Experience

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  City year

  Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

  Americorps member
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  Universal orlando resort

  Feb 2015 - Aug 2016

  Scheduling specialist for health services department
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  Volunteers of america mid-states

  Aug 2016 - Aug 2017

  Master’s level practicum intern
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  Kentucky department of juvenile justice

  Aug 2016 - Oct 2018

  • Social Service Clinican

    Jun 2018 - Oct 2018

  • Youth Worker III

    Aug 2016 - May 2018
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  Orange county public schools

  Nov 2018 - Apr 2019

  Academic tutor
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  Lawrence e. white family foundation

  Apr 2019 - Jan 2021

  Aok program specialist

  • Built personal relationships with previous foster care youth attending college and navigating adulthood, teaching life skills• Mentored and guided AOK Scholars in many aspects of upcoming adulthood through goal setting and achieve personal development and academic goals• Managed, budgeted, and dispersed an allotment of $1,250 per semester for 52 scholars totaling up to $130,000 per year creating financial stability for students • Coordinated with academic advisors, campus departments, and other community partners and agencies to assist AOK Scholars with meeting educational goals and financial goals Show less

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  Accelerated learning solutions

  Nov 2020 - Sept 2021

  Family support specialist

  • Coordinates, develops, and implements support systems to meet students’ social, emotional, behavioral, medical, financial, and life skills or other needs in alignment with the School’s vision and mission.• Uses counseling strategies or ensure that on-site providers use counseling strategies to help students so they can be emotionally and socially prepared to maximize their instructional time• Builds and maintains positive, cooperative, and effective relationships and conduct skill-building seminars with students, families, community, and colleagues• Secures MOU’s with local colleges and universities to establish ALS schools as clinical internship sites for students in the schools of Social Work, Mental Health, School Counseling and any other related programs. Perform all required tasks relating to the supervision of clinical interns. Show less

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  Orange county public schools

  Sept 2021 - Jan 2023

  District social worker

  • Facilitated professional development to school teams for SEL and mental health, ex: Youth Mental Health First Aid • Conducted check-ins of students with previous self-harm incidents including Crisis Response and Follow-Up by providing Individual and group counseling including SEL groups• Presented in classrooms on program-related topics in coordination with instructional staff to include topics such as Suicide Awareness, Smoking Cessation and DUI • Collaborated with SAFE Coordinator on all Threat to Suicide and Harm to Self or Others Protocols and led follow up re-entry meetings to create Student Mental Health Safety Plans • Oversaw school wide and community initiatives to raise awareness towards a social cause or promoting community/inclusivity• Consulted with parents, teachers, and staff regarding concerns about student needs and how to better support students reaching their personal and academic goals Show less

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  Ucf center for community schools

  Jan 2023 - now

  Program manager

  • Provides community school presentations at meetings and conferences on various topics ranging from Community Partnership School Model, Leveraging Partnerships, and Certification• Facilitates strategic planning discussions for a community school project based upon stage of development and needs to be addressed• Building capacity for specific professional skills and practices, providing episodic and ongoing coaching and consultation to individuals and small group collaboratives to support interactive learning via in person or by phone, email, Skype or phone conferencing• Creating and producing resources to assist community school initiatives in planning, development, and continuous improvement. Resources include community school manuals, "How to" guides, project development worksheets, training modules, evidence-based community school practices, budgeting and sustainability • Performed all required tasks relating to the supervision of clinical interns and developed UCF’s Center for Community Schools Social Worker Intern Program Show less

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  Institute for educational leadership

  Sept 2023 - May 2024

  Education policy fellowship program dc cohort 2023-2024