekah Children’s Services (RCS) has been a mental health provider in Santa Clara County for decades, and has a wonderful reputation built on trust and commitment to the community we are honored to serve. RCS offers a full continuum of family-centered services including prevention, mental health, foster care and adoption, and educational services to promote the healthy development of children and families. RCS' services are designed to meet the individual needs of children and families based upon their age, developmental functioning, history of trauma, cultural values, family environment, and physical health.

Rebekah Children’s Services/ParentChild+

Selenia Charles (she/her/hers)

The mission of Shelter, Inc. is to prevent and end homelessness for low-income, homeless, and disadvantaged families and individuals by providing housing, services, support, and resources that lead to self-sufficiency.

Shelter, Inc. rebuilds lives one family at a time, by helping them re-establish a home, and assisting with the skills and resources needed to live the life they deserve. Wrap-around services are essential components of long-lasting solutions. Affordability is only one factor that results in someone becoming homeless. Education, training, counseling and goal planning are vital to the success of regaining and maintaining a home.

Shelter Inc.

Cecilia Lipp (she/her/hers, they/them/theirs)

The UCSF Health and Human Rights Initiative (HHRI) brings together leading multidisciplinary clinicians from across UCSF's ecosystem with decades-long expertise in health services for immigrants. UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, and the Departments of Family and Community Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Pediatrics, along with members of the Trauma Recovery Center / Survivors International, UCSF School of Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and clinics, the San Francisco Department of Public Health, and many others have united in an unprecedented commitment to address this challenge to our community’s and country’s health.

UCSF Health and Human Rights Initiative