Skylar^LCSW^Crisis Program Director

Skylar, LCSW
Crisis Program Director

Skylar was born and raised in Oklahoma where she attended the University of Oklahoma and graduated with a Bachelors in Sociology with an emphasis in Criminology. Throughout her undergraduate program, Skylar focused on the impact of incarceration on the family system and Native American and Indigenous Studies. 

After graduating with her B.A. and working as a defense paralegal in Oklahoma, Skylar moved to Colorado to pursue her masters at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work, concentrating in mental health and substance use counseling.

Her passion for crisis was sparked when she began working in Denver, CO at a residential community for individuals living with severe and persistent mental illness. Her love of working alongside community partners stems from her time on the triage team for the Denver District Attorney's Family Violence Unit. It was a combination of these experiences that led her to become a crisis clinician and clinical social worker with the Aspen Hope Center.

In Skylar's spare time she enjoys playing sports, cooking, reading books, volunteering, and traveling as much as possible.