Experience

QPR Institute

• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• QPR Master Trainer

  • Sep 2014 - Present

  Yes! I will help you to become a positive and effective force in reducing, intervening, and preventing suicide while becoming a certified QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Suicide Gatekeeper Training Instructor.

• QPR Suicide Gatekeeper Training Instructor

  • Dec 2012 - Present


Mental Health First Aid
• New Zealand
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Mental Health First Aid Instructor/Trainer

  • Aug 2010 - Present


San Jose State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Training Coordinator

  • Aug 2014 - Present

  United States

• GLS Grant Project Director

  • Sep 2018 - Apr 2022

  United States



Livingworks

• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) Master Trainer

  • Jan 2013 - Jan 2022

  Updated to ASIST 11 Trainer! Love helping people learn practical and advanced skills in providing support and empathetic understanding to help those in crisis.

• Outreach Coordinator

  • Jan 2015 - Jan 2017

  San Jose In this role , I am continuing my efforts and passion in creating a caring, informed, supportive, and connected community for all as the Outreach Coordinator.

• Student Success Coordinator

  • Aug 2009 - Dec 2014

• CALMHSA Grant SJSU Coordinator

  • Jul 2012 - Jun 2014

  San Jose Two full years of increasing mental health awareness, building a caring, informed, and connected community. providing training, connecting campus and community, and learning! Thousands of students and SJSU Community members were supported through this wonderful grant. Friends and communities were build across the CSU and UC systems. What a rewarding and growing experience! (I learned to read and manage budgets and many grant-related things. )


National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee
• Public Grant Reviewer, SERV Committee

  • Jun 2013 - Jun 2016


National Counsel for Behavioral Health

• Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Quality Evaluator

  • Jul 2014 - Aug 2015

  San Jose This is how I help MHFA (Mental Health First Aid) Trainers to shine even more and to help more people benefit from completing their MHFA training by conducting Quality Evaluation (scary words, I prefer to use "Assessing Strengths and Increasing Effectiveness and Validity") on current Mental Health First Aid Trainers.