​​Cindy Villaflores is a certified Sexual Assault Advocate/Counselor and has over eight years of victim advocacy experience in a variety of community settings. She has been a victim advocate with CARE since November 2016. Prior to her current position, Cindy was the Sexual Assault Victim Advocate for the Navy’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program at Naval Base Point Loma (NBPL). Cindy has also worked at the local San Diego Rape Crisis Center, Center for Community Solutions, as the East County Sexual Assault Victim Advocate. Her passion is in providing survivors who have experienced gendered based violence with a supportive, empowering and non-judgmental advocacy approach where they can explore all options, rights and resources. Aside from providing direct clinical care, she facilitates the sexual assault support group and provides training and education. Her training education focus is facilitating the “How to Support Survivors” workshop where she provides her advocacy insight and expertise on how students, staff and faculty can best support survivors. Cindy is a San Diego native and enjoys the beach, hiking, traveling and eating.