Programs
Six pillars of transformative impact
Each program is designed with community input, measured for outcomes, and built for lasting change.
Inspired by the EvCC-to-MD journey
Community College Pathways
Dr. Arte credits Everett Community College with jump-starting her education 14 years ago. This program partners with the EvCC Foundation model—scholarships, emergency grants, and wraparound support—so the next generation of nurses, physicians, and community leaders can start where she did.
- Community college scholarships
- First-generation student mentorship
- Emergency student grants
- EvCC Foundation partnership pathway
$94.5K
2025 EvCC breakfast raised
14 yrs
Founder's EvCC-to-MD path
250+
Leaders at 2025 breakfast
From charity care to a medical home—for everyone
Primary Care & Health Equity
Dr. Arte once relied on Providence charity care because she had no medical home. That lived experience shapes this initiative: the foundation does not provide clinical care, but it funds the community wellness Dr. Arte wished existed earlier—navigation into primary and preventive care, health literacy workshops, Somali- and ESL-accessible materials, and support for neighbors moving from emergency rooms to ongoing relationships with a clinician. It complements Street Medicine & Outreach by building medical homes before crisis, rooted in the cultural humility and shared decision-making she practices across the Pacific Northwest.
- Medical home navigation for uninsured neighbors
- Preventive wellness workshops in community settings
- Somali-language and immigrant health literacy
- Charity care and insurance enrollment support
Providence
Where her equity story began
ESL+
Language-access health education
PNW
Snohomish & King County
Honoring mothers who pave the way
Women & Family Empowerment
Dr. Arte's earliest lessons in medicine came from helping her mother navigate nursing studies in a second language. This initiative funds language support, childcare stipends, and career coaching for women—especially East African and immigrant families—entering healthcare and community leadership across Snohomish County and the Seattle metro.
- Healthcare career pathways for women
- ESL and academic coaching
- Mother-daughter mentorship circles
- Childcare and transportation grants
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Generations of healers
ESL+
Language-access support
PNW
Snohomish & King County
From Lakewood schools to white coats
Youth Leadership
Dr. Arte decided to become a doctor while still in elementary school in the Lakewood School District. Youth Ascend creates shadowing opportunities, hospital volunteer placements, and college-readiness coaching modeled on her Providence Everett senior project—the experience that confirmed her calling.
- Hospital volunteer placements
- Pre-med and nursing mentorship
- College application coaching
- Lakewood & Snohomish County schools
K-12
Pipeline entry points
HS
Hospital volunteer track
EvCC
College bridge partner
Meet people where they are
Street Medicine & Outreach
Volunteering with MercyWatch, Dr. Arte joined clinicians reaching Everett's houseless population in the city's hidden corners. The foundation funds medical supplies, volunteer clinician time, and outreach coordination with partners who share her conviction that dignity begins by showing up—literally and figuratively.
- MercyWatch partnership support
- Street medicine supply funds
- Unsheltered patient navigation
- Everett & Snohomish outreach
MercyWatch
Everett partner
Direct
Street-level care model
24/7
Community need
Pacific Northwest roots, Horn of Africa reach
Somali Heritage & Global Health
Dr. Arte has traveled and lived in 20+ countries, including global health service in Ghana. This program supports Somali-language health education, diaspora leadership convenings in the Seattle metro, and sustainable development partnerships that honor East African heritage while building self-reliance abroad.
- Somali-language health materials
- Diaspora leadership forums
- Ghana & Horn of Africa partnerships
- Heritage storytelling archive
20+
Countries of experience
Ghana
Global health service
PNW
Somali diaspora hub
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