{"id":5214,"date":"2025-02-17T18:06:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T18:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/?page_id=5214"},"modified":"2026-01-14T18:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:04:20","slug":"a-letter-from-our-program-director","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/index.php\/a-letter-from-our-program-director\/","title":{"rendered":"A Letter From Our Program Director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"984\" height=\"111\" src=\"https:\/\/lamaestra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020_07_30_00_48_46_Leadership_LMFC_2020_and_3_more_pages_Profile_1_Microsoft_Edge.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-462\" style=\"width:1007px;height:113px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020_07_30_00_48_46_Leadership_LMFC_2020_and_3_more_pages_Profile_1_Microsoft_Edge.png 984w, https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020_07_30_00_48_46_Leadership_LMFC_2020_and_3_more_pages_Profile_1_Microsoft_Edge-300x34.png 300w, https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020_07_30_00_48_46_Leadership_LMFC_2020_and_3_more_pages_Profile_1_Microsoft_Edge-768x87.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ana-K-side-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5230\" style=\"width:416px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ana-K-side-3-1.jpg 708w, https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ana-K-side-3-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"54\" src=\"https:\/\/lamaestra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-13.png 1024w, https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-13-300x16.png 300w, https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-13-768x41.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Letter From Our Program Director<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ana K. Ortiz Ilizaliturri, MD, MPH<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to the La Maestra Family Medicine Residency Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded on the mission to improving access and quality of care for all individuals and families, regardless of their ability to pay for services, La Maestra is proud to offer a community-centered residency experience in San Diego, California. With just two residents per class, you will receive personalized mentorship, hands-on training and the opportunity to care for economically-challenged individual and families with limited access to health and wellness resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At La Maestra, we provide compassionate and collaborative care to everyone. You will work alongside interdisciplinary teams, engage in quality improvement and scholarly projects, and develop the skills to become a physician who truly makes a difference in patients\u2019 lives and overall health outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We look forward to welcoming you and supporting your growth as a caring, competent, and community-focused family physician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warmly,<br><strong>Dr. Ana Ortiz<br><\/strong>Program Director<br>La Maestra Family Medicine Residency Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Letter From Our Program Director Ana K. Ortiz Ilizaliturri, MD, MPH Welcome to the La Maestra Family Medicine Residency Program Founded on the mission to improving access and quality of care for all individuals and families, regardless of their ability to pay for services, La Maestra is proud to offer a community-centered residency experience [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5214","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5214"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5272,"href":"https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5214\/revisions\/5272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaestragme.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}