Connect and Inspire
Empowering Clients....One Story At A Time
Please Join me in April for the 2025 SummitLook for more details to come!
Attend a follow up to the seminar that will give us a chance to work together. We will not only identify what authenticity looks like in different relationships but we will also have the chance to identify ways you can actively weave authenticity into your own story.Advocacy is only one area of many where sharing your personal story can make a difference. I lam looking forward to the opportunity support you as you reach your goals.
Charlene Garcia-Narciso
Charlene earned a Bachelor's Degree in from Saint John's University and a Master's Degree from Adelphi University. She started her career in 1992 as a New York City schoolteacher. Soon after, Charlene was chosen to serve on a team of educators who established the first bilingual special education inclusion program. This experience gave her the tremendous opportunity to work under the leadership of gifted mentors. After her husband, Joe, was diagnosed in 2002 with Young Onset Parkinson's Disease, Charlene was able to transfer the skills she learned as a teacher to advocacy. Surrounded by fellow passionate advocates and coached by brilliant mentors of the Parkinson's Community, Charlene dedicated several years representing New Jersey voters on Capitol Hill. Charlene's passion to help spread needed awareness of the terrible consequences Parkinson's Disease also has on young families helped her find empowering value in sharing her story. One of the happiest moments in her life was learning that going to Capitol Hill and sharing the effects Parkinson's Disease had on her young family helped to sway her Congressional Representative to reach across the aisle and support the Caregiver's Act. The Caregiver's Act became the R.A.I.S.E. Caregiver's Law on January 22, 2018.
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Charlene is honored to have the opportunity to speak on behalf of those who need a voice. Her experiences as a care partner, a parent and also a patient has provided her with the opportunities to learn first hand of the importance of being not only heard, but listened to.