Plan your legacy gift to support Latino mental health
You can have a lasting impact on ensuring culturally-responsive mental health services in North Carolina by making a planned gift to El Futuro through a bequest in your trust, will, or estate plan.
By making a planned gift to El Futuro, you will be ensuring:
- Sustainable, culturally responsive mental health care for our Spanish-speaking neighbors
- Cutting edge training, consultation, and support for mental health providers, building the capacity to create more culturally responsive services across the state
- Hope-filled support groups for parents, teens, and others who are seeking community
- Public spaces like El Futuro’s therapeutic garden for neighbors to come together and have contact with nature and with one another, reducing isolation and improving wellness
Additional benefits to making a planned gift to El Futuro
- You can decide how much to give – no amount is too small – and retain total control of your assets throughout your lifetime
- Your gift can be made in honor or memory of someone else if you so stipulate
- You can donate anonymously or designate that you wish to be recognized in your giving
- Some planned gifts can reduce tax burdens for heirs – but your gift will undoubtedly benefit the next generation!
Ways to make a planned gift to El Futuro
There are two main ways to make a planned gift to El Futuro, but you may want to consult with your financial planner about the best way to maximize your gift.
Name El Futuro as a beneficiary in any of your accounts such as a retirement plan or a donor-advised fund. To do so, request a beneficiary form from your bank or plan administrator and write in El Futuro as beneficiary. You will need our address (2020 Chapel Hill Rd. Suite 23 Durham, NC 27707) and tax identification number (80-0122334)
Include El Futuro in your will by adding the suggested language: “I give to El Futuro, Inc, whose office address is 2020 Chapel Hill Rd. Suite 23 Durham, NC 27707, (Tax ID# 80-0122334) ______ % of the rest of my estate (or $________) in support of its mission.”
If you have decided to make a planned gift to El Futuro, we would love to know! This way we can thank you and inspire others to make similar planned gifts. Please contact Mary Coffman, Advancement Manager at mcoffman@elfuturo-nc.org or 919-298-2040. Thank you for considering El Futuro’s mission in your long-term plans. With your support, El Futuro will continue to nurture stronger familias.
For questions or more information, please contact Mary Coffman, Advancement Manager at El Futuro at mcoffman@elfuturo-nc.org or 919-298-2040.
Alvely Alcántara, LCSW
Rossy C. Garcia, MEd 
Katy Sims, MD 
Everardo Aviles, LCSW, LCAS (Eve)
As a medical anthropologist and social work researcher, Dr. Gulbas’ research embodies interdisciplinarity through the integration of applied theories of health and human development with qualitative and ethnographic methodologies. Her work seeks to understand how people—children, families, and providers—navigate complex sociocultural landscapes in the pursuit of mental health. Most of her work, to date, focuses attention on developing more robust interpretations of suicide risk. With funding from the National Institutes of Mental Health, this body of research has contributed to advancements in theoretical and empirical knowledge of the broader contexts within which youth suicide risk is situated. 
R. Gabriela Barajas-Gonzalez is a developmental psychologist and an assistant professor of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Dr. Barajas-Gonzalez is the principal investigator of a study that examines the impact of immigration-related threat and stress on school communities. She earned a PhD in developmental psychology from Columbia University and hold a BA in human biology from Stanford University. Dr. Barajas-Gonzalez is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and a first gen college student.
Dr. Parra-Cardona is an Associate Professor in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work (SHSSW) at the University of Texas at Austin. At the SHSSW, he serves as Coordinator for Mexico and Latin American initiatives. He also serves as Area Director for Research at the UT Austin Latino Research Institute. Dr. Parra-Cardona’s program of research is focused on the cultural adaptation of evidence-based parenting interventions for low-income Latinx populations in the US and Latin America.
Bianka Reese, PhD, MSPH is a research scientist and program evaluator specializing in adolescent and young adult sexual and reproductive health. Her previous research in the experiences of Latinx LGBTQ+ youth stems from her work as the Research and Evaluation Manager at SHIFT NC (Sexual Initiatives For Teens), where she led largescale evaluations of multilevel, community-based sexual health promotion initiatives and research projects aimed at elevating the voices of diverse youth in North Carolina. Dr. Reese is currently the Senior Research Strategist at Creative Research Solutions, LLC, an award-winning national evaluation, research, and assessment firm.
Tania Connaughton-Espino, MPH is an independent researcher focused on adolescent and young adult sexual and reproductive health. Her interest in the experiences of Latinx LGBTQ+ youth stems from her previous work with SHIFT NC (Sexual Initiatives For Teens), where she led the training and evaluation department, conducted capacity-building workshops for youth serving professionals including on the topic of how to be more affirming of LGBTQ youth, and from her extensive experience working with the Latinx population in NC.
Maru Gonzalez, EdD is an Assistant Professor and Youth Development Specialist in the Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences at North Carolina State University. Her areas of inquiry include youth development with a focus on activism, social justice, and the experiences of LGBTQ+ young people across familial, school, and community contexts. 
Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, PhD
Hector Y. Adames, PsyD