Maria is a certified Community Health Worker through the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and has been a Promotora in the Rio Grande Valley for 30 years.
She is part of the South Texas Promotora Association, where she currently sits on the Board.
Promotoras de Salud are trained lay health workers who work in Spanish-speaking communities. She has worked with many programs throughout her career with a goal of reaching vulnerable, low-income and underserved members of Latino/Hispanic populations.