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Cooking Up Connections in Home Visits with Recipe 4 Success

Bio:

Karen Villarreal  has over 20 years experience in the home visiting field, after graduating from Marquette University with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology.  Karen has held roles as a home visitor, supervisor and program manager, and managed a program that has used both Healthy Families America and Parents as Teachers evidence-based models.  During her time as a program manager her team participated in research initiatives and projects that could help improve outcomes for the families her program served, including many quality improvement and professional development projects over the years.  Karen is currently part of the Wisconsin Professional Development Network at WCWPDS, supporting and providing training to home visitors in Wisconsin.