El Centro del Barrio (CDB), which began doing business as CentroMed in 2001, was founded in 1971, operating one counseling program for children and adolescents. CDB was an outgrowth of the National Institutes of Mental Health-funded and Our Lady of the Lake University-sponsored Mexican-American Mental Health Education Project, which aimed to increase the number of Mexican-American social workers providing culturally-competent mental health services in San Antonio’s Westside and Southside barrios. Faced with a loss of funding, CDB’s community advisory board opted in 1973 to incorporate as a nonprofit in order to secure the independent funding needed to continue providing services.

Community & Lifestyle

CentroMed

Ernesto Gómez

Ana Maria Garza Cortez

Raymond Wei

Don Macaulay

Lawrence Charles Walzel

Anna Serrano

Norma G. Parra

Graciela Alarcon-Cigarroa

Clevert Tseng

Board Governance

Healthcare Administration

Leadership Team

Teams at CentroMed

Board Governance

Healthcare Administration

Leadership Team