¡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/e 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.
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
Check out our multiple program offerings:
Esperanza Highlights:
- Esperanza received a UW-Madison Morgridge Center Community-based Learning Course Development Grant to support the NEW Esperanza Community-engaged Mental Health Justice Research with Latines undergraduate/graduate course! For more info on Esperanza courses, go to: https://esperanza.wisc.edu/coursework/
- Dr. Ramirez Stege, Director of the Esperanza Certificate, received the Extra-Mile Award from The Rainbow Project this past September, 2023. This award acknowledges community leaders who have demonstrated exceptional advocacy to support local children and families.
- Centro Hispano’s Esperanza program brings holistic framework to mental health: Madison 365 story by Rodlyn-mae Banting Apr 12, 2022
- 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.