Siria Arriaga

Certified Community Health Worker (CHW/CHWI) can work as a team member or independently, to advocate, achieve goals, objectives and expectations while maintaining the highest standard of service; listening actively to communicate with empathy, respectfully gather information and share resources. Able to network, plan, set up presentations, and workshops to organize others using existing resources to promote a cause, prioritizing activities, and maintaining flexibility. Aspire to learn new skills and better ways of serving the community through formal and informal training to help individuals or communities. Previous experience includes banking, retail customer service.

UT Health San Antonio - Community Health Worker, provided support to substance use disorder providers in rural Texas through leveraging the statewide network of resources offered through Be Well Texas. I was a Sr. Financial Teller at a local credit union for 5 years and have 20+ years in customer service.

Attending Northwest Vista College, pursuing my associate's degree in applied science in Community Health and Public Administration. I will be graduating in December 2025 and again in May 2026.

I am participating in a CHW (Community Health Worker) Public Health Fellowship increasing my knowledge of public health practices, building on the CHW competencies and skills in the design and execution of community-based interventions to address, prioritize identified needs of the community