Email: frecio.cmlf@gmail.com

Ms. Claudia Rivera is the Operations Manager and Database Administrator of CMLF. Ms. Rivera is an Electronic Engineer graduated from the Instituto Tecnico de Durango in Durango, Mexico. She has worked for engineering production companies, taught Spanish and art, and managed an art studio. Ms. Rivera is in charge of office operations, program and client databases, and insurance enrollments.

Ms. Blanca Mares holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services from California State University. Ms. Mares has experience working as a case manager, family advocate, and health educator assistant. Currently, she has been providing support services to survivors of domestic violence. Her support groups provide survivors a safe space to talk about their experiences, learn how to develop safety plans, and become self-sufficient.

Dr. Sonia Acosta is a fully licensed bilingual psychologist with over 26 years of experience in the field of mental health, substance abuse and domestic violence. She was the first supervisor of Centro La Familia when it was part of Community Mental Health. In 1992, Centro only had two staff members, so by using her grant writing and program design abilities, she was able to grow the program to 35 bilingual staff members. Dr. Acosta is interested in the areas of behavioral health, cultural competence, evaluation and community-based participatory research projects.