Julissa is the Executive Director of McKinley Children's Center’s Foster Care and Adoptions program and has been with McKinley since 2005. She has over 15 years of experience working with children and families.
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Julissa has extensive experience in providing services in the areas of youth shelter care, school counseling, domestic violence, and child abuse counseling, as well as foster care and adoption. She has worked for Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Human Services Association and Children of the Village Foster Care. She retired as a 1st Lieutenant Finance Officer with the United States Army after serving for 10 years.
Julissa is a consultant with Foster Care Kinship Education with the local community colleges for over nine years and provides child welfare educational classes to the community. Julissa earned a Bachelor’s degree in Law and Society from the University of California at Santa Barbara and earned a Master’s Degree in School Counseling with a Pupil Services Credential from the University of La Verne.