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Born and raised in California’s Central Coast, Rosalina Valdez is a bilingual (English and Spanish) and bicultural Licensed Clinical Social Worker and works as a Behavioral Health Provider with this organization. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the City University of New York – Hunter College and her Master of Social Work degree from California State University – Monterey Bay. Rosalina has been with Santa Cruz Community Health since 2018. She has several years’ experience in suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention work. Rosalina has had training in crisis intervention, TF-CBT, Internal Family Systems, and EMDR. While Rosalina works with all ages, she has more experience working with teens and adults.
Her interests include public policy reform, mental health advocacy, racial equity, and suicide prevention and awareness. Rosalina was also one of the founding members of this organization’s diversity, equity, and inclusion project and helped form the JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion) team. When not working, Rosalina’s interests are sports, film, and spending time with their loved ones.
Rosalina was born and raised on the Central Coast and is proud to work for an organization that is doing such amazing and vital work for the community.