Debra Caires has 30 plus years of experience as a Career Coach, Workshop Facilitator/Presenter, Curriculum Designer, Program Developer, and has invested 23 years as a Faculty Member at San Jose State University. Her main passion is developing the career evolution of young professionals navigating their environment for the first time. Debra continues to spearhead pipeline programs across the country focusing on high school students deciding on careers as they charter the waters of college and industry.
San Jose State University
CS Faculty
Debra Caires has 30 plus years of experience as a Career Coach, Workshop Facilitator/Presenter, Curriculum Designer, Program Developer, and a Faculty Member at San Jose State University. Her main passion is developing the career evolution of young professionals navigating their environment for the first time.
Over the past thirty-plus years, I have seen my career evolve through many stages from the entertainment industry, human resource and recruiting management sector, to law enforcement, to healthcare administration, and currently to advanced education, workshop designer/facilitator, and professional coaching. Along this amazing journey I have managed to embrace skills, some terrifyingly challenging, professionally evolving, while others brought out and rewarded the natural skills and talents embedded within my core. I wish I could tell you that I’ve reached the pinnacle of my journey, however my natural curiosity for the unknown, and my natural bent for wanting to deconstruct and reconstruct everything around me, cause me to enter crucible after crucible of change; and so, the culture of “me” is the culture of “what’s next”—of always seeking ecosystems that cultivate the innate natural curiosity from its participants and give permission to take risks. I’m looking to collaborate and network with professionals that are like-minded and goal-driven; if that’s you, contact me at debra.caires@sjsu.edu.
Startup Grind
Chapter Director
