Carmela Castellano-Garcia, Esq. is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the California Primary Care Association(CPCA), overseeing an organization of over 800 nonprofit, community-based primary healthcare clinics which serve over 4 million patients a year, over half of them Hispanic. Ms Castellano-Garcia has been committed to advancing multi-cultural health policy issues for over 17 years, focusing on areas such as cultural and linguistic competency in health care delivery, ensuring the viability of safety net providers, healthcare reform and access to care for vulnerable populations.