ABOUT

Why Sembrando Flores exists

Many communities across the country are medically underserved. Families drive hours for specialty care. Clinics operate with skeleton staffing. In many of these communities, families have no background in healthcare, and people may not even know the wide range of careers available beyond doctors and nurses. Young people who want to enter the health professions often have no local role models and no clear path forward.

Sembrando Flores was founded to change that. The name means “planting flowers,” and the mission is to plant seeds of possibility in students who already belong to these communities, then walk beside them as they grow into the health professionals their neighbors need.

Our team

Sembrando Flores is built by people who understand underserved communities firsthand, because they come from them.

Jessica Flores-Martija

M.A. in Teaching, B.A. in History, La Sierra University

Social Studies teacher at Redlands Unified School District, specializing in project-based and collaborative learning.

Christopher Martija-Flores

M.S. in Health Professions Education, Loma Linda University

Currently pursuing a PhD at MGH Institute of Health Professions.

Daniela M. Hernandez

M.Ed. in Educational Leadership, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Co-developed bilingual LCAP-aligned family engagement curriculum delivered across California. B.A. in Liberal Studies, Cal State San Bernardino.