|
Barbara Garcia, M.P.A.
If we’re talking to kids about sex, drugs, and rock and roll, but we’re not talking to their parents about what their kids are facing, then we’re not going to close the
loop.
|
|
Community Health Leaders
1993
Area(s) of expertise:
Substance abuse
Homelessness
Leader’s Biography 1993:
Former Executive Director, Salud Para La Gente, Watsonville, CA
Garcia's political savvy transformed a small clinic in her community predominantly composed of Latino farmworkers and their families into a federally-qualified, bi-cultural comprehensive health care center that has mobilized the county to respond to a wide variety of community crises, including the 1989 California earthquake.
Where this Leader can be reached today:
Deputy Director of Public Health
San Francisco Department of Public Health
1380 Howard Street, Room 544
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 255-3525
Email: barbara_garcia@sfgov.org
|
