About The Coaches
As a Certified Health Coach, we can show you simple steps that will help you take charge of your health and achieve optimal wellness.
As a Certified Health Coach, we can show you simple steps that will help you take charge of your health and achieve optimal wellness.
Mrs. Stephanie Barron currently serves as the Health Project Coordinator for the City of El Paso Be Well Program. In her role as a coordinator and Certified Health Coach, she is dedicated to assisting and supporting the El Paso community in their journey towards wellness. Mrs. Barron holds a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion with a minor in Nutrition. Before taking on the role of Health Project Coordinator, Mrs. Barron contributed to the El Paso community as a Health Education Specialist. In this capacity, she provided valuable education and resources to the community, focusing on teen health and emphasizing the importance of vaccinations, particularly the HPV and Meningitis vaccines. Collaborating with the City's Immunization clinic, she held a significant role in organizing on-site vaccine clinics at local high schools. Ensuring accessibility to these crucial vaccines for students in underserved areas of the community. Through her career experiences, Mrs. Barron has acquired great knowledge and tools, enabling her to further serve the community.
Miss. Alejandra Duarte currently serves the City of El Paso Be Well Program as a Health Education and Prevention Specialist and a Certified Health Coach. Her educational background consists of a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology with a minor in Biology from the University of Texas at El Paso. She is currently continuing her education at UTEP with a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling. While in school, she worked at a rehabilitation center as a Physical Therapist Technician where she assisted Physical Therapists in helping patients with physical exercise. She helped educate patients by demonstrating proper use of equipment and exercise routines in addition to maintaining the patient’s confidence throughout the rehabilitation process. During her time there, she earned the certification of a Knee Kinesiography technician for conducting brief clinical examinations that accurately and objectively assesses the complete movement of the knee, making it possible to further assess the cause of the pain when it occurs. During this time, she also served as a volunteer research assistant for the fitness research laboratory at the Kinesiology department at UTEP. Following graduation, she served as a Health Promotion Technician at the Army Wellness Center where she helped educate the military community on how to sustain a healthy lifestyle through body composition testing, metabolic testing, exercise testing and prescription, stress management, tobacco education, sleep education, and nutritional education. Her goal as a health coach is to use her broad knowledge of health and wellness to help educate the El Paso community and navigate their way to understand how different contributors to health affect the body.
Sandra Leticia Cobos currently serves the City of El Paso Be Well Program as a Health Education and Prevention Specialist. Her educational background consists of a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion with a minor in Community Health from the University of Texas at El Paso. She started her health education career while she was a student at UTEP working for the wellness center and educating on sexual health. After graduation, she worked for the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) as a program director and health educator. At the YMCA, she supervised various programs that helped promote a healthier lifestyle as well as educated with the CDC’s diabetes prevention program. After her involvement with the YMCA, she worked for the City of El Paso’s Parks and Recreation Department as a recreation specialist executing sports league seasons and promoting the importance of physical activity for all ages. After working for the City of El Paso’s Parks and Recreation, she started working for Texas Tech Health Sciences Center El Paso as a health educator for the Pasos Para Prevenir Cancer program. She educated on improving health through obesity prevention to reduce cancer risks. Through these experiences, she has gained knowledge in various health topics to be an asset in gearing up our community toward a healthier life.
