Meet Scott Robinson, a 7th generation Santa Barbarian! Having graduated from Santa Barbara High School, Scott attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo where he earned his undergrad degree in Graphic Communication and later his Master’s in Business Administration (MBA). Scott has been working for Alpha for 8 years and is a Senior Direct Support Professional in the Extensions Social Center.  Prior to coming to Alpha, Scott worked in the medical and...

Albert Covarrubias has been a Direct Support Professional in Alpha’s Adult Day Program for almost 4 years now.  Prior to starting at Alpha he was working in retail, but he wanted a job where he could actually help people and feel like he was making a difference.  In high school he had worked in a special education class and loved it, so when he saw an ad for a job opening at Alpha, he applied for it.  When he came for his interview, he saw...

Dan Grunewald was born and raised in Santa Barbara and began working at Alpha just over 4 months ago.  Prior to beginning his work at Alpha, he was working toward a Bachelor’s degree in History and serving and bartending at Elephant Bar.  He decided that he wanted a more consistent full-time job and his mom mentioned the ad she had seen for a job opening at Alpha.  Dan was a little apprehensive about applying because he had never worked in...

Mahealani Ciabattoni has been working on and off at Alpha for the past three years.  She calls herself a “boomerang staff”, moving away and coming back and going from part-time to full-time a few times.  She began about 3 years ago when she moved back to Santa Barbara from Seattle.  She grew up in S.B. and was excited to move back to the sunshine and her family.  She was already somewhat familiar with Alpha because her uncle had...

In honor of National Direct Service Professionals (DSP) Week, we have been featuring a different DSP from Alpha’s staff each day this week. Today is the last day of our special feature, however we will continue to highlight staff periodically so be sure to check back.  In the meantime, meet Nancy Frausto! Nancy’s journey to Alpha was an interesting one.  About 12 years ago she was meeting with a Regional Center Service Coordinator because...

In honor of National Direct Service Professionals (DSP) Week, we will be featuring a different DSP from Alpha’s staff each day this week. Today we are highlighting Martha Murray! Martha has been working as a Direct Support Professional at Alpha for almost 6 years and she is well loved by staff and participants alike.  Martha describes her journey to Alpha as almost serendipitous saying “I didn’t go out looking for Alpha, it came...