Megan L. Garcia Prevention Specialist |
Megan L. Garcia
Megan L. Garcia married Levi Garcia on October 10, 2005 in Rapid City South Dakota. She has one step-daughter Indrea Garcia age 4, who currently resides in Eagle Butte with her biological mother.
Megan Garcia is an enrolled member of the Sicangu Oyate or Rosebud Sioux Tribe member and also a member of the Milks Camp community of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. She is an employee of the Native American Advocacy Program (NAAP) as a Prevention Specialist.
Megan graduated from Bonesteel – Fairfax High School in May 2001 and attended one semester at University of South Dakota in Vermillion. She began working, as she was undecided as to what she wanted to major in and took a break from school. In late 2004, Megan moved to Rapid City, South Dakota where she was arrested for possession of a controlled cubstance (methamphetamine) and possession of drug paraphernalia which resulted in a suspended imposition and three years supervised release. Megan went to treatment at Keystone Treatment Center in April of 2005 for 45 days and has since been living a drug, alcohol, and tobacco free lifestyle. Megan has since decided to work in the Prevention field with youth of the reservations to better the future of the Native American population.
Megan is currently working towards a Masters in counseling from Sinte Gleska University in Mission, South Dakota and hopefully a PhD. She is also an active participant in her Native American culture; she regularly attends powwows, ceremonies, and also teaches what she knows to her youth groups. She is a jingle dress dancer and an old style fancy shawl dancer.
Training:
2001 Bonesteel – Fairfax High School, Bonesteel, SD
- Received High School Diploma
June 2006 Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist Training, Chamberlain, SD
- Received SAPST Certification
June 2006 Love & Logic Parenting Training, Winner, SD
- Received Love & Logic Certification
September 2006 Resiliency In Native American Youth, Mission, SD
- Seminar examined the major psychological educational theories of resiliency as they relate to Native American children and youth.
September 2006 Meth Makes You Ugly, Sioux Falls, SD
- Received Training to Teach this class to middle to high school student
September 2006 Life Skills, Sioux Falls, SD
- Received Training to teach Life Skills curriculum to students in middle and high school
April 2007 SDCDA, Chamberlain, SD
- Choices and Challenges: Engaging the Prevention and Treatment Professional
April 2007 Native American Cultural Competency Training, Chamberlain, SD
- Received training in Native American Cultural perspectives and influences
May 2007 PRIme For Life, Chamberlain, SD
- New Instructor training for the PRIme For Life curriculum which is a evidence and research based curriculum meant to empower youth about the fact of substance abuse and to give them the education needed to make the right decisions.
May 2007 Crisis Management in Schools: Ready, Set, GO!, Chamberlain, SD
- Received training in managing and preparing for an act of school crisis such as an attack on the school by peers or outsiders.
May 2007 ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training), Mission, SD
- Received training and certification in Suicide Intervention Model to better aid in prevention with a person whom is thinking about suicide.
June 2007 Prevention Theories & Practice, Rapid City, SD
This class prepared prevention professionals to develop and sustain effective prevention programming and to learn the theories in prevention of substance abuse and high risk behaviors.
June 2007 American Indian Life Skills Development Curriculum, Mission, SD
- AILSDC is a culture based Life Skills curriculum for high school and middle school students to improve decision making, reduce suicide rate in NA youth, and to build on the 40 developmental assets of resiliency in NA youth.
2006 to Current - Full Time Student at Sinte Gleska University majoring in Human Services