Rosa Dewaard

Rosa began working for EBI as a Community Living Assistant in Supported Living Services and Community Day Supports in 2013. Since then, she has worked as the Lead Coordinator for CDS and has been the Director of CDS since early 2018. Rosa has a B.A. in Psychology from UC Santa Cruz, and after graduating joined AmeriCorps and worked as a volunteer & program coordinator at the Santa Cruz Volunteer Center where she helped connect youth to meaningful volunteer opportunities. In Rosa’s five years at EBI, she has built strong relationships with clients and their families and loves seeing clients thrive and grow in the program and connect with their community. Outside of work, Rosa enjoys singing and playing music, yoga, and hiking.