Erika Rodriguez

Development Consultant at The City School - Boston
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, US
Languages
  • Spanish Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Portuguese Limited working proficiency

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Credentials

  • Nonprofit Executive Directors of Color Capacity Support Member
    TSNE
    May, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Nonprofit Management and Leadership (Core Certificate Program)
    Institute for Nonprofit Practice
    May, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Transformative Leadership Cohort (TLC) Fellow
    The Lenny Zakim Fund
    Jun, 2020
    - Oct, 2024
  • The BEST Initiative Certificate Program Fellow (Building Exemplary Systems of Training for Youth Workers)
    Health Resources in Action
    Apr, 2014
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • The City School - Boston
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Development Consultant
      • Apr 2022 - Present

      Work alongside Executive Director Amatullah Mervin to help enhance the organization’s fundraising grant strategy

    • Community-Based Mental Health Response Facilitator
      • Mar 2022 - Present

      The City School and Boston Liberation Health group have been selected by the City of Boston to facilitate the development of a proposal for an alternative mental health crisis response that is entirely community-led and empowers peers and community members to provide mental health support to neighborhoods of color

  • Chica Project
    • United States
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Executive Director
      • Oct 2017 - Oct 2021

      After learning about Chica Project’s powerful mission of closing the opportunity gap for young Latinas and other Women of Color through a strength-based leadership program and mentoring, I was immediately inspired and signed up as a mentor. For five years, I volunteered and conducted research for the organization, which led me to pursue the Executive Director role. Chica Project was invited to Michelle Obama's "I am Becoming" book tour event and social media campaign in November 2018! Our video went viral on Twitter with over 83k views and retweeted by Michelle Obama with a note to us. In addition, our social presence has sky rocketed this year, being mentioned twice in the Boston Globe and the Daily Item Newspaper, featured in the Lynn Community Television and Boston Neighborhood Network TV Segments. ➤ Oversaw administration, programing, and strategic plan of the organization ➤ Administered fiscal management, fundraising, marketing, and community outreach ➤ Worked with staff to collectively design organizational strategic plan Show less

  • IBA - Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción
    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Youth Development Program Coordinator
      • 2015 - 2017

      I worked with IBA's youth population to ensure the development of leaders who support and encourage themselves, their families and their neighbors. ➤ Oversaw programming such as planning, outreach, curriculum development, field trips, retreats and events ➤ Designed and taught 2 classes for 25-30 youth called, Alternative Histories and Trailblazers which focused on college and job readiness and learning about historical movements for people of color ➤ Supervised and mentored 20-40 youth; leading bi-weekly meetings and one-on-one check-ins Show less

  • Beantown Society
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Co-Director, Youth Development & Programming
      • 2010 - 2014

      The vision of Beantown Society is to unite youth in Boston across race, class, culture, and neighborhood to end youth violence. We provide a space for youth to express themselves, receive one-on-one support, and become leaders in their community. ➤ Mentored groups of 12 to 30 high school students in a for-youth-by-youth after school program aimed to end youth violence and social injustices within society and their communities ➤ Created weekly curriculum and agendas to guide youth’s individual goals and program projects ➤ Organized logistical aspects for 4 annual events and 2 retreats; events consist of 150-175 people and re-treats of 25 people ➤ Co-founded Beantown Challenge Day, annual retreats serving 130-160 Curley Middle School students to create action plans for violence prevention and educate on gender and race stereotypes Show less

  • The City School - Boston
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • SLP Staff & Seminar Teacher
      • Jul 2011 - 2012

      Taught six and a half weeks of social justice programming that serves 100 high school students from all over Massachusetts in community building, self-rediscovery, leadership skills, internships at local nonprofits, and challenging seminars to transform youth into powerful agents of change. Taught six and a half weeks of social justice programming that serves 100 high school students from all over Massachusetts in community building, self-rediscovery, leadership skills, internships at local nonprofits, and challenging seminars to transform youth into powerful agents of change.

Education

  • Simmons College
    Bachelors of Science, Political Science and Africana Studies
    2010 - 2014
  • Concord Carlisle High School
    2006 - 2010

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