Mariá Wilburn

Mariá Wilburn leads Endeavor Health’s Pathways program spanning across five hospitals and several outpatient clinical settings aimed at improving the healthcare system’s ability to identify, respond and connect survivors of gender-based violence with options to maximize healing and safety.

Wilburn is a certified crisis counselor, advocate, and educator with over a decade of experience. She promotes survivor-centered policies, rooted in the neurobiology of trauma, that emphasize choice and honor the self-determination, lived-experience and the resilience of those impacted by violence.

Throughout her career she has worked closely with statewide coalitions to develop legislative initiatives that have propelled Illinois into becoming one of the states with the strongest protections for survivors. In 2025, Wilburn led the development and launch of an innovative trauma-informed primary care clinic. The first of its’ kind, the clinic provides access to trauma-informed family medicine and pelvic health under a multi-disciplinary model designed to improve health outcomes through medicine and advocacy.

Wilburn's work is driven by a deep commitment to create systems that can support survivors on their journey to healing and wholeness. She holds a master’s degree in ethics and offers services in English, Portuguese and Spanish.