MISSION STATEMENT

Provide a forum for organizations and community leaders to improve access and education on end of life health care services for our diverse multicultural communities.

CO-FOUNDERS:

Elisabet Romero
Multicultural Education Coordinator
UNR Cooperative Extension
Nevada Center for Ethics & Health Policy
8050 Paradise Road
Las Vegas, Nevada
Tel./Fax 459-1331
romeroe7@unr.nevada.edu
Founder/Manager of Nevada Hispanic Coalition: Dignifying End of LIfe Care, "Dignificando La Partida"
Multicultural Health Education Coordinator; Nevada Center for Ethics & Health Policy; University of Nevada, Reno. President of Clark County Health District's LUCES (Latinos Unidos Celebrando Salud)- Yr 2006
Co-Host of RADIO LUCES- Health Media Program

Cassandra Cotton, CHPNA
Community Relations and Outreach Representative
Nathan Adelson Hospice
4141 Swenson Street
Las Vegas, Nevada
Tel. 702-796-3153
ccotton@nah.org
Founder/Manager of Nevada Black End of Life Care Coalition, Community Outreach Coordinator, Nathan Adelson Hospice. National Hospice and Palliative Care (C.N.A. Board Member), Member of National Robert Wood Johnson Foundations Caring Connections Program. 2006 recipient of KLAS TV8 Portrait of Pride (Black History Month). Member, National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's National Hospice and Palliative Care Organizations's Careing Connections Program. 2001-2007 Section Leader, National Council of Hospice and Palliative Professionals (NCHPP). Charter member, Toastmasters International, Certified Competent Toastmaster, Silver and former Vice-President. Active member of Victory Baptist Church.