ALAS Community Service Bus
ALAS Community Service Bus
ALAS Community Service Bus
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Community care

Help tend our shared garden

I partner with a community nonprofit organization, Ayudando Latinos A Soñar (ALAS), to support access to outstanding child behavioral health care embedded in thriving community settings.

ALAS is a Latino-centered nonprofit organization that serves predominantly farmworker communities around Half Moon Bay, CA. In 2023, ALAS was named a California Nonprofit of the Year.

Accompaniment-based care

Children thrive in healthy communities supported by vibrant social ecosystems. For this reason, I believe that the thriving of one child is connected to the thriving of all children. Families in my private practice have the opportunity to support a thriving landscape of child development for a broader community.

I spend a share of my time providing care to families involved with ALAS through the ALAS-Stanford Child Wellbeing Lab. My services are provided pro bono or in partnership with Health Plan of San Mateo.

Families seen in my private practice in Menlo Park can choose to support care activities at ALAS. Donations do not fund my time. Instead, they support care navigation by our family care advocates, provision of parenting support and child therapies, maintenance of a culturally accessible clinical space, and documenting impact.

Evidence for change

I am part of a Stanford research team partnering with ALAS to generate evidence for the innovative, community-embedded child behavioral health care models.

Seeking visionary partners

I am broadly engaged in a range of efforts focused on solving fundamental access, equity, and quality issues in child behavioral health. I am seeking visionary partners who care about behavioral health to build novel programs.

Mariachi dancers
Mariachi dancers
Mariachi dancers

Arts as wellness

ALAS is an arts-centered organization that understands the role of culture, community, creative expression, and human connection to our collective wellbeing. ALAS youth arts groups such as Ballet Folklórico Tonantzin and Mariachi Media Luna engage youth in cultural wellness practices and share the arts through performances.

We seek opportunities to partner with arts-based organizations in your community to expose children to wellness through the arts.