Santa Barbara, California, United States
Julia is a bilingual and bicultural global public health professional, Recovery Coach/Mental Health Aide, and Mental Health Crisis Counselor focused on community mental health promotion, mental health crisis intervention, and suicide prevention. She possesses over five years of customer service experience in health care and two years of experience in planning, implementing, and evaluating community health promotion programs. She has demonstrated experience serving socially vulnerable populations, including patients living with chronic diseases, people experiencing homelessness, folks facing mental health and/or substance use challenges, and individuals with limited English proficiency. She is an energetic and detail-oriented individual, skilled in community outreach and engagement, participant recruitment and management, and data collection and analysis, and she proactively seeks opportunities to continue developing and expanding her skill set. Additionally, Julia is a Nationally Certified Emergency Medical Technician licensed to practice in California and a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga teacher. Her long-term professional goal is to integrate her global public health, Yogic science, and clinical training, and to apply her expertise in direct mental health care service delivery to advance mental health and well-being for all, especially among medically underserved communities.
After obtaining her undergraduate and graduate degrees in public health, Julia had the unique opportunity to travel abroad, attend her first professional conference with the American Public Health Association, and complete two critical training programs. Specifically, she completed the UCLA Center for Prehospital Care Emergency Medical Technician Training Program and is a Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician with the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians. Additionally, she completed the 200-Hour USC Yoga and the Healing Science Yoga Teacher Training Program, and she obtained credentialing as a 200-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance.