Nancy’s career in the helping profession began when she, as a high school drop out and single mother of two young sons, put herself through college and graduate school. She earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California at Santa Cruz and an M.S.in Clinical Psychology at California State University at Hayward. Nancy worked many years counseling drug addicts and alcoholics before going to work as a vice president for a San Francisco based corporation.

In 1985 Nancy developed an internal employee assistance program (EAP) for the corporation and under her direction and supervision the department grew to include managed mental health care, health promotion, volunteer programs, pre-retirement services,child/elder care, commute alternatives and other employee services.

In 1990, Nancy founded her own business, Employee Health Plus, to provide EAP (Employee Assistance Program) services externally to a variety of corporations. During Nancy’s tenure as an EAP professional, she was elected to serve on both the national and local EAP professional’s board of directors.

In November 1992 Nancy’s life changed dramatically when she visited an orphanage in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. She found 45 children, ages 2-12, with little adult supervision and no play activities. The children were needy - just wanting to be loved and held. Quickly Nancy found herself covered with dirty, runny-nosed, lice infested kids that found their way into her heart. She promised to come back and visit but nobody believed it. The kids had been visited by many people who made the same promise, but never came back. But Nancy did come back; every three months for a period of ::click for more::


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