WELCOME
La Maestra Community Health Centers is an award-winning not-for-profit organization that has been serving low-income and immigrant communities for 19 years. A member of the Council of Community Clinics, La Maestra (Spanish for "the teacher") has Centers located in and around San Diego, in City Heights, El Cajon, National City, Lemon Grove and at Hoover High School. Our physicians, dentists, psychologists and staff are experts in delivering culturally competent care to more than 39,000 residents annually. What distinguishes La Maestra from all other healthcare centers is our Circle of Care commitment - a promise to not only provide quality healthcare but to place our patients' entire well‑being as our highest priority.
Save the Date!!! - Friday September 11, 2009 - Our Annual Golf Tournament Fundraiser
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Recent News at La Maestra
June 2009 - Construction is moving right along!!
Construction began January 5th, 2009 on La Maestra's new "green" 34,660 square-foot healthcare facility. If you drive by now, you will see a huge crane and lots of workers putting up the structural steel frame. The project is about 40% finished - after nearly a decade of research, planning and fundraising. Pictures will be available soon.
The new health center will be located at the corner of Fairmount and University Avenues in City Heights, San Diego's most culturally diverse and low income community. Drive by and check out the progress or call us for a tour!
La Maestra: Building Green
Click here for a larger view of the picture. In addition to vastly increasing access to quality healthcare with the new facility, La Maestra will become one of the first USGBC LEED® Gold-level certified community clinics in the country, meeting the highest green building and performance standards.
Click here to learn more about our showcase green healthcare building. And check back soon for a new page with the history of the green building project and information about our Preferred Green Vendors and generous donors!
March 2009 - Our new Lemon Grove Clinic opened!
We opened a medical and dental clinic in Lemon Grove in early March 2009, located at 7967 Broadway Avenue. The clinic has part-time hours right now. Please call 619-741-7423 for hours of operation and additional information. Click here to see the flyer for the Lemon Grove Clinic about all the services we offer there.
We plan to have a grand opening this summer, and we will post the date here once its official, so please check back soon!
June 2009 - La Maestra has started the Reach Out and Read Program at the Fairmount Clinic!
Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a national program that makes literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric primary care so that children grow up with books and a love of reading. ROR trains doctors and nurses to advise parents about the importance of reading aloud and provides our clinic with age-appropriate books to give to children at pediatric check-ups from six months to five years of age. Building on the unique relationship between parents and medical providers, ROR helps families and communities encourage early literacy skills so children enter school prepared for success in reading.
If you would like to donate any new or gently used children's books, please contact Lindy at 619-584-1612!
