A culturally competent, experiential, and linguistically skilled healthcare workforce is vital. However, despite California’s majority “minority” demographics, Native Americans, African Americans, and Latinos comprise less than 14 percent of practicing physicians in the state. By creating the nation’s first sustainable medical program pathway, CMSP confronts this issue head on by increasing diversity in the medical field.

As California’s UMiM students overwhelmingly enter the post-secondary education system through California Community Colleges, the Foundation – the official nonprofit supporting the California Community College system, the Board of Governors, and the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office – is a key partner to CMSP’s medical pathway . CMSP’s mission also parallels the Chancellor’s Office's bold Vision for Success, dedicated to reducing equity and achievement gaps, increasing student transfer rates, and helping students reach their defined end goals.