Latinos Salud was founded in 2008 to create a safe space for Latino gay guys and their partners to find friends, support and health resources. Our diverse staff hail from: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Venezuela. All program staff members are bilingual, and all are certified test counselors, in addition to facilitating other specific programs.
Our Mission
Latinos Salud exists to provide client-centered, culturally competent health education and integrated preventive, screening, and healthcare services throughout South Florida to reduce the burden of communicable diseases and improve health outcomes.
Our four locations cover South Florida’s Miami-Dade and Broward counties, offering both appointment and walk-in service five days weekly to 9:00 PM and Saturdays 10 AM to 2 PM in Wilton Manors, North Miami, Miami Beach, and Westchester, as well as late-night mobile outreach and testing online and in popular venues.
Each of our locations offers HIV prevention education using our DiversiSafe approach, HIV rapid testing, STD screening and treatment, PrEP and PEP enrollment and initiation, Ryan White case management, health insurance and patient assistance program navigation, ACA health insurance premium support, health and culture event programming, as well as our Wellness Clinics providing vaccinations, healthcare for HIV, hepatitis, diabetes, hypertension, and more.
Each year, Latinos Salud provides over 24,000 HIV tests 34,000 STD screenings each year, treats 3,000 clients for STDs, initiates 2,000 patients on PrEP and maintains another 2,000 on PrEP, vaccinates 1,000 people, treats 300 community members with HIV, stages over 100 health & culture events, conducts 200 late night mobile shifts and distributes 225,000 condoms.
We strive to provide client-centered, culturally competent health education and integrated preventive, screening, and linkage services throughout South Florida in order to reduce the burden of communicable diseases and improve health outcomes.
“Salud” means health, but our locations feel anything but clinical. From the moment you enter, you’re treated like family. Our welcoming “living rooms” are used for cultural events, peer-led activities, and opportunities for making new friends, as well as for introductions to our health education and screening services.
About Us
Latinos Salud was founded in 2008 to create a safe space for Latino gay guys and their partners to find friends, support and resources.
Our diverse staff hail from:
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Venezuela
All of our program staff members are bilingual, and all are certified test counselors, in addition to facilitating other specific programs.
Board of Directors
2025-2026
Chair — Franco Chevalier, MD
Co-Chair — Saul Diaz, ARNP
Treasurer — Jose Manuel Valencia Rivera
Secretary — Jose Ramos
Member — Mariano Kanamori, Ph.D.
Member — Juan Oves, MPH, MD
Member — Sam Angarita
Member — Victor Gimenez
Founding Executive Director — Stephen Fallon, PhD
Co-Founding Member — Rafaelé Narváez
We strive to provide client-centered, culturally-competent health education and integrated preventive, screening, and healthcare services throughout South Florida in order to reduce the burden of communicable diseases and improve health outcomes.
“Salud” means health, but our locations feel anything but clinical. From the moment you enter, you’re treated like family. Our welcoming “living rooms” are used for cultural events, peer-led activities, and opportunities for making new friends, as well as for introductions to our health education and screening services.
