Somos Mayfair - Healthy Living for Latina Women and their Families

Address

Somos Mayfair
370-B S. King Road
San Jose, CA 95116
United States
408-251-6900
http://ww.somosmayfair.org

Mission

Somos Mayfair’s mission is to support families to be healthy and resilient; to build a vibrant community; and to contribute to the larger people’s movement for justice.

Programs

Community Engagement: Using cultural arts- specifically popular theater-as tools for community education, leadership development and dialogue. Family Support: Building on families’ inherent strengths, we assist them in their efforts to be healthy and to prepare their children for school success. We employ a team of community educators to work with over 200 Mayfair families each year. Civic action: We organize residents to take collective action to impact policies and build power.

Personnel Overview

Pamela Gudino - Program Director – Family Support
Pamela has worked as a community organizer, primarily in farm worker communities in the Central Valley, and as a health educator, with an emphasis on chronic disease prevention and self-management. She also has experience conducting research & evaluations of health promotion and disease prevention programs.

Aryeh Shell - Community Engagement Program Director
Aryeh has worked as a theater artist, educator and activist with many groups including Art and Revolution, Teatro Visión, the Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble, Direct Action to Stop the War and is the founder of the Herstories Project, a multicultural women's oral history and theater project. In 2006, through ArtCorps, she developed a theatre and social arts program for youth in El Salvador.

Evangelina Nevarez - Civic Action Program Director
Evangelina, daughter of immigrants from Durángo, México, grew up in East San José. She began her organizing career in California with the United Farm Workers of America, led organizing campaigns for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and directed the field operation for the Vital Services Campaign in Salinas. She has been involved in the Chicana/o social justice movement for 15+ years.

Personnel Statistics

Jaime Alvarado, Executive Director
Founded in 1997
Employees: 14
Volunteers: 0