Category: Impact Stories
Stepping Stone to a Nursing Career
Lizette Mendoza’s inspiration to pursue a career in the healthcare field comes from two main sources:...
Learning the language of autism
Before Rebekah Acosta transitioned to being her daughter’s full-time caregiver, she was already entrenched in the...
Caregiving strengthens mother-son bond
Perri Kendrick and her son Trevor have an unbreakable bond. They do almost everything together: ice...
Caregivers Lifting Each Other Up
At her IHSS+ training graduation event last December, caregiver Michelle Galloway Blanco used a garden analogy...
From Pilot to Caregiver
Former Airman and Engineer Shares the Value of Proper Training When Carlos Martinez flew Boeing 767s...
A test of resiliency and preparedness
Caregiver Amber Peña knew what she faced was familiar, but no less threatening to the life...
The emotional realities of Alzheimer’s caregiving
In his mind, Carlos Corona has two mothers. One is of the past, the mother who...
The power of emergency preparedness
Nursing home worker shares lessons learned from resiliency training. The story of how students and teachers...
Supporting Advancement Through Teaching
Dr. Keith Savell began working with the Education Fund as an instructor six years ago, teaching...
Love brightens the daily routine of caregiving
In a way, it’s a song Tammie Becker sings every day. From the day her son...
