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Leveraging Community Expertise to Advance Health Equity

San Antonio, 2019. Silvia Gonzales (right) received assistance with help transferring a house title that she was otherwsie unable to naviagte heerself. She was in danger of losing the house and the financial benefits that come with it as she could not afford a lawyer. Mary Carrillo's (left) parents passed away and left their house in Mary's brothers name. When this brother passed away Mary was left in the dark on what to do. MAUC helped transfer the title to her name.  Daniel Ibarra (left) was originally born in Mexico and came to the United States when he was 2. He was undocumented until age 8. Daniel was awarded a college scholorship program through MAUC and interend there for 3 summers. He now is a full time employee at MAUC and has the title of Housing Coordinater. He teaches several classes for the organization as well. MAUC stands for Mexican American Unity Council.