Chelsy Joy Velasco

Bilingual Wellness Coach @Health Advocate

US

Coach medically insured employees through management of chronic disease, stress and weight management, as well as smoking cessation and addressing problematic areas through proactive health and wellness coaching· Schedule weekly ongoing sessions to assess progress and assist in navigating challenges while offering ongoing and annual incentive-based telephone and email support to assist individuals in meeting goals, resulting in one client losing 15 lbs. in 4-weeks, and another reducing hcA1c to a healthy range after a 12-week program. · Assist individuals in identifying goals, developing behavior plans, and taking action-steps to increase adherence to reaching goals using motivational interviewing, SMART goal setting, and understanding the stages of change· Use data entry skills for management analyses, special studies, and reports for use by management for budget preparation, workload projections, quality assurance and utilization reviews· Manage a wellness portfolio of clients achieving goals with high outcomes, while personally achieving regular 100% monthly QA Employee Performance evaluations consecutively throughout 2021/2022· Provide training, mentoring, and troubleshooting for other health coaches in training

John Piersol McCaskey high school

High School, Regular/General High School/Secondary Diploma Program

HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General

Iowa Central Community College

Certified Nursing Assistant

American School of Natural Health Sciences of California

Certified Practitioner of Natural Health Sciences, Thyroid & Auto-immune Diseases

The National Association of Certified Natural Health Professionals

Certification, Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General

Iowa Central Community College

Associates, Social Sciences

UMass Chan Medical School

Certificate, Tobacco Cessation Specialist

Iowa Central Community College

Social Sciences