We were lucky to catch up with Melodie Hernandez recently and have shared our conversation below.

Melodie, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Was there a defining moment in your professional career? A moment that changed the trajectory of your career?

Of course. After 25 years of career as a Case Manager working with Senior/Adolescents population, the time has come to impact the lives of others. I felt that my mission as a care coordinator for the elderly had come to an end and I decided to take a boat towards the world of understanding addiction and impacting their lives by helping them regenerate and integrate into their social life in a peaceful way.

A moment that changed the trajectory of your career?

The time came when I woke up from a lethargy in my career and that happened when my daughters’ childhood was getting out of hand and I didn’t have quality time for my family. Youth and years passed me by without realizing it and in the blink of an eye my daughters were already teenagers, 2 decades had already passed and all that happened in the blink of an eye. By the time I saw that my life was getting out of hand and my daughters had grown up, it was too late. That’s why I decided to do something productive in the lives of others to be able to compensate for all the time I couldn’t enjoy raising my daughters.

Melodie, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

can you please tell our readers about yourself, how you got into your industry / business / discipline / craft etc, what type of products/services/creative works you provide, what problems you solve for your clients and/or what you think sets you apart from others.

I came to work with the geriatric population and the HIV population when I was 17 years old, and from that moment on I realized that I was born for this. I loved what I did because I could help that vulnerable population and show them that there is still hope and that there are people who were interested in them, that all was not lost. They offered home health care services, also did consulting for health care service agencies and have had many years of experience helping business owners and their patients.
I think what sets me apart from others is that everything I do, I do from the heart. Furthermore, I also think that to change the world I must start by changing my world and the world of those around me, and that is what I have been doing over the years.

What are you most proud of and what are the top things you want your potential clients/followers/fans to know about you/your brand/your work/etc.?
What I am most proud of is the family I have, which includes my two daughters, my stepdaughter, and my husband. The 4 confirm the family that we always dreamed of and although at this moment we are not all under the same roof, I know that from a distance we are united. My greatest pride would be that my daughters follow in our footsteps as 2 people with values and that they never forget that there is nothing more beautiful and that makes us feel prouder than helping others and never feeling proud, since this does not allow us to see. the inner beauty of any human being.

If you could go back, would you choose the same profession, specialty, etc.?

If I could go back in time, I would focus on specializing in how to help young people get out of addictions and how to avoid falling into that hostile world. I think it would have impacted the lives of many.

Training and knowledge matter of course, but beyond that what do you think matters most in terms of succeeding in your field?

The most important thing to be successful as an Addiction counselor is to be empathetic with patients and create confidence in themselves and increase their self-esteem. Help them believe in them, show them that they are not alone and that that is what addiction counselors are for, to be their support.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @mrs.mel1982
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/goldstarrecruitment

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Image Credit to Raymond Acosta