Houston’s East End Gets a Medical Boost With Help of a TV News Star — 3 Decades Of Helping Kids & Adults Without Insurance

What: El Centro de Corazón “Making a Difference” luncheon

Where: River Oaks Country Club

PC Moment: Chaired by Vicky Dominguez and with a lift from honorary chairs Leisa Holland-Nelson Bowman and Leila Perrin, the luncheon celebrated El Centro de Corazón’s three decades of providing the medical needs of underserved kids and adults living in Houston’s East End.

The three El Centro clinics help more than 12,000 primarily Spanish speaking patients annually with the mission of  providing primary health care services to the uninsured and underserved Houstonians in an effort to help reduce health disparities and to improve the overall health of the community.

Taking bows as Community Leader Honoree was Michele Leal Farah, who is chair of the Houston Arts Alliance board and actively involved in a number of charitable causes.”

“My parents and grandparents were public servants and community leaders who always taught me the value of giving back and being a voice for those who too often go unheard,” Farah told Houston Business Journal when named one of the publication’s 40 Under 40 honorees.

Comerica Bank was named Corporate Leader Honoree. The award accepted by by Comerica Bank Houston market president Jason Baker and Sineria Ordóñez, vice president, external affairs.

Cyndy Garza Roberts reprised her role as luncheon emcee while El Centro CEO Marcie Mir spoke on the need for expanded health care services in Houston’s underserved neighborhoods.

The luncheon highlight had to be keynote speaker Stephanie Ramos, an ABC News correspondent and a major in the U.S. Army Reserve. Her topic was “Unveiling the Strength Within – Making an Impact.”

PC Seen: Beckie and Gasper Mir, Dr. Sippi Khurana, Donae Chramosta, Vicki Luna, Gloria Luna Bounds, George Connelly, former Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, George Farah, Marisa and Gasper Mir, Cathryn Martinez, Becky Reyes, Cinthya Reade, Mari Treviño Glass, Lorena Gomez, Amalia Savala, Andrea Govea, Ginnie McConn, Jan Mendenhall, Dr. Hoda Sana, and Linda Flores Olson.