J. Lorraine Estradas, RN, BSN, MPH

Ms. Estradas currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Arroyo Vista Family Health Center, a non-profit network of community health centers serving Greater Northeast Los Angeles since 1981. Under Ms. Estradas’ leadership, Arroyo Vista has grown from a small storefront clinic to a healthcare delivery network of four health centers and a mobile medical clinic serving the healthcare needs of medically underserved families within its local communities as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Ms. Estradas also currently serves as a City Health Commissioner in Los Angeles. Ms. Estradas has a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing as well as a master’s degree in Public Health, both from UCLA. While pursuing an education, Ms. Estradas continued advocacy for access to quality health care for the poor and medically underserved in Los Angeles. Her experience included hospital and community public health nursing at UCLA, the Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center for the Developmentally Disabled, the State of California Department of Health Services – Rural Health Farmworker Division, and Arroyo Vista Family Health Center.