I am responsible for performing professional-level work on-site at low-income multi-family and senior apartment communities in the San Antonio and Bexar County area, providing planned social and supportive services, as well as implementation and coordination of community service programs as resources to the residents of the apartment community. Before Merced, I interned with GainWel Inc. observing and facilitating clinical therapy sessions with individuals, groups, and families with a focus on small-group counseling. Outside of work, I like to go for walks through Southtown and organize my growing Charles Bukowski book collection. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from the Worden School of Social Service at Our Lady of the Lake University – the first social work school in Texas! I believe that people should not have to choose between paying rent and putting food on the table. The work I do on site at the communities ensures that residents can have both and that they don’t have to choose.