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El Futuro is a community-based nonprofit organization that seeks to transform Latino-serving mental health care in North Carolina and beyond. We provide bilingual and culturally-responsive mental health services including therapy, psychiatry, substance use treatment, and case management in a welcoming environment of healing and hope.

Founded as a volunteer project by Dr. Luke Smith in 2001 to address the unmet need for bilingual mental health services for North Carolina’s growing Latino immigrant community, we were incorporated as a nonprofit in 2004. Our mission is to nurture stronger familias to live out their dreams.

Celebrating 20 years of impact

Celebrating 20 years of impact

As El Futuro enters its twentieth year of providing mental health services to the Latino community, we look back and look forward on where we’ve come and where we are going!This 2024 marks El Futuro's 20th anniversary of serving a resilient and brave community. During...

How TECS Shapes the Future of Mental Health Care

How TECS Shapes the Future of Mental Health Care

At El Futuro, our Training, Education, and Consultation Services (TECS) are about more than sharing knowledge—they’re about creating lasting change in how mental health care is delivered to Latino communities. To give you an inside look, we sat down with Samuel Marsan, our new Clinical Mental...

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Partnering with PCORI to Elevate Latine Youth Mental Health

Partnering with PCORI to Elevate Latine Youth Mental Health

El Futuro is proud to share the results of Mi Voz, Nuestra Salud, a groundbreaking initiative funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI®) through its Eugene Washington Engagement Award. This project gave Latine families, youth, and community leaders in North Carolina a...

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5th Art Auction and Fundraiser for Mental Health

5th Art Auction and Fundraiser for Mental Health

Come be part of an evening full of beauty, art, music, and calor humano at El Futuro’s 2025 Art Auction, and help nurture stronger familias in our community live out their dreams. El Futuro invites you to join us in downtown Durham at The Rickhouse on Saturday, November 1st, for a night full of...

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