Our Vision & Mission


ADELANTE Vision
Restore and promote health through education

ADELANTE Mission
Develop sustainable strategies for sharing Lifestyle Medicine with our community

Adelante Community Health Center is an Illinois 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization providing community health education, progressive nutritional advice, plant-based cooking demonstrations, exercise & fitness classes, stress management workshops, and family & personal counseling to all people regardless of their ethnicity, creed, or their ability to pay for services.

This Lifestyle Medicine community center features evidence-based interventions and learning experiences effective in improving the health and lives of individuals, families, and our communities.

Why Adelante?

Adelante is a Spanish-language word translating into English as "forward, onward, further."​

"Adelante"​ is a call, it is an imperative for progress and advancement.

ADELANTE also becomes a Spanish-language acronym summarizing key hallmarks of a healthy lifestyle.

In English the acronym is NEWSTART. Isn't it time to give your health a new start?

A gua
D escanso
E jercicio
L uz solar
A ire puro
N utricion
T emperancia
E speranza en Dios 

​N utrition
E xercise
W ater
S unlight
T emperance
A ir
R est
T rust in God

Meet Our Team

Elton DeSousa

President

Manuel Alva MD

Vice President

Esther Alva MD

Treasurer

Mauriel Davila

Secretary

Ancel Montenelli

Board Advisor

Adelante Community Health Ctr

​6840 W. Ogden Ave, Berwyn IL

60402

Personal Experience

Physician reports: "A 55 year-old gentleman and small-business owner was experiencing deteriorating health from liver disease and recurrent variceal bleeding due to obesity and fatty liver disease. He used all of ADELANTE's nutritional and lifestyle services and classes and this resulted in having several markers and symptoms improved to the point that the local Liver Transplant Unit judged him fit to be taken off the transplant list. He has not had variceal bleeding again."  

"A 51 year-old lady, survivor of intimate partner violence from a previous marriage found relief from chronic depression and associated gastrointestinal symptoms after attending the stress management and nutritional sessions. Many others like her have improved weight, glucose levels, blood pressure and lipid levels (cholesterol and triglycerides) to the point of their physicians readjusting and/or eliminating no-longer needed medications."

​Manuel E. Alva MD

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