History
How We Got HereThree Decades of Transformative Work
Founded in 1993, ALMA was born from a simple truth: change doesn’t happen by accident—it requires vision, persistence, and relentless commitment. For three decades, we’ve done the difficult work of building a coalition that didn’t exist, creating pathways where there were only walls, and transforming Arizona healthcare one scholarship, one mentor, one career at a time. It took everything. It was worth everything.
Winds of Change in Health Care: Its Implications for Latinos
Co-Sponsor: Office of the Dean, University of Arizona Health Science Center, Tucson, Arizona. Sample video provided for July 23, 1994 Tucson Conference.
La Voz de ALMA Radio – KPHX, la Mexicana Super X, 1480 AM radio
First program took place on Tuesday, November 5, 1996. Presenters were:
- Eduardo Alcantár, MD, MPH, ALMA Chairman
- Victor Salazar-Calderón, MD, Immediate Past Chairman
- Adolfo Echeveste, ALMA Executive Director.
Second Radio Presentation
The second ALMA radio presentation was in January 1997 by:
- Jose Francisco Carrasco, MD, Pediatrician,
- Samuel Benjamin, MD, Family Practice & Pediatrician
- Raymond Valdivia, MD, Family Practice
- Cesar Castro Marin, MD, OBG.
Response to Arizona Government ERA restrictions for provision of healthcare to undocumented residents
Free Health Fairs were held in Central Phoenix, Guadalupe, Glendale, Maryvale, Mesa, Tempe, Nogales and Casa Grande. Uninsured & under Insured US citizens and undocumented residents were served.
Sample video provided for October 12, 1998 Health Fair at Maryvale, Phoenix, AZ.
