Camille Vanessa Opune Garcia

I'm from South Texas, specifically the Rio Grande Valley, and I'm a first-generation American. My parents immigrated from the Philippines, and I was born there as well. I started my recruitment career in 2014 at a very small staffing agency with just 2 or 3 people, where I did it all from top to bottom - checking people in, doing payroll, time cards, recruiting end-to-end, and even workers' comp. After getting married, my husband and I visited big cities and decided to take a leap of faith by moving to Houston without jobs lined up. I applied for a PRN recruiter role at Memorial Hermann, knowing I had a passion for recruitment despite no benefits. After 3 or 4 months, I got the full-time job and have been promoted about 3 or 4 times since then. Now I manage a small but mighty team that recruits specialty nurses for areas like wound care, oncology, OR, ER, women's services, and Life Flight nurses and pilots. As of January, I'm also the recruiting subject matter expert for our enterprise system migration from Workday to Oracle, working with about 12 HR professionals to get this across the finish line by July 2027. What's made me successful is staying open to collaborating, staying curious, and building relationships throughout my 8 years at Memorial Hermann.