Sarah Garcia

Sarah Garcia is a social worker with extensive experience in healthcare settings, currently serving as a Palliative Care Social Worker and Medical Social Worker at John Muir Health since March 2019. Prior roles include ED Medical Social Worker at Sutter Health from September 2016 to 2019 and Medical Social Worker Intern at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. Sarah's expertise encompasses crisis intervention, psychosocial assessments, discharge planning, and liaison work with community resources. Early career experience includes teaching Spanish at Berean Christian High School and serving as a Health Education Specialist for a teenage pregnancy prevention initiative in Contra Costa County. Sarah holds a Master of Social Work from San José State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the same institution.