Board of Directors

Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton, Colorado became the first private general medical-surgical hospital in Adams and Southern Weld Counties in 1960. Today, Platte Valley is a 98-bed community hospital with outpatient medical plazas in Brighton, Fort Lupton, and the Reunion area of Commerce City. Platte Valley is a secular hospital within the SCL Health System and is a recognized leader in patient-centered care. High-level services include a Primary Stroke Center, a Level III Trauma Center, an Accredited Chest Pain Center, a Level II Special Care Nursery, and an Advanced Wound Center with Hyperbarics.

Serafina Garza is the owner of Garza Tax & Accounting. She is an Enrolled I.R.S. Acceptance Agent and has two decades in the tax and accounting industry specializing in individual and small business taxes. In her past career endeavors she was a bail bondsman, a paralegal, and business manager. She is DBE Certified through the Colorado Department of Transportation and works with minority-owned businesses as a translator and interpreter.

Serafina serves on the Board of Directors for the Greater Brighton Chamber of Commerce. the Rocky Mountain Minority Contractors Association, and The Platte Valley Medical Center Foundation, and volunteers with the Small Business Development Center of Metro Denver as a consultant and counselor, and as an interpreter for the Denver County Courts and Immigration Services.