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Kim Cardenas came on board with Globe Star in 2016. It seems that wherever she goes, she shows up like sunshine! She loves learning and working together, with others, especially with Individuals in helping them achieve their goals.
Along with her role as Quality of Community Life Servant Leader, she is certified as an Emergency Medical Technician and as a CPR instructor. She continues learning, applying, and expanding her knowledge and skills at Globe Star.
Covering both field work and office work, she embraces the diverse situations and challenges of each new day, advocating for justice of the heart and enrichment of life. She also documents the joy and fun of a lot of community events with Individuals by taking and sharing wonderful photos.
The idea that “every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together,” inspires her outlook (a statement by Paul Ryan). Kim says she discovered that this is what service at Globe Star is all about, and that it makes her proud to be a part of the Globe Star community.
Watching her children grow is her heart’s pure delight. ‘It’s my favorite thing, watching them grow; but bittersweet, too, as they grow so fast. We learn so much from one another. They learn from me and I keep learning from them how to become a better person.
Kimberly treasures spending time with her husband and their two daughters. “We try to make life enjoyable, we love going to eat, travel and just be at home doing nothing but spending time with each other! One of the main things I’ve learned from life is to be patient and believe that God does things for a reason [so we can learn and grow].Never give up and keep living!”
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(FSSA) received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services’ (BDDS) 1915(c) home and community-based services Family Supports Waiver (FSW) and Community Integration and Habilitation (CIH) Waiver amendments. The mandated 5 percent rate increase for specific services provided under the FSW and CIH waivers with the intent to use the rate increase to increase wages for direct care staff was effective October 1, 2017.
Planning is well underway for our 2018 topics and presenters. The schedule-in-progress will be posted on our website by the end of December. We'll be introducing some new presenters and welcoming back others (Janice Ryan on Autism, Hanne Holmer on her OT work with Snoezelhuset in Denmark, and Dr. Anthony M. McCrovitz who spoke on several topics that included The Active Relationship Component, Dementia, The Importance of Sensory Experience in Human Development, and Focus on Breathing and Relaxing Within the Environment). 
While mentoring a spirit of gentleness involves having objectives for teaching, it also involves reflective practices by the mentor, so that valuing, which is at the heart of this work, becomes apparent for one’s understanding, and develops transparency for the integrity of the relationship. Also, a mentor abides by guidelines for protecting the relationship for navigating the learning processes toward destinations of safe and loved. (this is ‘navigating the heart’ and sometimes this is through ‘stormy weather,’ whereby emotions/ feelings of the person we are serving/mentoring have become engulfed in a ‘stormy’ way.)
