who we are

Our team includes healthcare advocates, holistic practitioners, professors, cultural bearers, artists, educators, and community organizers whose success lies in our unique combination of lived experience, understanding of the community, professional capabilities, academic training, and expertise in bridging traditional healing practices with contemporary women's health education. Our team has specialized knowledge in reproductive health, mental health support, traditional Indigenous medicines, and cultural wellness practices to develop impactful holistic health programs that address the physical, emotional, and mental well-being that genuinely resonate with our community.

Our staff includes a director, program coordinator, contracted artists facilitators, bookkeeper, and grant writer. A core team of MdM members support with their various skills on a multitude of projects. Our team comes from the community we serve and has extensive organizational skills.

Our experience and passion for grassroots organizing, women’s health, multimedia arts, and cultural programming makes us uniquely qualified to expand our services. Our director, Felicia Montes, professor in Chicano/a Studies at Cal State Long Beach, has been with the organization since its inception and guided our steadfast commitment to grow our organization to the next level. We remain flexible and responsive to changes in political climates and will continue to offer healing spaces that offer coping and community.