News
Updates, stories, and announcements from Somos Amigos.
News From The Clinic – Summer 2026
I want to thank all of our volunteers and Dominican partners for another extraordinary week at the clinic. This group was especially meaningful for us, as we welcomed many new faces: 15 first-time volunteers who brought fresh energy, compassion, and commitment to our work.
News From The Clinic – Spring 2026
I want to thank all of our volunteers and Dominican partners for another extraordinary week at the clinic — and this group earned extra credit, pushing through some heavy rains …
News From The Clinic – Fall 2025
Our October team was able to dodge Tropical Storm Melissa as she was brewing in the Southern Caribbean. Still, we “enjoyed” a couple of those downpours that our volunteers will …
News From The Clinic – Summer 2025
A highlight of our July trip was having a team with us from the University of Nebraska College of Dentistry: Dr. Rick Williamson, a prosthodontist, was joined by three fourth-year …
Somos Amigos Welcomes Wander Cubilete as Director of Operations
We continue plan for our future and growth! As we lay the groundwork that will allow us to serve many more patients, we are excited to welcome Wander Cubilete to …
Director of Operations
Posted September 30, 2024 Somos Amigos Medical Missions is a U.S. based 501(c)(3) tax exempt public charity that operates a primary care medical and dental facility in a rural and mountainous …
Growing our Board of Directors
July 1 marks the changing of our Board’s leadership. Dr. Jim McCann, whose term as Board Chair overlapped the pandemic, oversaw a period of remarkable challenge, but also incredible growth. …
Somos Amigos welcomes Magaly Peralta to Board of Directors
On January 1 we officially welcomed Magaly Peralta to our Board of Directors. This is an important milestone for Somos Amigos, in that we now formally have a representative from …
Reflections on 25 Years of Service and Friendship
In the late 1980s, my colleague Tom Drexler and I started a service program at Georgetown Prep called Somos Amigos. Our challenge: how do you take a young person from …
Expanding our Women’s Health Initiatives
Where would we be without the women in our lives? This month, we’re celebrating International Women’s Day on March 8th by asking ourselves, “how can we honor our female patients …
Remembering the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
As we conclude our January Clinic operation, we mark eleven years since a destructive earthquake struck Haiti, our neighboring country to the west. We were at the clinic and felt …
Recognizing our staff and volunteers
We wanted to take this moment to recognize the incredible efforts of our Dominican team, without whom the past year of tremendous change would have been impossible. Muchisimas gracias to our physicians, Dra. Livia and Dra. Rachelli; our dentists Dr. Abel and Dr. Cesar and their assistants Indiana...