HIPPY Assistant Coordinator

Leona Garcia,

Is the Project Director of the Texas Home Visiting Program under the Coalition of Health Service in Amarillo that works with at risk families and children in their homes aging from prenatal and birth to 5 years of age to help parents become self-sufficient and give children a boost to get ready for school.  Kacie started at the inception of the Texas Home Visiting Program in 2012. By way of background, Kacie worked with pregnant teens, parents, and their children at two of the local high schools for ten years under AISD and Region 16.  In addition, she worked in direct services as a Home Visitor for Region 16 Early Head Start for 3 years.  She has a passion for meeting families where they are, and in turn empowering them to become successful.  If Kacie is not working, she is watching her only daughter, Taytum, play basketball, whom is now a college student athlete, freshman, at WTAMU and on the Lady Buff Basketball team.  Kacie holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Occupational Education from Wayland Baptist University.