Welcome


Campesinos Sin Fronteras (CSF) is a 501(C)3 non-profit, grassroots organization serving migrant & seasonal farmworkers and other members of the low-income Hispanic community in Yuma County, Arizona. CSF seeks to empower our community by promoting health, facilitating access to health services, and helping our clients attain safe and affordable housing.


History


Campesinos Sin Fronteras (CSF) was founded by a group of farmworker and ex-farmworker community leaders who were concerned about the lack of health and social services and advocacy for the farmworker population. The idea behind the organization was to create a community-wide partnership between farmworkers and community leaders representing local organizations, local government, churches, and civic groups. CSF has been in existence since 1997 and officially became a non-profit 501 (C)(3) organization in 1999. Since then, CSF has evolved into an organization with multiple health and housing programs that utilizes a grassroots Promotora Model to reach its clients in a linguistically and culturally appropriate way. The organization currently serves Yuma and the rural Arizona communities of Somerton, Gadsden, San Luis, Wellton, Dateland.


Executive Director


Emma Torres is a founding member of Campesinos Sin Fronteras and has been its Executive Director since 2001. She is a nationally recognized Hispanic community leader and current Arizona Member of the US-Mexico Border Health Commission.

Emma is a Mexican immigrant who grew up working beside her farmworker parents. Having witnessed the inequities and hardship of migrant farmworker life, she has devoted her career to advocacy and social change. Emma has worked in community social service agencies for over 20 years. After six years with the Arizona WIC program, she continued on to pursue a position at the Valley Community Health Center where she served for over a decade. She has been at the forefront of projects targeting family health, women’s health, and child development, and was a pioneer of the Promotora (Lay Community Health Worker) Model in Arizona.

In recognition of her leadership, Emma has received numerous awards at local and national levels. Among them are the Proyecto San Pablo Community Worker of the Year Award in 1994, the Robert Wood Johnson National Leadership Award in 1999, the US-Mexico Border Health Association Health Care Worker of the Year in 2001, and Arizona/Mexico Commission Andy Nichols Award in 2002. In 2005, the Mexican General Consulate in Yuma, Arizona presented her with the Ohtli award, and selected her as a Representative of Mexicans Abroad from among 80 community leaders nationwide.

Emma holds a Bachelor’s degree in social work and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree.