Substance Use Disorder & Recovery with Colleen Capistrano, Cheryl Cambay, & Russell Ramirez

In our 8th episode of Season 3, we talk with Owner & Co-Founder of Psychiatric Supportive Living & Athena House, Colleen Capistrano, Business Development Liaison for Meadows Behavioral Healthcare, Cheryl Cambay and State OA PrEP Navigator for Tarzana Treatment Center's PrEP for the Future, Russell Ramirez.Colleen Capistrano is a Co-founder and Owner for Psychiatric Supportive Living and Athena House. She has an extensive background in the Behavioral Healthcare industry for over 20 years. Her experience includes working in treatment programs for substance use disorders, process addictions, complex trauma & PTSD, eating disorders, and chronic mental illness. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Child Development and Psychology from Mount St Mary’s University. Colleen has worked in multiple levels of care such inpatient settings, residential programs, partial hospitalizations and intensive outpatient programs. Currently, Colleen currently serves on the board for the Women’s Association of Addiction Treatment which has chapters across the United States.Cheryl Cambay has worked in the addiction and behavioral healthcare field for over 25 years in a variety of capacities. She has extensive experience in effectively building relationships with clinical providers who specialize in the areas of addiction, mental health, eating disorders, sex/intimacy issues, and trauma in order to collaborate and assist clients in need with treatment and recovery options. She has worked for Meadows Behavioral Healthcare, a leading national treatment center, for almost 10 years.Russell Ramirez has been working for 5 years in a recovery space. He is currently working as a PrEP Navigator for Tarzana Treatment Center's PrEP for the Future, a State OA program to promote HIV/STI testing and PrEP.Our in-house designer is Ritchie (IG: @ritchramirezart). Our break tracks were "Make Change" and "Spare Change" by Bambu off of his 2011 album, "...Exact Change...Reloaded" (IG/YouTube: @BambuDePistola .Host: Cheryl Samson Ramirez (IG: @angelspointyoga)Follow Us/Like/Subscribe!------------------------------IG/FB/Threads: @PilipinxinWellnessX: @pilipinxnwellns