A Healthcare & Career Exploration for Youth
  • VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS
  • HEART MATH
  • Spring Symposium
  • Sponsors
  • Past events
    • JANUARY 10th, 2020
    • JANUARY 11th, 2019
    • JANUARY 19th, 2018
    • JANUARY 27th, 2017
    • NOVEMBER 6th, 2015
    • JANUARY 8th, 2015
    • FEBRUARY 20th, 2014
    • The Beginning

MI FUTURO
History

The Beginning
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Once a mere daydream of bringing empowerment and wholeness through health and education, Mi Futuro has evolved over recent years from a somewhat spontaneous pizza night, shared by high school students and healthcare professionals, to a well-organized and attended symposium of mental health workshops and healthcare seminars, co-founded and co-chaired by Musetta Perezarce, Registered Nurse/Teacher, and Wanda Tapia, Executive Director of Latino Service Providers.
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​In 2013, Musetta Perezarce, the visionary, used a grass roots approach, brainstorming on a notepad.  At the time, she was a Hospital Supervisor at Kaiser Santa Rosa. Musetta personally approached respected hospital colleagues whom she thought might share her vision to inspire and empower youth as they pursue healthcare professions.  She received an enthusiastic response and went on to launch the first event of 50 students.
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2013 night of mentor get-to-know-you games over pizza,  med stations, and speakers. 
​​Inspired by the Latino Health Forum she attended a few months later, Musetta petitioned Wanda Tapia, hoping for collaboration. At the time, Wanda was the coordinator of the dynamic Latino Health Forum. Wanda attended the second annual event, and straightway committed to its future success & impact. Wanda and Musetta immediately began the shaping of Mi Futuro, and launched as cochairs in Fall 2015! 
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​Wanda worked to receive first-year funding from the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) and support from the Sonoma County Department of Behavioral Health, through voter approved Proposition 63, also know as the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). Wanda’s expertise in symposium management, program development, and community mobilization enabled Mi Futuro 
2015, to take the next step and become an official symposium:
 "Mi Futuro esta en Carreras de Salud/My Future is in Healthcare Careers", complete with steering committee, syllabus, and over one hundred attendees.
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Cofounders: The Why
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Musetta and Wanda, personally have lived experience of stressors & social disparities common to Latino youth in California. They share mutual values to bring healing and wholeness to the individual and to the community through health, education, and economic empowerment.
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Wanda and Musetta share a passion for empowering community, addressing mental health issues, and equalizing social disparities. It is their commitment to these values that drive them to create an event that informs, motivates, and compels youth to consider careers in the mental health and primary healthcare fields. ​
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Mi Futuro Cofounder
Wanda Tapia
Tapia Consulting
Latino Health Forum Coordinator
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​Mi Futuro Cofounder
Musetta Perezarce, RN, BSN, MBA
Registered Nurse, Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa
Mi Futuro Mission
  1. Promote Mental Health wellness among youth.
  2. Inspire youth to pursue behavioral & primary healthcare careers.
  3. Support underrepresented & disadvantaged youth to pursue health careers to strategically develop a more culturally & linguistically competent healthcare workforce. 
  4. Encourage total health by advocating higher education attainment, a key social determinant of health.
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​Contact Us: 
Email: mifuturonorcal@gmail.com

Location:
Sonoma State University Student Center
1801 E. Cotati Ave
Rohnert Park, CA 94928

  • VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS
  • HEART MATH
  • Spring Symposium
  • Sponsors
  • Past events
    • JANUARY 10th, 2020
    • JANUARY 11th, 2019
    • JANUARY 19th, 2018
    • JANUARY 27th, 2017
    • NOVEMBER 6th, 2015
    • JANUARY 8th, 2015
    • FEBRUARY 20th, 2014
    • The Beginning