Marina is deeply passionate about CASA’s mission to provide critical support and advocacy for some of our community’s most vulnerable children. She welcomes the opportunity to continue her work in support of foster youth in the role of Executive Director of SLO-CASA.
Marina’s current position reflects the culmination of a thirty-year career dedicated to supporting children and families, including farm workers, low-income families, and foster youth. Her path to this work began when she earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW) in 1994 with a concentration in Child and Family Services.
Marina is deeply grateful to have spent her career doing the very thing she feels most passionate about, which is ensuring that all children have opportunities to grow in safe, healthy and loving homes.
Over the last three decades, Marina has acquired the skills and experience necessary to be a thoughtful and effective leader in the nonprofit sector with a long track record of success.
Marina currently lives in Morro Bay with her husband and teenage son and is pleased to live close to Santa Barbara where her daughter attends college.