J. Carlos Rivera

J. Carlos Rivera is the behavioral health director at American Indian Health and Services located in Santa Barbara, California, and the founder of Generation Red Road, Inc., located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Rivera is an enrolled tribal member with the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians and is also of Mexican descent. He received his chemical dependency and human services studies at the American River College. Rivera served as a substance abuse treatment provider for eleven years at Indian Health Services in Sacramento, California, providing services to adult men and women on parole, juvenile offenders, and other referrals from the Department of Corrections. He has also been an active committee member for the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency State Committee for California, appointed by Governor Jerry Brown.