Experience

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  Los angeles unified school district

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2007

  Special education teacher assistant

  -Developed and executed different grade level lessons for mentally and physically challenged children in a school setting-Organized classroom events and assured that children received their medical protocol(s)-Assisted in the development of the social, physical, mental, and emotional development of physically and/or mentally challenged students by following an Individual Education Plan (IEP)-Collaborated with an interdisciplinary team to achieve IEP goals -Served as interpreter for staff/parents and translated letters Show less

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  Altamed health services

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Health educator assistant: americorp intern

  -Collaborated in collecting and analyzing data to assess patient/client health education needs-Researched, developed, and taught bilingual health classes for patients/participants (youth through geriatric) and staff in one-on-one sessions and in class settings (English and Spanish): healthy living, asthma, diabetes, heart health, and women breast health education -Worked with an interdisciplinary team to provide health education classes and referrals to community agencies -Presented a childhood obesity prevention program at a National AmeriCorps conference -Supervised interns to the National AmeriCorps conference from Los Angeles to San Diego-Coordinated enrollment of interns into volunteer work for the AmeriCorps internship -Established new links between AltaMed and a Heliotrope Elementary School, Maywood, CA by implementing and running health classes for mothers and children-Conducted intake and performed follow up with patients/participants in health education department -Maintained health education referrals data base and inventory Show less

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  California state university, long beach

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  Research assistant for program director of peace and social justice studies program and globalink-af

  -Contribute to all aspects of research and/or evaluation of project design and implementation including data collection, analysis, and reporting-Design, manage and maintain files and databases to support the research work-Facilitated in Peace Studies events planning and execution: booked venue and A/V equipment, promoted event, contracted caterers, and supervised event volunteers-Recruited students to join the Peace and Social Justice Certificate Program

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  Asian-american drug abuse program, inc.

  Feb 2009 - Oct 2018

  Community organizer lead trainer

  Greater Los Angeles AreaCommunity Organizer, Project Choice Program-Implemented the Project Choice Program to mobilize college students in the prevention and/or reduction of risky behaviors associated with alcohol, tobacco, other drugs (ATOD), HIV/AIDS, and related health issues-Created and presented HIV/ATOD education to college students and staff at various college campuses (CSULB, CSULA, CSUDH, PCC, ELAC)-Recruited, trained, supervised, and guided student Peer Health Advocates and Interns to conduct HIV/ATOD prevention and risk reduction via workshops, health fairs, and social media campaigns-Designed, distributed, and maintained up-to-date health education materials through social media pages, PowerPoint's, posters, press releases, and printed materials-Implemented Project Choice curriculum in HIV/AIDS and ATOD prevention with dynamic hands-on and project-based lessons to teach students to be Peer Health Advocates-Successfully outreached to over 1300 CSULB students annually-Developed and maintained collaborative working relationships with agencies in Long Beach to inform CSULB students of community health services-Collaborated in survey tool development and implementation of health needs assessment-Functioned as a mentor for college students to provide guidance and support in their personal and professional growth-Conducted onboarding process for interns; application, policy and procedures, background DOJ, TB clearance, HIPA, mandated reporter, exit paperwork and evaluations Show less