Experience

Make the Road New Jersey

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student Success Center Coordinator

  • May 2021 - Present

  - Provide expert one-on-one support to high school students for financial aid and college applications through New Jersey with a specialized focus on immigrant and undocumented students. - Manage in-person and virtual clinics to assist students in the college application and financial aid process. - Provide expert support for FAFSA and NJ Alternative Aid Application - Keep a detailed and organized record of individual student achievement/provide quantitative and qualitative data as needed. - Create student and administration-ready financial aid and college application presentations and pamphlets for undocumented and immigrant students. Keep up-to-date with changes to federal and state financial aid and college application policies to provide reports to high school guidance counselors and staff. - Coordinate and conduct outreach for workshops/events for high school counselors, community organizations, and parents and guardians - Supervise the development and day-to-day work of 10 high school support students. - Track progress toward meeting all outcomes and contractual obligations. - Create connections with local colleges and programs



New York State Department of State

• Immigrant and Anti-Poverty Project Coordinator

  • Jun 2019 - May 2021

  - Provided technical assistance to non-profit organizations involved in Community Service Block Grant contracts to ensure the success of the pilot programs. Assisted in the compilation of contract and financial documents throughout contract period. - Collaborate with the Director of Immigration Policy and Research to keep the New York Department of State most up to date with policy changes and public comment campaigns. Provide community support and interpretation of public comment campaigns. - Collaborate with the Director of Community Services to research the progress of current partner organizations and present weekly research gathered. Create and present weekly progress reports to the Deputy Secretary. Assist program analysts with creating monthly newsletters with recent immigration and legal changes. - Attend immigration and Census focused webinars, seminars, and conferences to gain further knowledge of resources and programs to suggest implementation in the next fiscal round of state contracts. Read and score non-profit Request for Applications (RFAs) and Request for Programs (RFPs) as part of the team to award or deny Opportunity Centers, Legal Counsel, Liberty Defense Project, and/or Speciality grants that help enforce the Office of New Americans (ONA) and New York Department of State mission.



Office of New Americans

• Department of New York State

• Rossana Rosado Fellow Department Intern

  • Oct 2018 - May 2019

  - Research policies currently in place for the immigrant community to be able to help identify the potential next steps of ONA. Assist oversight for two non-profit organizations to ensure their compliance for the ONA grants awarded for the fiscal year. - Meet with legal counsel various times of the fiscal year to see the impact of the organization in their region. - Research policies currently in place for the immigrant community to be able to help identify the potential next steps of ONA. Assist oversight for two non-profit organizations to ensure their compliance for the ONA grants awarded for the fiscal year. - Meet with legal counsel various times of the fiscal year to see the impact of the organization in their region.



John Jay College (CUNY)

• New York, NY

• eTern

  • Jan 2018 - May 2019

  - Collaborate with other interns to promote the use of ePortfolios to students and faculty throughout John Jay College. - Assists and contributes with workshops, training sessions, and one-on-one appointments for both faculty and students. - Curates own ePortfolio to model for other students throughout John Jay. - Collaborate with other interns to promote the use of ePortfolios to students and faculty throughout John Jay College. - Assists and contributes with workshops, training sessions, and one-on-one appointments for both faculty and students. - Curates own ePortfolio to model for other students throughout John Jay.



Adelante/CREAR Futuros

• Team Leader

  • May 2017 - Jun 2018

  - In collaboration with Hispanic Federation and the office of Student Academic Success Program at John Jay College, as Team Leaders the role was to facilitate team meetings and delegate tasks to a team of six. - Facilitated team meetings and delegate tasks to a team of six. - Developed and facilitated program curriculum, workshops, events, and training for a cohort of 265 students to attain program goals. - Specialize in providing support to undocumented and DACAmented students through scheduled legal counsel sessions, raising funds for emergency services, mental health support, and referrals for familial legal cases with New York Law School partnership and Hispanic Federation.



Student Academic Success Programs at John Jay College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student Success Coach for Dream.US, Adelante/CREAR Futuros, and Early Start

  • May 2016 - Jun 2018

  - Support a cohort of 50 first, second, and transfer undocumented and DACAmented students succeed in John Jay by supporting them in their unique needs. Researched scholarships to assist in transportation, tuition, and legal fees. - Collaborated with the Assistant Director of Student Success Initiatives and Latinx and Latin American Studies (LLS) Department to create relationships with the New York Law School to give weekly free legal screening for students and families. - Created “Know Your Rights” workshop with Make The Road to present to students, faculty, and families. - Met weekly with undocumented students and allies to ensure all the needs were met throughout the election year and after various traumatizing events. - Collaborate with CUNY (Colleges of New York) professors and The Hispanic Federation to ensure individual student academic and personal success.