Dolores Encinas grew up in Missouri, later moving to Iowa and then to Los Angeles.  She became involved with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) when her sons became ill.  Ms. Encinas helped organize NAMI East San Gabriel Valley, and she served as President of the group.  During this time, she developed educational panels that presented for mental health conferences, colleges, law enforcement agencies, and clinicians.  Ms. Encinas also sat on the Boards of Directors of NAMI California and NAMI National, and she spent many years on the Board of Pacific Clinics.

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