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Recent
Experience
Community Program – Handle With Care Program
Launch
of Trama informed response partnership between 1st Responders,
Schools & Mental Health Providers • Contra Costa County,
CA • January, 2024
Keynote – Rebuilding Connection in the School Community
Fillmore
USD • District Crisis Response Plan • January 2024
Keynote – The Value of a Caring Adult
California
Association of School Counselors Conference • Riverside, CA •
October 2022
Workshop – Handle With Care- Upstreaming ACE’s care
7th
Student Mental Wellness Conference • Anaheim, CA •
September, 2023
Statewide Advocate – Mental Health License Plate Campaign
Lead
CBO for CA Mental Health Awareness Lic Plate in collaboration with California
Department of Education.
Lived
Experience
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Survivor of suicide loss of a child aged 15
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Instrumental in creating 40+ school Wellness
Centers
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Ongoing advocate & implementation advisor
for 30+ additional Wellness Centers
Community
- Contra Costa County Suicide Prevention Committee
- Acalanes Union High School District Wellness Advisory Council
- San Ramon Valley High School District Mental Wellness Task Force
- San Ramon Valley Mental Health Advisory Council
- Member American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Leadership
- CDE – State Suicide Postvention Response Team
- CA Student Mental Health Policy Workgroup
- Contra Costa County Mental Health Commission – Former Chair
References
[Available
upon request.]
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