Cheryl Martin has a BSN in Nursing, MA in Psychology and 46 years of experience as an RN. She is a Certified Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor, a NYS OASAS Certified SBIRT trainer and has a Trauma Certificate from the University of Buffalo. Cheryl is a member of Motivational Interviewing Network Trainers since 2004 and a Motivational Interviewing Assessment Supervisory Tools for Enhancing Proficiency trainer for the NIDA Blending Initiative. Cheryl has developed curriculum and delivered training and coaching to schools and health care providers on a variety of topics including: motivational interviewing (MI), person-centered planning, trauma and trauma responsive services, co-occurring disorders and the heroin epidemic.