We’re more than just consulting, we’re a movement
Our services
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Program Development
We design and implement community-informed programs that address health, food access, and equity. Our approach centers lived experience to create sustainable and culturally relevant solutions.
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Partnerships & Capacity Building
We collaborate with organizations and community leaders to strengthen capacity, share resources, and expand impact. Through training, technical support, and partnership, we help build sustainable, community-driven solutions.
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Community Engagement
We create spaces for authentic community connection, listening, and participation. Our work ensures that community voices guide decision-making and shape the programs that serve them.
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Mentorship
We support emerging leaders through mentorship rooted in trust, cultural identity, and shared learning. Our approach fosters personal growth, leadership, development, and pathway for community impact.
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Storytelling
We elevate community voices through storytelling that honors culture, identity, and lived experience. Stories become tools for healing, advocacy, fund raising and driving systems change.
Our Mission
Voces de Salud empowers communities through inclusive initiatives that amplify voices, foster unity, and ignite change.
Breaking Barriers, Bridging Health
Voces de Salud was born out of a shared passion, resilience, and an unyielding commitment to community. Founders Maria Valenzuela, Cindy Quintero, and Julieta Larios have a combined 37 years of experience working in the nonprofit sector, serving the very communities they call home. From their humble beginnings as interns to roles as health educators, coordinators, directors, and Chief Program Officer, their careers have been dedicated to addressing the health disparities and systemic barriers that they experienced firsthand.
Growing up in under resource communities from South Phoenix to East Mesa, to Maryvale in West Phoenix, Maria, Cindy, and Julieta were shaped by the challenges their families and communities faced. As young girls, they often found themselves navigating a world that required them to act as interpreters—from the grocery store to the doctor’s office. They intimately understand the struggles of living with limited resources and the anxiety of accessing essential services. This shared history ignited a passion to serve and create lasting change in their communities.
The creation of Voces de Salud was catalyzed by a deeply personal and painful experience. When one of the founders faced an unexpected loss of employment, she found herself — relying on the very services she had dedicated her career to providing. With medical concerns mounting, a refrigerator emptied of food, and the fear that her daughter might have to leave college, she made the difficult decision to seek help. Setting pride aside, she accessed services she had once championed for others.
This humbling experience reaffirmed the trio’s belief in their mission. They recognized that their unique lived experiences, combined with their education and professional expertise, positioned them as the ideal bridge between healthcare professionals and underserved communities. They understand the trauma, barriers, and injustices their communities face because they have lived them, and they continue to overcome them.
Voces de Salud is more than a consulting firm—it is a movement. It is a call to action to address systemic inequities and ensure that all individuals, regardless of their background, have access to the healthcare and resources they deserve. Together, Maria, Cindy, and Julieta are turning their shared struggles into a shared mission: to empower communities, eliminate barriers, and build a healthier, more equitable future.