Amy Huff, M.Ed, LPC, NCC

Experience

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  Starbucks

  Apr 2007 - Jun 2010

  Job Coach/Barista

  I personally trained every employee according to a high standard and strict protocol. I discovered I loved getting to know each employee's learning style and then catering my training to encourage their best learning.

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  Los Angeles Unified School District

  Dec 2010 - Jun 2011

  Instructional Assistant

  I enjoyed collaborating and brainstorming with each teacher in how to best assist struggling students. My favorite parts of the day were when I got to spend time with a student one-on-one. Whether it was administering a test, testing their skills, or helping them understand a concept, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to their needs and catering my job to what they needed.

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  The Church in Fort Collins

  Sept 2012 - Dec 2013

  Student Mentor

  Provided strategic personal and academic support, advising and counseling to college students; Wrote club website content; designed and maintained print publications and promotional materials; Organized and facilitated club activities, special events, weekly meetings; maintained club database and records; Developed long range marketing, student recruitment and communications strategies

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  Rhema Literature Distributors

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

  Writer/Web Content Creator

  Provided refreshed web content, designs and layouts for new company website; Initiated a blog for company—created, planned and wrote blogs; Designed infographics and participated in video production—storyboarding, acting, editing, and review; Coordinated on a weekly basis with a worldwide, cross-cultural team

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  Muzeum Marketing

  Sept 2014 - Oct 2015

  Project Manager and Content Marketing Head

  When I started this position, the content marketing team consisted of just myself. I spent time creating a system that served our client needs and that would be easily enterable as the team grew. Within 6 months, my team had grown to 5 part-time writers scattered throughout the country, working together to serve the writing needs of over 30 clients.

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  A&B Pool Services

  May 2015 - Aug 2017

  Head Swim Coach

  I built this team through the last 3 seasons by coaching in a way that inspired confidence in beginning swimmers. In this team's first season, there were 19 novice swimmers. By the third season, there were 32 swimmers on the team with many returning swimmers. I also built a parent committee that hosted fundraisers and team social events, culminating in us successfully hosting our first home swim meet where we were told by many that it was the best run swim meet they had attended.

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  Colorado State University

  Sept 2015 - May 2016

  Head Swim Club Coach

  As the head coach of the swim club, I collaborated with the club officers to learn their desire for the team in both practices and swim meets. Then, I tailored my practices to cultivate the team-orientated and confidence-building atmosphere they were looking for. We also worked on club events, administration, and meet hosting.

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  Rocky Mountain High School - Poudre School District

  Nov 2015 - May 2017

  Assistant Swim Coach

  As a high school swim coach, I have the opportunity to meet a variety of high school students and their families. I love getting to know them and their stories at team dinners, on the bus, and during down time at swim meets. I also love encouraging them to work hard and the joy and confidence they find when they reach or surpass their goals.

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  SwimLabs Swim School

  Nov 2015 - Aug 2016

  Swim Instructor

  Using state of the art technology, I taught water safety and basic to advanced swimming skills to students ranging in age from less than a year old to teenagers.

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  Colorado State University

  Jan 2017 - May 2017

  Learning Coordinator

  I worked one-on-one with a caseload of 6-8 student-athletes, focusing on improving study skills, time management, writing skills, and understanding of assignments. Since I realized the majority of their student-athlete life was highly structured, I often encouraged them to make their own decisions concerning class projects and homework according to their interests. I saw that this caused them to see they do have a voice and it empowered them to begin to see their capabilities, passions, and strengths outside of the athlete world. Show less

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  University of Colorado Denver

  Aug 2017 - Jun 2020

  As a career counselor, it is my joy to guide clients through a variety of experiential activities, helping them gain self-awareness, clarity, and confidence. My work with clients varied greatly. Many were in the stage of building the foundational blocks of self-reflection, working through irrational thought patterns, or addressing mental health issues before they could even consider what they wanted to major in, or how to apply for a job. Others were ready to start applying or learn networking or job searching tools. Wherever they were, I applied a wide variety of theory based techniques, with a focus on action oriented, and solution focused methods. Show less While overseeing the day-to-day needs of this advising office, I had the opportunity to see how advisors interact with students and observe what needs brought students in to see their advisors. This office advises the population of undeclared students and I was able to bring in elements of career development into my conversations with advisors as they explored how to have deeper, even more impactful conversations in their advising appointments. I encouraged the use of My Spark Path Cards, as well as the Career Construction Interview and look forward to continuing these training conversations through collaboration with the CU Denver Career Center. Show less At the career center, I join students in their journey, exploring their strengths, interests, passions, and values with the view of discovering major and career options. I use activities and assessments such as values and skills card sorts, True Colors, Myers Briggs Type Indicator, and many conversations to facilitate their exploration. I also assist students in their resumes, cover letters, LinkedIn profile and any job search related questions they may have. I also took the opportunity to create a workshop focusing on undeclared students. Through my appointments with them, I noticed they all shared the same fears, questions, and desires. Based on that, I created a workshop that gives them the permission to be okay with where they are, as well as the opportunity to begin exploring the activities they love doing that leaves them feeling strong. I work with an amazing team and together, we develop events and workshops, with the needs of our students constantly in mind. We endeavor to create an atmosphere with one another that is open, welcoming and innovative and I believe this inviting environment is visible to students when they walk through our doors. Show less

  • Career Counselor

    Dec 2018 - Jun 2020

  • Project Specialist

    Jun 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Career Counselor Intern

    Aug 2017 - May 2018
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  Life Guide Amy

  Feb 2020 - Sept 2022

  Adolescent Counselor

  There is increasing pressure on adolescents to "get it right", whether that be related to their post-high school plans, their social life, their familial relationships, or their academic pursuits (or all the above!). This immense pressure causes stress, anxiety, depression and if not addressed, can be debilitating to their day-to-day living. In my work with adolescents, this is my number one goal - release them from their stress. As they learn the skills to deal with stress, and begin to recognize irrational self-beliefs and irrational concepts from those around them, they are then able to take the steps forward to address the bigger questions. Show less

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  Center for Educational Improvement (CEI)

  Mar 2022 - Jun 2023

  Research Associate
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  A Kidz Clinic

  Sept 2022 - Jun 2023

  Licensed Behavioral Health Consultant
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  University of South Alabama College of Nursing

  Aug 2023 - now

  Graduate Research Assistant