Carmen Ybarra-Holt
Executive Director
Carmen grew up four blocks from the courthouse square. She's led Sweetbriar since 2014 and never misses a birthday cake.
Our people
Meet our team
Nurses, cooks, caregivers and the people who keep the cake coming.
Our team
The people in the story
Tanya Brooks, RN
Director of Nursing
Tanya oversees nursing across Rosebud House, the Arbor and the Health Center. She trained at Temple College and has been here twelve years.
Dr. Raymond Okafor
Medical Director
A family physician in Bell County who sees residents in the campus clinic three mornings a week.
Lucy Tran
Pastry Cook
Lucy baked 312 birthday cakes last year. Her favorite request was a tres leches with sprinkles for a 101-year-old.
Danielle Moreno
Director of Residency
Danielle gives most of our tours and walks every family through contracts and moving day.
Keisha Lawson, LMSW
Social Worker
Keisha helps families with moves between levels of care, Medicaid and VA questions, and the hard conversations.
Paul Henderson
Chaplain
Pastor Paul leads Sunday chapel and the Wednesday hymn sing, and visits the Health Center every day.
Grace Whitley
Director of Life Enrichment
Grace fills the calendar: art classes, garden club, bus trips and the grandparents' picnic every May.
Sample family reviews
Notes from our families
Mom and Dad have coffee on the patio every morning at seven. Same table, same order, thirty years married. The staff have their cups waiting.
Our grandkids come for Sunday lunch in the family dining room. They think it's a restaurant. I don't correct them.
I turned ninety and the whole hallway sang. Lucy made my cake look like my old Chevy.
When Dad moved to the Arbor, they made a life-story book with us. Every caregiver read it. They knew he was a band director before they ever met him.
My rehab after the knee was in the Health Center, and my wife walked over from our cottage every afternoon with a crossword.
We read the contract three times. They answered every question in writing. That's why we signed.
I'm in the art studio three mornings a week. I hadn't painted since 1970.
The nurses call us in Houston after every care meeting. We never feel far away.
Mama's last weeks were in the Health Center with the chaplain stopping by every day. They brought her coffee on the patio until the very end.
The coffee's on. Come write a chapter.
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