Elena Garcia
Santo Domingo Pueblo
Summary
Dynamic professional with a proven track record at Santo Domingo Early Childhood Learning Center, excelling in community outreach and health education. Skilled in crisis intervention and program evaluation, I fostered strong relationships with families while implementing evidence-based strategies that enhanced child development and engagement. Committed to promoting wellness and cultural sensitivity in diverse communities.
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Early Head Start Teacher Assistant
Santo Domingo Early Childhood Learning Center
02.2017 - 06.2020
- Developed and implemented individualized lesson plans tailored to diverse learning needs.
- Fostered a nurturing environment that promotes social, emotional, and cognitive development.
- Collaborated with parents to support child development strategies and resources.
- Designed engaging activities that enhance language acquisition and literacy skills.
- Assessed children's progress through regular observations and developmental screenings.
- Developed strong relationships with families by maintaining open lines of communication about their child''s progress and addressing concerns promptly.
- Established a nurturing learning environment where children felt safe, supported, and motivated to learn.
- Established positive relationships with students and families.
- Monitored classroom to verify safe and secure environment.
- Created safe and nurturing learning environment for preschoolers.
- Modeled positive behavior and communication skills for students.
- Guided students to develop social, emotional and physical skills.
- Incorporated music, art and literature into curriculum.
- Organized activities to teach preschool children foundational learning skills such as letters and numbers.
- Helped new preschool children get used to classes by giving one-on-one support.
- Assisted in organizing parent-teacher conferences.
- Greeted guests in with friendliness and professionalism.
- Answered incoming phone calls to process requests, transfer calls, or relay messages to appropriate personnel.
- Followed detailed directions from management to complete daily paperwork and computer data entry.
- Sanitized classroom, toys, books and shelves at the end of each day.
- Lesson Planning
- Assisted in planning field trips
- Prepare Purchase Requests for class activities
- Maintaining confidentiality of students, families and staff.
- Keeping accurate counts of children in/out of classrooms to/from our destinations.
- Strive to create change and to build a community where young children are seen as citizens and high quality care and education is valued.
- Fill out incident reports, daily health checks, meal count sheets, sign-in sheets and refferals.
Medical Technician
Santa Fe Recovery Center
11.2020 - 09.2021
- Prepare charts for new incoming clients and ensures correct information is recieved.
- Files/Scans documents into clients records on a timely basis.
- Perform client intakes and discharges.
- Check-in clients during intake, perform no touch inspections, inspecting all personal belongings brought into the facility.
- Ensure all speciments are collected accurately and on time basis.
- Complete random and emergency urine collections of same sex clients as needed.
- Packaging speciments for transport and ship to lab if needed/requested.
- Respond appropriately and timely to patient requests.
- Solving unexpected problems as they arise.
- Documnetation knowledge of ability to use MS office and Electronic Medical Records system (EMR-Bear)
- Ability to maintain health, safety and infection control standards.
- Actively monitor vital signs on a scheduled basis.
- Report changes in patients conditions or behavior to nurse/RN, including high-risk behaviors, change in vital signs, and eating, sleeping and toileting.
- Complete incident, accident and behavior reports.
- Actively participate in debriefs at beginning and end of each shift. Providing updates on client status
- Reviews/updates shift notes in computer at the beginning and end of each shift.
- Preparing, maintaining and overseeing client records.
- Maintain knowledge and compliance with HIPPA policy and procedures.
- Supervising residence attending court via ZOOM and residents doing 5 minute phone calls.
- Administer medications-monitor and record medications taken by residence according to their treatment plan.
- Transpot residence to/from appointments and methadone clinic
- Supervise clients in classes and encouraging all residents to participate in daily programming.
- Enforcing rules of the facility
- Monitor residence- Observing, documenting and ensuring accountability of all residence within the facility. 30 minute checks throughout the facility/client rooms.
- General housekeeping of workplace while on shift.
- Counting out controlled medications beginning and end of shift. (Opioids, Methadone and Suboxone)
Prevention Specialist/CHW
Kewa Family Wellness Center
03.2023 - 11.2025
- Assisted in developing prevention strategies to reduce risk factors within community programs.
- Conducted research on effective intervention methods to support health initiatives.
- Collaborated with team members to implement awareness campaigns targeting at-risk populations.
- Supported data collection and analysis for program evaluation and improvement efforts.
- Attended training sessions to enhance knowledge of public health practices and policies.
- Enhanced community awareness of drug-related issues through engaging presentations and workshops.
- Established strong relationships with schools and community groups, expanding the reach of prevention efforts.
- Organized community events promoting healthy lifestyles, leading to increased participation in prevention programs.
- Designed culturally sensitive outreach materials that effectively engaged diverse populations within the community.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to assess risk factors and deliver targeted interventions.
- Conducted workshops and training sessions on health education and prevention strategies.
- Created educational materials to raise awareness about wellness initiatives within the community.
- Facilitated outreach efforts to engage diverse populations in preventive health services.
- Provided crisis intervention services when necessary, connecting individuals with appropriate resources during critical moments.
- Evaluated program outcomes using data-driven approaches, identifying areas for improvement and growth.
- Maintained professional development by attending trainings related to substance abuse prevention trends and evidence-based practices.
- Develop, coordinate, and deliver evidence-based prevention programs for individuals, schools, and community groups.
- Assist in planning workshops, trainings, and outreach events focused on reducing risk behaviors, and promoting healthy lifestyles.
- Adapt prevention materials to meet the cultural and linguistic needs of diverse populations.
- Provide age-appropriate and culturally sensitive education on topics such as substance misuse, mental health, HIV/STI prevention, and general wellness.
- Conduct outreach in the community to raise awareness and recruit participants.
- Work with coalitions to identify community needs and prevention strategies.
- Build trusting relationships with students to encourage open discussion about challenges related to school, family, relationships, or emotional well-being.
- Complete timely documentation while maintaining confidentiality and adhering to ethical standards.
- Host community safety checkpoints alongside BIA police and tribal officials of Santo Domingo Pueblo.
- Educated community on overdose prevention, NARCAN administration, and using a medication lockbox.
- Displayed sensitivity to cultural and linguistic needs of clients and families served.
- Answered and managed incoming and outgoing calls while recording accurate messages for distribution to office staff.
- Performed wide-ranging administrative, finacial and service related functions.
- Maintain confidentiality to adhere HIPPA standards
- Preparing Purchase Requests as needed
- Shopping for programming purposes.
Education
High School Diploma -
Penn Foster Online Courses
Albuquerque, NM10-2025
Skills
- Community outreach
- Health education
- Crisis intervention
- Program evaluation
- Risk assessment
- Cultural sensitivity
- Substance misuse prevention
- Event coordination
- Evidence-based programming
- Communication skills
- Youth engagement
- Suicide prevention
- Community resources
- Goal setting
- Self-care promotion
- Outreach activities
- Specimen testing
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Multitasking
- Active listening
- Team building
- Providing community referrals
Certification
- Certified Community Health Worker
- Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructor
- Hepatitis and Harm Reduction Certification
- Substance Use Prevention Skills Training (SUPST)
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Prevention Specialist/CHW
Kewa Family Wellness Center
03.2023 - 11.2025
Medical Technician
Santa Fe Recovery Center
11.2020 - 09.2021
Early Head Start Teacher Assistant
Santo Domingo Early Childhood Learning Center
02.2017 - 06.2020
High School Diploma -
Penn Foster Online Courses