Carmen has years of experience providing MI Training and teaching the Brief Negotiated Interview in an SBIRT grant at the University of New Mexico. She has experience teaching MI to a broad range of providers in various tribal communities in the state of New Mexico. In conjunction with Fire Departments in several communities in New Mexico, she's led the development of a stress reduction program for Firefighters, and provided MI Training to Firefighters and Police Officers. She continue to work as a community partner with the College of Nursing and the Department of Interdisciplinary Practice at the University of New Mexico. As a leader in student development in an independent school in Albuquerque, NM, she works with the structure of the system to move toward more Motivational Interviewing Philospophy as they work with families and children. She lives on a small farm in Corrales, New Mexico, and grows flowers and vegetables in her comunal garden with her four Granddaughters.
