Nueva vida

What Nueva vida does

Nueva Vida is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1999 and headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, that delivers free, culturally and linguistically competent cancer support services in Spanish to underserved Latino families across the Mid-Atlantic region (Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D.C.). The organization addresses the full cancer continuum — outreach and education, screening, patient navigation, mental health and survivorship, and end-of-life support — for a population that faces 20% higher breast cancer mortality than non-Hispanic white women and persistent linguistic, financial, and structural barriers to care.

The organization operates three integrated service pillars (Outreach and Education, Patient Navigation, and Mental Health/Survivorship) supplemented by validated sub-programs including the De Madres a Hijas hereditary cancer workshop (2022, with Bright Pink; 91% knowledge gain), the Nueva Vida, Nueva Esperanza metastatic breast cancer program (2016-2017, Avon/Pfizer), a Georgetown Lombardi randomized controlled quality-of-life trial, and an m-Health educational intervention with American University. All services are delivered by bilingual, bicultural staff across three physical offices (Alexandria VA, Washington DC, Towson MD) and via mobile screening units including Inova's mobile mammography vehicle. Over 15 years it has facilitated 16,644+ free screenings, 3,386+ diagnostic exams, nearly 2,200 outreach events, and 3,035+ mental health support participants.

Nueva Vida has no fee-for-service or subscription revenue; all services are free. Operating income is sourced from philanthropic grants (Gilead Foundation, Susan G. Komen, Potomac Health Foundation, Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Alexander & Margaret Stewart Trust), corporate sponsorships from Genentech, AstraZeneca, and Pfizer, government grants (Maryland Office of Minority Health), and individual donations processed via Stripe and PayPal. The organization is governed by an 11-member Board of Directors and operates with 8+ staff under Executive Director Astrid Jimenez, Esq.

Name

Nueva vida

Legal name

Nueva Vida, Inc.

Website

https://nueva-vida.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Nueva Vida is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1999 that provides free, culturally and linguistically competent cancer support services in Spanish — spanning screening, patient navigation, and survivorship — to underserved Latino families across the Mid-Atlantic region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cancer Support Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee & Immigrant Support Services (BPAGAEAI)

Keywords

• Cancer support services
• Patient navigation programs
• Community health outreach
• Psychosocial survivorship support
• Culturally competent care

Headquarters

HQ city

Alexandria

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Philanthropic Grants and Donations: Nueva Vida operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funded primarily through grants from foundations (e.g., Gilead Foundation, Susan G. Komen affiliates, Potomac Health Foundation, Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Alexander & Margaret Stewart Trust) and individual donations. The organization is also supported by government grants and corporate sponsorships from pharmaceutical companies including Genentech, AstraZeneca, and Pfizer.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Nueva Vida provides free, comprehensive, and culturally and linguistically competent cancer support services along the entire cancer continuum — from outreach and education, through screening and diagnostic navigation, to mental health and survivorship support — delivered in Spanish to underserved Latino families in the Mid-Atlantic region. Services are delivered by bilingual, bicultural staff and trained patient navigators across offices in Alexandria VA, Washington DC, and Towson MD, and through community outreach and mobile screening partnerships.

