Experience

ESCALERA HEALTH LLC

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Licensed Social Worker

  • Nov 2021 - Present



Pima Council On Aging

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Family Caregiver Support Specialist

  • Oct 2018 - Nov 2021

  Provide professional counseling, support, dementia education, options counseling/care planning, and information and referral services for family caregivers providing care to older adults living with chronic/terminal conditions. Develop and present informational resources about all aspects of dementia caregiving. Provide professional counseling, support, dementia education, options counseling/care planning, and information and referral services for family caregivers providing care to older adults living with chronic/terminal conditions. Develop and present informational resources about all aspects of dementia caregiving.



Pima County Attorney's Office Victim Services Division

• Victim Advocate - Crisis Intervention

  • Feb 2016 - Jun 2018

  Provide crisis and grief counseling and appropriate resources, at crime scenes and in the field, to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other crimes, as well as suicide and homicide survivors and those receiving death notifications. Worked with local law enforcement agencies to manage crisis response and victim trauma. Provide crisis and grief counseling and appropriate resources, at crime scenes and in the field, to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other crimes, as well as suicide and homicide survivors and those receiving death notifications. Worked with local law enforcement agencies to manage crisis response and victim trauma.



Copper Canyon Alzheimer’s Special Care Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Advanced Direct Practice Intern Social Worker

  • Aug 2017 - May 2018

  Provided person-centered care, reminiscence activities, and validation therapy to residents with dementia and other mental health diagnoses. Conducted needs assessments and provided ongoing informal support for individual caregivers and family members. Co-facilitated Alzheimer's Caregiver Support group. Provided person-centered care, reminiscence activities, and validation therapy to residents with dementia and other mental health diagnoses. Conducted needs assessments and provided ongoing informal support for individual caregivers and family members. Co-facilitated Alzheimer's Caregiver Support group.



Arizona State University - College of Public Service & Community Solutions

• Master of Social Work Graduate

  • Aug 2016 - May 2018

  POSITION RELATED EDUCATION:(Arizona State University School of Social Work, Tucson, AZ - MSW Degree completed May 2018.)Advanced Practicum: Direct Practice II with Internship at Copper Canyon - Alzheimer's Special Care Center; Cognitive Behavior Therapy; Brief Social Work Intervention; Motivational Interviewing; Practice-Oriented Research; Advanced social Work Practice/Behavioral Health; Assessment of Mental Disorders; Social Work Practice in Health Settings; Macro Social Work Practice; Aging: Biopsychosocialspiritual - perspectives in direct care to an aging population; Diversity & Oppression in Social Work; Social Policy and Services; Research Methods; Foundation Practice: Therapy Modalities, Techniques, Theory, and Skills; Advanced Practicum I with internship as Field Crisis Advocate with PCAO Victim Services Division; Macro Human Behavior in a Social Environment; Micro Human Behavior in a Social Environment.(Bachelor of Science, Psychology and Cultural Anthropology - University of Arizona, 1996):Psychobiology; Developmental Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Abnormal Psychology; Casework Methods; Death and Dying; Psychopathology; PTSD and Therapeutic Interventions; Counseling Methods; Medical Anthropology; Childhood Psychopathology; Conflict Resolution: Honors Seminar; Asian-American Integration; Anthropology of Poverty; Cultural Change; Linguistic Anthropology; Culture and the Individual.Training in Crisis Intervention/Counseling - ABC Method through Pima County Attorney's Victim Services Division; Certificate in Understanding LGBTQ Older Adults through PCOA Project Visibility; Grief and Bereavement training through Tu Nidito (now Children to Children).



Fieldstone Homefitting Center

• Design Coordinator

  • 2004 - 2008



SC Design, Inc

• United States
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Designer

  • 1997 - 2008