A Life-Changing Opportunity
Sometimes what it takes to succeed is the determination to create a better life and a golden opportunity. For Maria...
Category: Caregiver Impact Stories
From Caregiver to CNA
Veronica Mendoza’s role as a nurse assistant apprentice is new for her, but she is no stranger to the healthcare...
Stepping Stone to a Nursing Career
Lizette Mendoza’s inspiration to pursue a career in the healthcare field comes from two main sources: the medical drama TV...
Learning the language of autism
Before Rebekah Acosta transitioned to being her daughter’s full-time caregiver, she was already entrenched in the developmental disabilities community. She...
Caregiving strengthens mother-son bond
Perri Kendrick and her son Trevor have an unbreakable bond. They do almost everything together: ice skating with Perri pushing...
Caregivers lifting each other up
At her IHSS+ training graduation event last December, caregiver Michelle Galloway Blanco used a garden analogy to illustrate how she...
From Pilot to Caregiver
Former Airman and Engineer Shares the Value of Proper Training When Carlos Martinez flew Boeing 767s as a commercial pilot...
A test of resiliency and preparedness
Caregiver Amber Peña knew what she faced was familiar, but no less threatening to the life and health of the...
The emotional realities of Alzheimer’s caregiving
In his mind, Carlos Corona has two mothers. One is of the past, the mother who was vibrant and energetic...
The power of emergency preparedness
Nursing home worker shares lessons learned from resiliency training. The story of how students and teachers survived a tragic earthquake...