Product overview

Nueva Vida is a nonprofit organization providing free, comprehensive, and culturally competent cancer support services along the entire cancer continuum in Spanish to underserved Latino families in the Mid-Atlantic region. The organization operates three integrated program pillars: (1) Outreach and Education — evidence-based cancer education resources; (2) Patient Navigation — bilingual case management through the cancer care system; and (3) Mental Health and Survivorship — bilingual/bicultural psychosocial interventions for survivors, caregivers, and families. Additional offerings include the De Madres a Hijas workshop and Toolkit (developed with Bright Pink), the Nueva Vida, Nueva Esperanza metastatic breast cancer program (Avon/Pfizer Oncology), the Georgetown University quality-of-life intervention, and the American University m-Health initiative. All programs are delivered through bilingual staff and trained patient navigators across offices in Alexandria, VA, Washington DC, and Baltimore, MD.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Outreach and Education Culturally competent outreach and education programs delivering evidence-based resources covering cancer prevention, treatment, survivorship, and end-of-life care to Latino communities, conducted through nearly 2,200 outreach events.
• Patient Navigation Bilingual, culturally sensitive patient navigation services that provide personalized case management and guidance through screening, diagnostic, and treatment processes for Latino cancer patients.
• Mental Health and Survivorship Support Bilingual and bicultural psychosocial interventions including facilitated group and individual therapy sessions for cancer survivors, caregivers, and families to reduce isolation, build resilience, and improve quality of life.
• Free Cancer Screenings and Diagnostic Exams Free cancer screenings including mammograms, Pap smears, and colonoscopies delivered through community outreach and mobile units (e.g., Inova Mobile Unit), along with diagnostic exams for women with abnormal screening results.
• De Madres a Hijas An educational health workshop that teaches daughters of Latina breast cancer survivors about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC): their risks, options, and healthy prevention behaviors. Participants demonstrated a 91% increase in HBOC knowledge.
• De Madres a Hijas Toolkit A manual and resource kit for other Latino-serving organizations to facilitate the De Madres a Hijas workshop in their own communities. Includes planning tools, a facilitator's guide, educational materials, handouts, evaluation instruments, and post-session resources.
• Nueva Vida, Nueva Esperanza (New Life, New Hope) The first program of its kind supporting medically underserved heterogeneous Latina immigrant women with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Addresses psychosocial, logistic, and healthcare system barriers to improve quality of life for Latinas with MBC and their caregivers.
• Financial Assistance Program Resource support program helping families facing cancer with everyday costs during treatment including food, housing, transportation, and utilities.
• Companeras de Apoyo Counselor training program for cancer survivors to become peer supporters, contributing to Nueva Vida's mental health and survivorship support ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• 16,644+ free cancer screenings delivered over 15 years, including mammograms, Pap smears, and colonoscopies
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Breast Center FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with Nueva Vida in addressing breast cancer disparities in the Latino community through shared programmatic and educational initiatives.
• Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing research partnership conducting community-based participatory research (CBPR) on cancer disparities among Latinos. Nueva Vida collaborated on the Nueva Vida Intervention study published in the journal Cancer, measuring quality of life improvements in Latina breast cancer survivors and their caregivers.
• George Washington University Cancer CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic research partner collaborating with Nueva Vida on the Patient Navigation Research Program (PNRP) focused on reducing time from suspicious finding to diagnostic resolution in breast cancer.
• American UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Nueva Vida on a mobile health (m-Health) educational intervention study (2014-2016) comparing text messages versus voice messages to enhance breast cancer knowledge and mammography adherence among Hispanic women.
• Bright PinkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership to create De Madres a Hijas in 2022, a first-of-its-kind educational health workshop teaching daughters of Latina breast cancer survivors about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC). The workshop achieved a 91% increase in HBOC knowledge among participating daughters.
• Inova Health SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClinical partner providing the mobile mammography unit (Inova Mobile Unit) that enables Nueva Vida to deliver free cancer screenings in community settings. Inova Community Health is also listed as a partner.
• Holy Cross HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClinical partner providing hospital-based cancer care services as part of Nueva Vida's comprehensive cancer support network.
• University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center Cancer InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClinical partner serving as the cancer care component of Nueva Vida's comprehensive support network in the Baltimore area.
• SentaracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare system listed as a featured partner providing clinical services as part of Nueva Vida's cancer care network.
• Catholic UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner collaborating with Nueva Vida on research related to cancer disparities and psychosocial interventions for Latina breast cancer survivors.
• Prevent Cancer FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured partner supporting Nueva Vida's cancer prevention and early detection programs through shared mission alignment.
• Latinas4LatinasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization serving the Latino community with shared mission focus on Latina health and wellbeing.
• Catalogue for PhilanthropyminorOthersCredentialing organization that certified Nueva Vida as a member, enhancing organizational credibility and trustworthiness for donors.
• Smith Healing CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization contributing to Nueva Vida's healing and survivorship support programs.
• Maryland Breast Cancer Center of MarylandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional breast cancer organization listed as a featured partner supporting Nueva Vida's mission.
• Montgomery County City CouncilminorOthersLocal government body providing support and legislative backing for Nueva Vida's community health programs in Montgomery County.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cancer Support Community: Largest professionally led nonprofit cancer support network in the U.S., offering psychosocial support, navigation, and education across all cancer types. Comparable in service pillars (mental health, navigation, education) but lacks Nueva Vida's Latino cultural specialization.
• Susan G. Komen: Largest breast cancer nonprofit and a current major funder of Nueva Vida. Operates a national affiliate network with community grants, education, and patient navigation — comparable in mission but at vastly greater scale and without cultural-language specialization in the Latino community.
• National Breast Cancer Foundation: National nonprofit funding free mammograms, patient navigation, and breast health education, including programs for underserved populations. Overlapping in service pillars (free screenings + navigation + education) and a comparable community-grant-funded model, though English-language national in scope.
• Avon Breast Cancer Crusade: Philanthropic arm historically funding community-based breast cancer programs including the Nueva Vida, Nueva Esperanza MBC program with Nueva Vida. Comparable as a funder/operator of community cancer equity programs at global scale.

Direct peers

• Latinas Contra Cancer: California-based nonprofit providing cancer education, patient navigation, and support services specifically for Latinas. Closest direct peer in mission, target population, and service model — though focused on a different region (Northern California).
• Sisters Network Inc. National African American breast cancer survivorship organization operating affiliate chapters with community-based outreach, peer support, and patient navigation — directly comparable community-trust-driven model serving an underserved minority population.
• Bright Pink: National nonprofit focused on breast and ovarian cancer prevention among young women, and Nueva Vida's explicit partner in the De Madres a Hijas workshop. Comparable in HBOC education focus and toolkit-based program design, though Bright Pink targets a broader, non-ethnicity-specific audience.
• The Witness Project: Community-based lay-health-advisor model delivering cancer education and screening navigation to underserved women through churches and community organizations. Structurally comparable in trusted-messenger, community-led approach to closing cancer disparities.
• PearlPoint Cancer Support: Mid-size nonprofit providing personalized cancer support, education, and financial assistance to adults with cancer. Comparable in offering free, individualized support services to underserved patients, though not ethnicity-targeted.
• SHARE Cancer Support: National nonprofit offering peer-led support groups, helplines, and education for breast, ovarian, and metastatic breast cancer patients — directly comparable in survivorship support group model and cancer continuum service design.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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