Oscar Sanchez

Witnessing the injustices that marginalized people, especially people of color endure due to the lack of accessible quality healthcare, has inspired Oscar to use his voice to champion those who feel powerless and too often silenced. A strategic, enthusiastic, and innovative healthcare leader, Oscar has a passion for reducing health disparities by creating systems of change. Oscar hopes to replace inefficient systems with culturally humble, innovative, and integrated models of care to break the cycle of inequity. His past experiences included a supervisory role in a federally qualified health center however, Oscar was interested and committed to the broader mission of helping the underserved population.

Currently, Oscar works for Central California Alliance for Health, the county’s award-winning regional non-profit health plan, which serves over 370,000 members in Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Merced counties. In his role as a Project Specialist, Oscar coordinates, participates, and leads several quality improvements and population health initiatives.

Oscar is a first-generation college graduate and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Education from UC Santa Cruz, and is currently pursuing a Master's in Health Care Administration from Cal State East Bay.