Meet the Team

Hi, I’m Sandra, a Career Consultant with Calgary Alternative Employment Services. I started working with CASS in 2015 under CADO (Complex Needs) as a Community Support Worker, before joining the CAES team.

I enjoy getting to know each person’s strength, interests, and goals. In my role, I support people as they explore work opportunities and take steps towards a path that feels right for them. I also love arts and craft, and I bring that creativity and practical approach into my daily life.

I started working for CASS in 2019 and began my involvement with Human Services as a day support worker. Working solely in the community provided me with extensive opportunities to work with a multitude of insightful and inspiring people. Although my background is in Criminal Justice, working with those with disabilities has given me a new outlook on individuals who are more often ostracized and face numerous barriers which limit their growth. CASS continuously provides a plethora of opportunities to work in a number of sectors and allow employees such as myself flourish and learn more from our co-workers and candidates each day. Working with CAES provides the incredibly rewarding task of helping our candidates successfully grow into strong willed employees for a number of business throughout the city.

If I’m not working, you will find me at home playing video games far too late into the night, hanging out with my two dogs and three cats, or camping during those warm summer months.

I’m am thankful to begin my journey with the CAES department as a Career Consultant and hope to reach the goal of ensuring all are successful in their journey through the workforce while continuously promoting our candidates to be the best versions of themselves. 

As a member of the CAES team, my goal is to continue to utilize my education, knowledge and experience to assist individuals gain and retain meaningful employment, as well as promote the growth of diverse and inclusive workplaces.

I started my journey with CASS back in 2021 during the pandemic with another CASS program, CADO. Being a community support worker during such a wild time in the world was definitely a challenge, but I feel as though I got to experience a very new and unique way of learning and supporting individuals in the community.

After I completed a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Justice Studies, it became very clear to me that I wanted to work with individuals facing barriers within society. I started my professional journey working in foster care, and from there, moved into working with both adults and children with disabilities. I developed a true passion for working alongside adults with disabilities and I was very eager to move from a community support role to an employment services role. This is when my journey with CAES started and I could not be more excited!

When I’m not in the office, you can find me sitting in my gaming chair at home playing video games way past my bedtime. When the video games get boring, I am almost always snuggled up on the couch with my partner and my dogs, out visiting my family, or out in Sundre where I have a tent trailer and some dirt bikes in a cozy little camping spot.