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Arte Sana currently promotes healing and empowerment through the arts, professional training, and community education. Our direct experience has confirmed that Latinas/os are less likely to report sexual assault due to the obstacles in obtaining victim services such as language barriers, cultural factors, and a fear of deportation. Given this sad reality, we at Arte Sana believe that violence risk reduction program and service effectiveness depends on cultural and linguistic competency as well as ongoing collaborations sin fronteras (without borders). In its four years of existence, Arte Sana has reached over 4,000 persons, 53% of whom were victim advocates, promotoras, and allied professionals from the Texas-Mexico border. Due to the demand, over 69% of these were reached without formal funding, but rather through extensive collaborations with community-based organizations. Most notably, 33% of the persons served received presentations in Spanish. By providing services to improve the quality of life of survivors of gender violence and racism, we strive to prevent violence in our communities. Arte Sana believes in the intrinsic healing power of art and culture. We believe that violence risk reduction programs and services must be culturally competent and linguistically appropriate. Arte Sana is committed to the value of indigenous leadership and collaboration sin fronteras (without borders).