Dr. Salvador Sandoval is a semi-retired family medicine physician who continues to precept for the local family medicine residency program in Merced. He also continues to provide visits to homebound patients and soon will be assuming the role of medical director for the respite clinic that serves recently discharged patients experiencing homelessness. Dr. Sandoval is a member of the California Physicians Alliance (CaPa) and Physician for a National Health Program. As a board member of CaPa he worked to extend health coverage to undocumented children and adults, improve health care access for all Californians and help create a student chapter of CaPA at UC Merced. Other professional affiliations include serving as a member of the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health, the UC Davis Farm Worker Health and Safety Committee . Dr. Sandoval also has previous experience working with his local health department. While pursing his master’s he worked with the local health department to write his thesis on the comparison of risk factors for migrant versus settled farm workers for contracting HIV.