How does MEDA foster Latino generational wealth and power-building? In 2018, MEDA focused on the implementation of its five results, as a means to fostering an ecosystem of Latino wealth and power-building. That means locally, regionally, statewide and at the national level. The latter’s continued assault on the Latino immigrant community makes this work more important than ever. MEDA is now nationally recognized as being at the vanguard of best practices in various arenas: the weaving of financial coaching into all direct services; the preserving and producing of affordable housing, complemented by the strengthening of family-serving businesses, culturally relevant nonprofits and longtime arts organizations, to reverse the trend of displacement in a gentrifying neighborhood; and generating community development by providing access to capital to those who cannot do so with traditional lenders, including the undocumented, plus a foray into real estate lending to compete against speculators. The big picture is now always front of mind, whether we are training other neighborhood nonprofits in data sharing, holding a financial-integration convening in California’s Central Valley, serving as a guest panelist at a conference in the Midwest, meeting with a legislator at the Capitol in D.C. or being profiled in a global publication. S H A R I N G T H E B I G P I C T U R E 1 3 2 4 5 Families are financially thriving Families have affordable and stable housing San Francisco’s Latino residents are decision-makers in the institutions and political systems that affect their lives Children and youth succeed in school The Mission is a strong and supportive community for Latino residents, businesses and institutions R E S U LT S 3