Experienced and mission-driven Substance Use and Behavioral Health Navigator with over a decade of healthcare coordination experience and two years of specialized work in emergency and justice-involved settings. Demonstrated expertise in providing trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and evidence-based support to individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD), co-occurring mental illness, and housing instability. Skilled in motivational interviewing, contingency management, and cross-sector care coordination. Proven ability to lead harm reduction initiatives, manage data collection for grant-based programming, and collaborate across hospital, jail, and outpatient systems. Passionate about supporting vulnerable populations through recovery, reentry, and linkage to long-term care.
Contracted through the California Bridge to Treatment program as a pilot program in the pediatric emergency department.