Elena Velez, CHI Healthcare Interpreter and Culturally Sensitive Wellness Educator

Elena is the founder and director of CRT, a bilingual program that guides stress reduction and mental well-being for essential workers. Her 18 years of experience and professionalism as a Certified Medical Interpreter (CHI) allow her to interpret simultaneously and consecutively, virtually or in person, in community meetings, evaluations and medical appointments, thus contributing to the fluency in communication of the Spanish-speaking community.

Both her current experience as an interpreter, and her previous 5 years as a bilingual environmental educator, motivate her to take action and create CRTs whose goal is to allow access to simple practices to reduce daily stress and anxiety, thus preventing workplace injuries.

Elena manages to share her workshop with the Latino community and decides to grow a multicultural community that supports each other, feels empathy and mutual respect. Learning to relax, helping the body get where it needs to go without pain is a process that requires our attention. This process allows our machinery to function and last healthily, in the short and long term. All CRT concepts are based on neuroscience and neuroplasticity.

Her CRT sessions are a combination of education, restorative movement and relaxation. The practices, despite being brief, have achieved great results for each participant. No experience is required on the part of the participants. The purpose of each session is to generate lasting mental, emotional and physical balance, thus allowing you to avoid work injuries, have the opportunity to enjoy your family and achieve healthy and active aging.

Her constant study of the causes and consequences of high levels of stress motivates her to train in MBSR Meditation and how to respond when someone has suicidal intentions, for which she is certified as QPR. Today Elena understands and promotes the importance of leading a balanced life and therefore enjoys meditation and breathing practices, restorative movement, positive friendships, music, art, enjoying the present moment and sharing and applying her own experiences and her own process to change negative habits for positive ones.

Elena is real proof that what she teaches works! 

Feel free to ask her why.