West High class of 1996 alumna Sara Camacho is a health care professional who has been working to help make Dane County healthier for the past 20 years. She is a UW graduate who moved to Oaxaca, Mexico after college graduation to perfect her Spanish language skills. Her love for the Spanish language and Latin American culture was reinforced by Sra. Llera and Sr. Zintel during her time at West High.

Sara’s bilingual abilities have allowed her to serve the Dane County Latinx community as a Spanish medical interpreter for 17 years at SSM Health and GHC-SCW. She holds a master’s degree in Licensed Professional Counseling and has a strong interest in community behavioral health, especially serving the immigrant community that may have limited access to mental health resources.

Currently she works as Community Care Manager at Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin, where she has the opportunity to give back to MMSD through her work with the Primary Access for Kids (PAK) and Adopt-a-School programs. Sara recently became a Certified Diversity Practitioner, a training that is especially useful as she strives to reduce health disparities and promote health equity for all patient populations. Earlier this year, she joined the NewBridge Madison Board of Directors.

Outside of work, she keeps busy with her two daughters and multiple pets. Sara enjoys music, cooking and baking, salsa dancing, reading, and attending Forward Madison soccer games.