People – Passion – Professionalism: Staff experiences during the pandemic Janice Bonello, Homeless Services Program Director What do you like best about your job? The staff, the flexibility, the opportunity to grow and learn in a safe environment. What was it like working at CSA this past year during the pandemic? How did your job…
People – Passion – Professionalism: Staff experiences during the pandemic Sophia Cheng, Licensed Vocational Nurse Case Manager, Senior Services What do you like best about your job? I get pleasure from helping others no matter how difficult their situation is. What gives me the most encouragement is the knowledge that progress is being made toward…
People – Passion – Professionalism: Staff experiences during the pandemic Pai Lautaimi, Pantry Assistant, Food & Nutrition Center What do you like best about your job? I love getting to work alongside the Food & Nutrition Center volunteers who come in super excited to serve the community. Words can’t explain how happy it makes me…
People – Passion – Professionalism: Staff experiences during the pandemic Alex Imbesi, Senior Services Director What do you like best about your job? Working alongside the hard working, dedicated, and compassionate colleagues and volunteers. What was it like working at CSA this past year during the pandemic? How did your job change? How did you…
People – Passion – Professionalism: Staff experiences during the pandemic LaDrea Clark, Volunteer and Special Events Coordinator What do you like best about your job? The people I work with – from volunteers to clients and staff. People really care about each other here. What was it like working at CSA this past year during…
People – Passion – Professionalism: Staff experiences during the pandemic Eonis Cibrian Pelayo, Community Relations and Advocacy Director What do you like best about your job? The community I work for. I am committed to Mountain View – not my job, title or CSA. There’s something special about this community that reminds me of my…
Three staff members have been promoted to new positions: Janice Bonello to Program Director, Homeless Services; Eonis Cibrian Pelayo to Director of Community Relations and Advocacy and Simone Berkowitz to Chief Analyst. Janice Bonello has been promoted to Program Director, Homeless Services. CSA has recently restructured some of its programs and as part of the…
Congratulations to CSA staff members Janice Bonello and Eonis Cibrian Pelayo, who were recently awarded grants from the Walter & Marian English Awards Fund for professional development in the field of human services. The Fund is administered by The Columbia Foundation. Janice and Eonis are delighted at this opportunity to advance their knowledge and skills…
Part 2: Worlds Collide in the Time of COVID-19 by Simone Berkowitz, CSA Principal Analyst As 2020 comes…
Here is a staff perspective on what it is like to work on the front lines of the agency’s COVID-19 response efforts. This essay provides a personal viewpoint while also exemplifying CSA’s mission in action and our team’s commitment to carrying out our mission. The author is Simone Berkowitz, Principal Analyst at CSA. She lives…