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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
License
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Cara Ochoa

San Antonio,TX

Summary

Enthusiastic and passionate about providing non-judgmental, culturally competent, and effective treatment to individuals with substance use disorders. Utilizes excellent communication and organizational skills to plan and execute outreach initiatives.

Overview

1
year of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

San Antonio College

Work Study
02.2025 - Current

Job overview

  • Interpret student inquiries regarding financial aid, payment and re-payment plans, BankMobile refunds, status of manual checks, explanations of what their student summary is stating, holds, 1098-T tax forms, registration, cost of tuition, etc. from all five colleges in the Alamo Colleges District.
  • Respond to students in a caring, respectful, and polite manner with the goal of concise resolution of all topics.

UT Health San Antonio

Participant
04.2024 - Current

Job overview

  • Participated in interviews regarding questions about my past experiences with substance use disorders and recovery, as well as answering questions on how medical staff can improve their empathy towards patients
  • I work to share the importance of relaying non-judgmental care to all individuals despite what may arise from their biases

Alpha Home

Practicum Student
09.2024 - 11.2024

Job overview

  • Observed counseling professionals (LCDC and LCDCIs) complete various tasks associated with the treatment of substance use disorders.
  • Collaborated with colleagues and independently led various counseling tasks including individual sessions, facilitation of psychoeducational and process groups, progress notes, administrative notes, assessments, treatment planning, treatment plan reviews, level changes for clients moving from intensive to supportive treatment, discharge summaries, interpretive summaries, intake paperwork, record keeping electronically and in hard-copy form, and creation of my own educational material utilized with clients
  • With this experience (300 Hours) came immense growth in professional and ethical knowledge relevant to substance abuse treatment

UT Health

Contractor
06.2024 - 07.2024

Job overview

  • Collaborated with Dr. Kelly McGlothen-Bell on a project to produce a video abstract that would introduce a research paper that focused on the mother/infant dyad regarding neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome and opioid use disorder

Education

San Antonio College
San Antonio, TX

A.A from Social Work
01.2026

University Overview

In Progress

San Antonio College
San Antonio, TX

A.A.S from Human Services - Addiction Counseling
12.2024

San Antonio College
San Antonio, TX

CERT1 from Human Services-Drug/Alcohol
12.2024

San Antonio College
San Antonio, TX

CERT1 from Human Services-Addiction Studies
12.2024

Skills

  • Excellent communication
  • Crisis intervention
  • Multicultural competence
  • Community engagement
  • Empathy development
  • Patient advocacy
  • Deescalation
  • Collaboration and teamwork

Certification

Dr. Kelly McGlothen-Bell

UT Health San Antonio

(361) 877-8396

McGlothen@uthscsa.edu


Michelle Villasenor RN

Mommies Program Patient Care Coordinator

(210) 863-6039

Michelle.villasenor@uhtx.com


Dr. Christina L. Dixon

San Antonio College

cdixon@alamo.edu


Suzanna Borawski

San Antonio College

sborawski@alamo.edu


Celeste Windham

San Antonio College

cwindham8@alamo.edu

License

Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor Intern (LCDC-I)

Timeline

Work Study

San Antonio College
02.2025 - Current

Practicum Student

Alpha Home
09.2024 - 11.2024

Contractor

UT Health
06.2024 - 07.2024

Participant

UT Health San Antonio
04.2024 - Current

Dr. Kelly McGlothen-Bell

UT Health San Antonio

(361) 877-8396

McGlothen@uthscsa.edu


Michelle Villasenor RN

Mommies Program Patient Care Coordinator

(210) 863-6039

Michelle.villasenor@uhtx.com


Dr. Christina L. Dixon

San Antonio College

cdixon@alamo.edu


Suzanna Borawski

San Antonio College

sborawski@alamo.edu


Celeste Windham

San Antonio College

cwindham8@alamo.edu

San Antonio College

A.A from Social Work

San Antonio College

A.A.S from Human Services - Addiction Counseling

San Antonio College

CERT1 from Human Services-Drug/Alcohol

San Antonio College

CERT1 from Human Services-Addiction Studies
Cara Ochoa