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Elizabeth Ornelas

Administrative Faculty
She/Her/Ella

Summary

Hope for Family Resilience and Healthy Living Sustainable Recovery. 

Programs include: 40-Hour Hope Advocate Training and Healthy Steps to Freedom

2025 - Presenter, MMIP Conference (MMIP Task Force)
2024 - Presenter, Leadership Development, Nevada National Guard - Boundaries, Competency and the Biases you Carry
2024 - Presenter, DWSS annual conference, Domestic Violence: Impact and Intervention - Ethics and our Community
2023 - Presenter, Mexican Consulate - Presenter - Mi Famlia, No! 

Education

Palmdale High School
B.A. Columbia College
M.A. Psych Northcentral University

Programs

young women talking with therapist

Hope for Family Resilience Program

The Hope for Family Resilience Program set out to support families through education, programs, and resources that provide a foundation for using both the heart and head for building the family on deeper knowledge, trust, reliability, and commitment.

Honors and Awards

  • 2024 - Nominee for Leadership Excellence Award
  • 2024 - Best Advocate Training Program - Domestic Shelters.org (40-Hour Hope Advocate Training)

Accomplishments

  • 2025 - Graduate Certification in Non-Profit Management
  • 2024 - Supervision Certificate Program

Service

  • 2025 - Chair, Take your Children to Work Day
  • 2024 - Chair, Take your Children to Work Day

News & Journal Articles, Fact Sheets, Reports...

Fact Sheets
Stakeholder Engagement in Knowledge Co-Production for Climate Resilience
SNOWPACS is a project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, aiming to optimize water policy for agriculture under changing snowpack and snowmelt conditions. The project engages stakeholders in research to co-produce knew knowledge to inform and support actionable change on the ground.
 Singletary, L., Koebele, E., Evans, W., Copp, C., Hockaday, S. and Rego, J.J. 2023, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, FS-23-28