City of Porterville

March 2016 Employee of the Month

Christina Carrillo

Parks & Leisure Services

 

Christina Carrillo was employed by the City of Porterville Parks and Leisure Services Department January 2005, as a Recreation Leader I for the Recreation Afterschool Program.  She was promoted to Assistant Site Director in August 2005 and then Site Director in October 2005.  In September of 2007, she was promoted to her current position of Clerical Assistant II. 

Christina works out of the Heritage Center and her co-workers call her the backbone of the office.  Christina’s major undertaking of late has been transitioning Leisure Services from its old recreation management software to its new one.  From the public’s eye it was a seamless transition but there were many, many hours spent on the back end implementation side.  Some of her other duties include facility reservation, program registration, doing the daily deposit, and sports leagues and special event coordination.

She is always willing to help her co-workers and usually has things done prior to being asked.  Another great quality of Christina is that she is able to keep her composure while working in what can be at times a frenetic environment.

Christina is married to Eric and has a daughter, Mikayla (18), and a son Anthony (12).  Her hobbies include reading and spending time with her family.  She also has quite the M&Ms souvenir collection.  When asked what she likes most about her job, Christina states, “Working with my very fun co-workers.”  She added that she likes feeling involved and feeling like she is a part of something.