FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:  Her topic is "Mind. Body. Fire." She'll talk about this unique stress reduction program designed for firefighters, but there's something for in it for everyone. If 2025 has you feeling on edge, learn how firefighters are coping and you can too.

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 continues 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 Philosophy as they work with families and children. She lives on a small farm in Corrales, New Mexico, and grows flowers and vegetables in her communal garden with her four granddaughters.