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The Multicultural Area Health Education Center, Inc. (MAHEC) is a non-profit organization based in East Los Angeles. It was founded in 1985 by Luis Mata (pictured right) with the help of an Area Health Education Center federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health Services. MAHEC specializes in addressing the health information and health education needs of the Latino community in Los Angeles County.

Today, MAHEC is one of the Area Health Education Centers in California which has evolved into a multifaceted, non-profit, community based agency. MAHEC is now recognized as a model for other AHEC's because of its evolution to non-profit status and its focus on providing ethnic-specific programs and services in a fast-changing and complex health care delivery environment.

MAHEC's Organization Structure

  • Board of Directors
  • President/CEO
    • Administrative Assistant
      • Clerical Staff
    • Program Managers
      • Health Education Project Staff
      • Advocacy Project Staff
      • Community Education & Outreach Staff
      • Program & Policy Development Project Staff
      • Training & Technical Assistance Project Staff
    • Evaluation Consultants
    • Contracts & Grants Management

MAHEC's vision is to expand community based, individual and family-oriented health programs and services for Latinos




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