She draws on over 20 years of experience teaching and training on communication, change engagement, and interpersonal “soft” skills. Dr. Brooks has been training Motivational Interviewing nationally since 2000. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, Inc. (MINT) and a national MI consultant for the national Evidence-Based Practice Initiative. In addition to offering workshops on motivational interviewing and communication, she serves as the Organization Development Consultant at the New Mexico VA Health Care System and Assistant Professor in the Psychiatry Department at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Brooks is also a graduate of the VA Leadership Institute and a certified VA Mentor.