Arte Sana Board of Directors

Arte Sana Board of Directors

Melina graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a Bachelors degree in Social Work. She later went on and earned her Master of Science in Social Work degree from the University of Texas at Arlington. Melina is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in the Sate of Texas.

Melina Castillo currently works as a High School Social Worker for Grand Prairie ISD. Her work involves working with students who are experiencing barriers to their success in school. She works with students, parents, staff to help address and eliminate these barriers, which include lack of basic needs or housing, family violence, homelessness, child abuse, and many other life altering issues. Prior to joining the school district, Melina worked as a Domestic Violence Counselor for the Irving Police Department. She worked with primarily victims/survivors of family violence and also worked with victims/survivors of other crimes, including sexual assault, burglary, assault, drunk driving crashes, and homicide. Prior to joining the Irving Police Department, Melina worked for The Family Place, a local domestic violence agency. Melina worked for their emergency shelter, which provided emergency shelter to victims of family violence and their children.

Melina currently serves as co-chair for Latinos Against Domestic Violence (LADV), a committee whose purpose is to promote awareness on family violence in the Latino community. Melina is also Vice President of the Grand Prairie Human Services Coalition. Melina believes community involvement is important in order to better serve families. For the past seven years, Melina has worked with families and children to help empower them in order to create healthy families and communities.