Six Local Women Launch First Health Care Co-op Owned by Immigrants [Madison 365]

By L. Malik Anderson, June 6, 2019, Madison 365

Six women sought out to serve their community as Promotores de Salud (Community Health Workers) but ended up founding Roots4Change / Raíces Para El Cambio, the first cooperative of its kind led by Latina and indigenous women.

“All of them were interested in health. All of them were interested in making a difference in their lives first and the lives of their family and the lives in the community,” Mariela Quesada Centeno, the inaugural Centro Hispano Maternal and Child Health Community Based Fellow and Cooperative Developer, said.

Roots4Change / Raíces Para El Cambio, the first immigrant cooperative in Dane County, markets community-wide culturally aligned doula services, a postpartum peer support group, holistic wellness workshops, and events embracing cultural heritage & traditions. All six of the women who own the cooperative are first-time business owners and four of them offer services as certified doulas.

“Roots is the result of an idea almost four years ago,” said Quesada Centen.

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Six Local Women Launch First Health Care Co-op Owned by Immigrants [Madison 365]

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