About Me

---

Background:

• Started her career in psychology and drug addiction in 1986 at California Traffic School counseling adolescent DUI offenders and their families. 
• Then moved to home for Battered Wives and Children's shelter, facilitated those who have been affected by domestic violence.
• Next endeavor was with chemical dependency counseling, holding positions at Martin Luther Hospital, Anaheim, Saint Joseph's Hospital, Orange, Twin Town Treatment Center, Los Alamitos, Mariposa Women's Center, Orange and presently at Hill Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center in Temecula.
• She has had her share of personal loss and early on recognized that those left behind are left with very few resources to recover.

Education:

• CADAC II
• Bachelors in Psychology
• Certified grief specialist  

Experience:

• Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor for 25 years.
• Concentrated her work on grief and loss in the addiction field for 7 yrs at Hill Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center.