-Events-

May is Mental Health Month! Free events happening throughout the month of May! Visit SMCHealth.org/MHM or scan the QR code on the flyer to learn more. (See linked flyer below)

 

This year’s statewide theme for Mental Health Month is “#Share4MH.” To promote engagement across audiences in California, we are asking Californians to: 

 

• Share how you practice self-care. 
• Share how you practice mental wellness. 
• Share how you get support for your mental health. 
• Share how you overcame stigma. 
• Share your journey towards wellness and inspire others to take action. 
• Share how you live the Take Action pillars: Check-In, Learn More, and Get Support. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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-Programs-

• Spanish Parent Project Class - Start date 4/19 (See linked flyer below)
• BHRS Office of Diversity & Equity Internship 2023-2024 (See linked flyer below)
• First Spanish Youth Mental Health First Aid Since 2018!

 

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-Meet our New Staff-

Andrew Tardiff (He/Him/His) | Workforce, Education & Training (WET) Director

Andrew is the Workforce, Education and Training (WET) director for San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services. The BHRS WET Team strives to deliver educational training opportunities for our workforce, including contract providers and community members, in order to promote a responsive, anticipatory, trauma-informed system of care focused on recovery, resilience, and wellness.

Andrew has been with San Mateo County since 2013 and has worked as a provider in both the correctional health and community mental health sectors. He has assisted in overseeing doctoral-level practicum training programs and worked with clients to provide both individual and group therapy where he employed a variety of empirically validated approaches to better assist those we serve. Andrew is passionate about supporting our workforce and clients while holding the equity and trauma-informed practices at our core.

 

 

Kayla Tolentino (she/her) | Community Engagement Specialist

Kayla supports community engagement endeavors and ensures an alignment of our 9 Health Equity Initiatives with our broader health and county equity efforts. Over the past few years, she has worked in both the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors across the Bay Area. With a deep commitment to seeing our wondrous world through an intersectional social justice lens, Kayla is a valued asset to all of our MCOD and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging projects.

Born and raised in a Pilipinx working-class family in Daly City, Kayla has always called the County “home,” and knows firsthand the resilience of our communities. She graduated from San Francisco State University in May 2016, where she was actively involved in student organizing and studied Community-Based Health Education, Political Science, and Women’s Health. In her free time, she likes to experiment in the kitchen, write prayers to our past and future ancestors, or curl up in a blanket with a good TV show and tea. 

 

• ode_flyer_23-24.pdf
• 2023 MHM General Flyer (1).pdf
• PP-Spanish-.pdf