Recently, Clinica Verde welcomed two wonderful volunteers to share their skills and leadership with our community – Dr. Ray Mendez And Dr. Maura Mendez. Ray works at Northwestern University-Erie Family Health Center and Maura is currently working at MacNeal Family…
Brian O'Neill is Executive Vice-President of O'Neill Associates Inc. – an insurance firm specializing in professional liability, risk management, and business insurance for architects, engineers and land surveyors – and a former Board member of Clinica Verde. As an MBA student…
Clinica Verde Annual Meeting of the Board Granada, Nicaragua Feb. 4, 2017 By Susan Dix Lyons I’d like to welcome all of you to the 11th Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of Clinica Verde. (Thanks for traveling here…
Friday, Feb. 4, 2017 Dear Board of Directors of Clinica Verde, Hi, I'm Marvely Diaz. I was a participant in a group of pregnant women (at Clinica Verde), and I gained much knowledge because even though I had already had…
Clinica Verde has always been a family – a place where the staff is part of the community, knows each other's families, and struggles and celebrates together. This past month, one of our wonderful employees, David Narvaez, lost his father,…
By Dr. Nubia Huete Gertrude Mendez Ruiz is a well-known character in Boaco, Nicaragua, where those who know her remember her as a happy young woman who went everywhere with her father, who was a traditional dancer. When she was…
As we shared with all of you earlier, Clinica Verde is partnering with the Ministry of Health of Nicaragua to redesign two of their rural health posts (puestos de salud). The broader hope is that the work we do together…
This month, Clinica Verde supporter Cisela Wildes turns 80. Born in 1936 and raised in Sweden, she spent most of her adult years living in the U.S. before retiring in 2009. Then, she met an Englishman, and decided to…
We'd like to introduce you to our new awesome intern, Gabrielle Dennis. Gabrielle is originally from Banning, California, but her family has lived in Australia since 2005. She's a senior Health Communication major, Pre-Dentistry and Honors student at Pacific Union College…
By Mary Elizabeth Flores, Program Director at Clinica Verde As part of its model of compassionate care, Clinica Verde covers staff lunches for its entire team - and it's a great experience for everyone. It allows us to get together…