Gloria Canseco Case Study

Gloria Canseco is currently working at The San Antonio Christian Dental Clinic. However, before she came to San Antonio she was living in Laredo, Texas. She had received a bachelor’s in art history and was volunteering at The Sister Saint Missionary. After, sometime there the nuns asked her if she would like to be the development officer for their nonprofit. When they first asked Mrs. Canseco to be the development officer she was not sure if she actually want it to do it. She told the nuns that she will be on probation period for six months with them to see if she was any good at it. Later on she came to love it. What helped her be excellent at her job was that she knew her community well and who to go too.
Mrs. Canseco stated that to be

the best chief development officer that you can you must get to know your community. She also came on to say that you need to be yourself and not be shy, so that they may get to know you and you know them. Trust has to be built for there to be a relationship. This will lead to them helping you find more connections so you can find more donors. Mrs. Canseco currently puts all her skills to work locally at The San Antonio Christian Dental Clinic.
The mission of this clinic is to give dental care to the community in San Antonio that cannot afford it. They do set up guide lines as to who qualifies for dental care. Those guidelines are they must be at least 18 year of age, have no insurance, must meet poverty line, and live in Bexar County. However, they will make exceptions. For example, if someone makes a little more income then they require, but they are about to have a surgery. The clinic will make a decision to see if they can offer their help to this person. They go on a case by case bases in these situations.
The dental clinic runs by having paid employees and volunteers. They pay for their dental assistant and administers. However, the dentist and hygienists are actually volunteers. The dentist that come in are retired or come in on their own free time and the same goes for the hygienists. They also let dental students from the UT Health Science Center come in and volunteer, so that they may get experience.