Ja’Neen Hight, M.S., LPC, LBSW, TxCG
I began my pursuit in advanced education in the Fall of 1989 at the local junior college. While working full time, I obtained an Associate’s Degree in Mental Health and continued my education at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, obtaining my Bachelors Degree in Psychology and subsequently a Masters Degree in Counseling. I maintain 2 licenses through the State of Texas, Licensed Social Worker and Licensed Professional Counselor.
During my College years, I continued to work full time. I worked for a group of psychologist’s as an administrative assistant, responsibilities included all aspects of running a private practice including managing state contracts, and filing of insurance for services rendered. Once I received my Bachelor’s Degree, I was hired by one of the psychologists, Gene Muller, PH.D., as a Case Manager working with families who adopted children through the State of Texas. As a Case Manager my role was to locate services/resources for the families and also provide continued support and education to those families. I worked there until the contract with the State ended in 2011.
In 2012, I took a position as social worker for a local hospice company, where I furthered my knowledge of local resources/services and advocating for patients, their care and end of life issues. Hospice Social workers assist families in identifying, locating and accessing needed resources, and also provide the family support. Although, I absolutely loved working with the hospice population, I was sure I had so much more to offer, and when there was an advertisement for MIR Care Consultants in May of 2019, I knew that was to job for me.
About 8 months after going to work for the hospice company, my elderly aunt and uncle began have issues with living independently, as their power of attorney, I was called upon and became their personal “life care manager”. I have helped them through the years in all aspects of their life including learning about assisted living, private home care, navigating the health care system, including veteran’s services. I have supported my aunt with her dementia diagnosis and my uncle has since passed.
My husband and I have lived in Corpus Christi all of our lives. We have 3 sons and have been involved in many of their school and other activities over the years. We also have a daughter in law and granddaughter. We are active members in our church.
I truly believe individuals have the right to and deserve the best possible care, and to live out their life as they choose, with quality of life always being the center stone for decision making. It takes a team to assure needs are met.
janeen@mircareconsultants.com