Every year as the summer sun dries the fields and bakes the forests surrounding our residential treatment center, my fire awareness is triggered. So starts the months-long fire season in California.
Jen Carvalho is the CEO of Casa Palmera in Del Mar, California. She is a program leader and has piloted programs during rolling power outages, and wildfire evacuations. Carvalho and her staff are focused on safe provision of services in an increasingly challenged environment.