Native Americans, African Americans, and Latinos comprise less than 14 percent of practicing physicians in the state despite California’s majority “minority” demographics. A culturally competent, experiential, and linguistically skilled healthcare workforce is vital. Creating the nation’s first sustainable medical program pathway, California Medicine confronts this issue head on by increasing diversity in the primary care physician pool. California Medicine’s support of competent and well-trained physicians as front-line defenders to our democracy and reputable allies in ensuring equity and justice for all serves as a model for the nation.

California’s UMiM students overwhelmingly enter the post-secondary education system through California Community Colleges, and the Foundation is the official nonprofit supporting the Board of Governors, the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, and the California Community College system - the largest system of higher education in the nation. California Medicine’s mission parallels the Chancellor’s Office bold Vision for Success, dedicated to reducing equity and achievement gaps, increasing student transfer rates, and helping students reach their defined end goals.