Lilo Carr Rivera

Experience

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  Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  Social Worker

  Provided preventative individual and family psychotherapy as well as concrete services to urban families at risk of having children removed from the home.

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  United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2014

  Community Laison Worker

  I supported individuals and families who were working for the United Kingdom Foreign Service with information and emotional/social support as they adjusted to life in the greater New York area and employment at the UK Mission.

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  NYU Lutheran

  Jan 2015 - Sept 2015

  Chaplain Resident

  - Provided spiritual assessment and support to patients throughout the hospital

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  NYU Lutheran Medical Center

  Oct 2015 - Sept 2018

  Palliative Care Chaplain

  I provided culturally-competent emotional and spiritual support to individuals and their families who were facing chronic illness and end-of-life issues. As a chaplain, I also provided emotion and spiritual support to staff as needed. I mentored and trained third-year medical students in spiritual assessment. I'm a member of the Mindfulness Think Tank, an initiative to promote mindfulness techniques among the staff at NYU Lutheran.

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  Union Theological Seminary

  Sept 2018 - May 2019

  Student
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  The General Theological Seminary

  Sept 2019 - May 2021

  Student

  As a postulant/candidate for the priesthood from the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, I earned my Master of Divinity and certification in Spiritual Direction.

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  St. Ann's Episcopal Church

  Jul 2021 - now

  Curate/Assistant Rector

  I provide leadership in all areas of parish life, helping parishioners deepen their faith in God and manifest the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their lives and community. The work includes congregational development, preaching bi-weekly, liturgy planning and execution, development of an ongoing program for spiritual formation, running small groups, pastoral care, planning and execution of family ministry as well administrative tasks, participation in vestry meetings, and budgeting for special projects. I am on the Leadership Team of the Diocese of Long Island Creation Care Committee, and serve on the Amos Committee of Long Island Jobs for Justice, an interfaith committee focused on economic justice on Long Island that is particularly concerned with the rights of essential, migrant and farm workers. Show less