On Saturday, November 15, 2014, Samuel Merritt University’s Physician Assistant (PA) program hosted The Great Gatsby Fundraiser Game Night, benefiting the FACES for the Future Coalition. “We chose to partner with FACES because many of our classmates were mentors to the high school students last school year,” said Rochell Ermitanio, PA student. “Through this mentorship,… [Read More]

FACES programs foster mentorship opportunities between high school scholars and professionals in healthcare.  A particularly special mentorship program is the partnership between FACES Hayward and Samuel Merritt University’s Physician Assistant department. FACES for the Future Scholars from Hayward recently had several opportunities to meet with their mentors, all of whom are graduate students from Samuel… [Read More]

The FACES Coalition’s Summer Medical Academy, hosted at Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, CA, was featured on NBC’s Bay Area Proud television program. Dr. Tomás Magaña says, like most physicians, he began his career believing that treating illnesses would be the way he would save his patients lives. But then Dr. Magaña, a pediatrician, began… [Read More]

The FACES for the Future Coalition’s founder, Dr. Tomás A. Magaña, and FACES alumni – Leonel Mendoza, Victor Ramos, Felicity Harris and Autumn Adams – were featured in People Magazine’s “Heroes Among Us” section. In 2000, Dr. Magaña co-launched the FACES for the Future program in Oakland, CA. The program has paired hundreds of high school… [Read More]

The FACES for the Future Coalition and its founder, Dr. Tomás A. Magaña, were featured on the NBC Nightly News on January 1, 2013. Since 2000, FACES for the Future has provided health care career training, mentorship and academic support to high school students in some of the toughest areas of Oakland and Hayward, California. In this compelling piece, Dr. Magaña… [Read More]