GENA'S GROOVE THEORY

Regina White has volunteered for nearly 17 years as an street outreach specialist and life coach for MHALA ( Mental Health Of America) in Long Beach Ca. working alongside her mentor and HAP case management/worker Mr. Cherokee Morrison, a Vietnam Vet that was one of the first case worker hired in the early days of Village ISA located in the basement. After seeking assistance with mental evaluation and intake in 2004, Regina became his personal assistant working the only on street team for the homeless living in and around Long Beach area spanning the cities of San Pedro, Wilmington, and Compton. Finding her specialty in helping others and leading them in the right direction of overcoming lifes’s economic and socially stagnate situations. Knowing what it took to get her on her feet and maintain life stabilty she changed her major to Human Services and and is currently certicate accredited and due to recieve her degree. She attributes her being a survivor of mental illness and homelessness to encourage self-sufficiency, self-reliance and the will to continue to challenge clients, as well as herself, to strive toward a better quality of life.