Kiara Ninos is a licensed professional counselor who received her master’s in art of counseling with a concentration in grief, loss and trauma from Southwestern College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Kiara has been working in the field of trauma and substance abuse for more than seven years in both New Mexico and Texas in residential treatment settings. Kiara has worked on developing and implementing curriculum for substance abuse groups. Kiara has a background in horticulture as well and has given a workshop on introduction to horticultural therapy to master’s in counseling students on the subject. We are extremely proud to have Kiara in this Clinical Leadership role.