Anthony Betori

Anthony Betori is the Director of Health Equity at YWCA San Antonio, where he works to advance health equity for communities across the city through a diverse array of programs. He holds a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University, completed as a Bloomberg Fellow. Anthony grew up in Toledo, Ohio, then lived in Chicago, Illinois for ten years, where his work focused on public health and HIV. After moving to Texas, he was the Director of Curriculum at Healthy Futures of Texas for 7 years, supporting reproductive health work across the state. He was awarded the 2020 Rising Star award from the Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and the 2022 SA Light award by the San Antonio Express-News.

YWCA San Antonio exists to eliminate racism and empower women. We achieve this mission by removing barriers from women, particularly women of color, to break the cycle of poverty and become self-sufficient. The barriers we address include access to high-quality early childhood education and care, services for youth success, workforce training, access to care, and community health education. All of our work is done through a lens of racial justice and gender equity. We work to bring out the individual strengths of women and youth to foster resiliency and self-sufficiency. Our philosophy, in keeping with the mission of the YWCA to empower women and families, centers on providing the skills and confidence needed to succeed.