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The Healthcare Workforce Development Program, established in 2006 through a $1 million grant from Bank of America, tackles the challenges of low educational attainment, limited English-language proficiency and high unemployment in the primarily Hispanic-Latino communities of East Los Angeles, Boyle Heights and Montebello. The program offers high school and college…
MoreWe Are Hope, the annual Adventist Health White Memorial associate giving campaign, brought a season of renewed commitment and community spirit in 2023. It returned to full strength with in-person events, a first since COVID-19. The significance of associates investing back into our mission is incredibly powerful. It bolsters hospital…
MoreRecognizing the intricate challenges faced by unhoused individuals — frequent emergency department visits, compounded by the volatility of homelessness and additional behavioral health and substance use issues — we introduced the Homeless Health Navigation Project (HHNP) in November 2020. With the support of UniHealth Foundation and Good Hope Medical Foundation,…
MoreAdventist Health White Memorial is at the forefront of addressing food insecurity in the communities of East Los Angeles, Boyle Heights and Montebello, where the need is profound and persistent. According to a study published by the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences’ Public Exchange, 37% of low-income…
MorePatient Care Executive Patricia Vasquez, MSN/MHA,BSN, RN retires from her 44-year nursing career, reflecting on the importance of human connection
MoreFor years, Jon Goettsch regularly joined his friends on the green, lifted weights and took walks on the beach. That all changed in 2018 as his right elbow, worn by rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, deteriorated, causing him excruciating pain.
More“You have breast cancer,” they said. And suddenly, the world stood still. From that instant, my journey as a survivor began within the walls of the place I also work and call my second home, the Cecilia Gonzalez De La Hoya Cancer Center at Adventist Health White Memorial.
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