The County has 11 great Employee Resource Groups. They are each led by a respective board of directors who all demonstrate commitment and stewardship of its members to the various sectors of our community.
Get to know Pacific Islander Society of County Employee President Isobel Kinsang, an office support specialist with Medical Care Services (MCS).
Q: What do you do in your role/what are your job responsibilities?
A: I’ve worked at the County for 19 years with the Health and Human Services Agency. In my current role as the office support specialist to the Medical Care Services department, I provide a wide variety of intricate and technical administrative support to the entire administration.
Some of the many duties I manage involve P-Card Holder, submitting ServiceNow requests for Medical Care Services admin and San Diego Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal staff, managing invoices for vendors and contracts with the County, processing payments for subscription renewals, professional licensure, and membership renewals for the physicians. In addition, I also assist with maintaining inventory control for the department.
At MCS, our mission is to ensure San Diego is home to America’s premier local wellness delivery system with an emphasis on quality, equity, sustainability and transparency.
Q: What’s your workplace superpower?
A: My workplace superpower is humility. I strongly believe that humility puts us directly in the learner’s seat and frees us to design environments that drive authentic connections, meaningful collaboration, and improved performance.
Being humble in a workplace and having a sense of respect for others can also boost work performances, improve the quality of relationship among peers, and even supports mental wellbeing in the face of adversity.
As “Learner” being one of my five top strengths, I’m one who’s always interested and eager to learn new things, but often I’ve also learned and grew through my humbling experiences.
Q. Who are your mentors? Who inspires you?
A: While there are numerous amazing people I consider as my mentors, I’d like to give a shoutout to Marc Otto, founder and principal consultant of Strengths Consulting. He has been an amazing, positive, encouraging, world changer, big time supporter, “strength-finder” and a professional career coach whom I’ve been very blessed and fortunate to call my mentor. He basically brings out and sharpens the authenticity and uniqueness of the employees he mentors through his professional coaching skills and made them feel that the works they do are valued and appreciated.
Additionally, the two most inspirational and influential people in my life beyond a shadow of a doubt were my parents. They were exceptional, loving parents, dedicated, and hard workers. They’ve sacrificed so much and have raised me to become the person I am today. Their faith was their core foundation in life. They’ve inspired me in their humblest ways to never give up but rather be resilient! There is always room for growth, and that the sky is never the limit unless you limit your ambitions.
