Michael and Maci Berkeley: Mike is an orthopedic surgeon who came to Chihuahua in 1989 to establish a crippled children's clinic. Joined by other U.S. and Mexican health care workers, the clinic expanded into the Sierra Madre Mountains and developed into the comprehensive health care programs we have today. Dr. Berkeley works primarily at the Samachique hospital where Maci helps to administer the staff. They have two sons in college. Mike serves as president of Mexico Medical Missions. For an informative and interesting article about Doctor Berkeley, click here.

Tom and Cathy Shank work in the remote community of Santa Rita. They served in the community of Yeposo for 5 years before returning to Arizona where Tom pastored an Anglican Church. They returned to the Sierra four years ago to begin the work of evangelization and community development in Santa Rita and the surrounding communities. Tom and Cathy have 6 children.

 

 

 

Mayra Rivera is a nurse sent by the Methodist churches of Mexico. Mayra staffs our clinic in the remote village of Pamachi. Born in the U.S. and raised in Mexico, Mayra is a widow who raised her daughter and then headed for the mission field to serve the Tarahumara Indians.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Josefa Pena D.D.S. provides dental services to our hospital and clinics. Originally from Veracruz in the south of Mexico, she came north 15 years ago with a desire to serve the people of the Sierra.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Dagoberto Gallaga, M.D. came to Hospital Misión Tarahumara in 2001 from Michoacan, Mexico. Dagoberto serves as a general practitioner and his Tarahumara wife Virginia runs our pharmacy. They have four children.

 

 

 

 

 

Jose Luis and Lety Ramirez provide administrative support for our mission. They live in Chihuahua where Jose Luis is also director for Methodist Missions for northern Mexico, as well as president of COMIBAM, the national missions organization for Mexico. They have three children.

 

 

 

 

 

Carlos and Miriam Rojas work at Hospital Misión Tarahumara where Miriam is a nurse and Carlos directs x-ray as well as helping with the well water drilling program. They have two children.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edwin and Shelley Rivera joined us in 2006 along with their 3 girls. Shelley is a midwife who serves as director of the Birth Center and Edwin serves as Director of Personnel for the hospital. For more information on the Riveras, please go to www.riveraministries.org.

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Carmen Reyes-Cabrera is from Baja California and joined us in 2005. Carmen divides her time between working as a General Practitioner at Hospital Misión Tarahumara and as worker with our Community Health Evangelism program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary Gallegos is a registered nurse from Delicias, Chihuahua who joined us in 2002. Mary serves as our director of nursing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pilot Mark Egolf and mechanic Dave Hardin both graduated from the Moody Mission Aviation Program in 2004 and shortly afterwards came to Mexico Medical Missions to begin establishing our mission aviation program. Dave Hardin also works in the well drilling program.






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jonathan and Marta Pinkham are missionaries sent by Little Flock Christian Fellowship in Harrison, Arkansas. Jonathan arrived in the Sierra in 2002 and began working in some of the most remote areas of the region. He met Marta in the isolated Tarahumara village of Coyachique and eventually they were married . They had their first child in October, 2007.

 

 

 

Narciso and Edi Cuevas both come from Oaxaca, Mexico and joined us in 2007. Narciso works as a General Practitioner at Hospital Misión Tarahumara and Edi serves as Administrative Assistant. We recently welcomed their first child, Gabriel, into the MMM family.