¡Bienvenide!
Esperanza is a Centro Hispano of Dane County and UW-Madison School of Education partnership funded by the Wisconsin Partnership Program. Esperanza mobilizes hope by nurturing and growing the potential of our Latinx community through:
- Increasing access to culturally appropriate mental health services with training and intervention.
- Strengthening family-centered community programming that addresses the social determinants of health.
Nuestra cultura de salud views health through a holistic framework that seeks to address the physical, psychological, social, environmental, political and cultural factors that influence wellness.
Interested in becoming part of Esperanza graduate training at UW-Madison?
Visit our “Certificate” Tab for more info or “Apply Now“!
If you are interested in taking some but not all Esperanza certificate courses, please contact Dr. Ramírez Stege directly at ramirezstege@wisc.edu
Interested in volunteering/collaborating/working with us? Visit “About Us” “Our Work” Tab
Mission:
Support community wellbeing through community mental wellness programming and structural change.
Vision:
A Dane County Latinx/e community that is strengthened by systems that support Esperanza (hope) as necessary for good health.
Watch this brief introduction to our work and space
Upcoming Events
HEART Santuario: https://tinyurl.com/HEARTSantuario
HEART Talleres
Reciprocity with our communities:
Have you benefitted from plant medicine and want to give back? Are you interested in making a difference by supporting ancestral work and Indigenous practices? Please join us in supporting the initial stages of the Ancestral Cacao Reclamation Project. Every donation makes a difference! Please share with your network!
GO FUND ME DONATION PAGE, click here.
Esperanza Highlights:
- Centro Hispano’s Esperanza program brings holistic framework to mental health: Madison 365 story by Rodlyn-mae Banting Apr 12, 2022
- NEW Momentos de Esperanza Podcast! As part of The Esperanza Project, we are very excited to introduce a new Spanglish Podcast focused on Wellness and Mental Health in the Latinx Community. Learn more at About Us – Our Work Page or click to play the podcast below!
- Check out the Radical Healing Virtual Gallery: Esperanza’s First Cohort (2022-23) share what “radical healing” means to them as part of their final project for Spring 2022 course COUN PSY 500 Radical Healing & Ethics of Latinx Bilingual Training.
*This website was created with help from an American Psychological Association (APA) Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention, and Training in Psychology II (CEMRRAT2) Task Force Award.