She has spent the last 12 of her almost 20 years in the nursing field caring for infants in NICUs throughout Ventura County, most recently at Los Robles Hospital. She has a special interest in promoting breastfeeding amongst premature infants and improving resources and support provided to breastfeeding dyads in the NICU environment. Kalena has a long history of both global and local volunteerism and currently volunteers as a Nurse Practitioner at various free clinics in East Ventura County. She lives in Ventura with her husband and their new baby, and is excited to collaborate with the BCVC on ways to make sure that every baby in Ventura County is breastfed.