06/05/2025
Each year, the Visiting Nurse Association hosts a Mother's Day Luncheon where they recognize two women: one as an Honored Mother, the other as a Remembered Mother, for their profound impact in the health and wellness of families, neighborhoods and friends.
Last month, at the 24th Annual Mother's Day Luncheon, one of the tribe’s matriarchs, Rosa Pace, was honored as a Remembered Mother, for her work as a healthcare pioneer and community problem-solver. Her tribute from VNA read:
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑅𝑜𝑠𝑎 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑡 𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑔𝑒, 𝑅𝑜𝑠𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠.
𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝐷𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑁𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝐿𝑜𝑠 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑏𝑦𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑛𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝐶𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑐 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐻𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎 𝑌𝑛𝑒𝑧 𝐻𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙. 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑅𝑜𝑠𝑎’𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎 𝑌𝑛𝑒𝑧 𝑇𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑐, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 25,000 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡𝑠 50𝑡ℎ 𝐴𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑈𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑎.
Today, Rosa's legacy lives on with the success of our Santa Ynez Tribal Health Clinic, which now serves more than 20,000 patient visits each year. Her memory and her accomplishments remain prominent in our thoughts, and this was a wonderful honor for our beloved matriarch to receive.
