Experience

Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Direct Service Substitute Advocate

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  - Advocate for survivors of domestic violence and their children through providing hotline crisis support, in-person shelter support, and text-chat support to connect survivors with necessary resources to aide their healing journey - Train new employees to learn appropriate crisis hotline practices and shelter practices - Led Scheduling and created advocate schedules for the shelter program, hotline program, text/chat program, and children's program for five months - Advocate for survivors of domestic violence and their children through providing hotline crisis support, in-person shelter support, and text-chat support to connect survivors with necessary resources to aide their healing journey - Train new employees to learn appropriate crisis hotline practices and shelter practices - Led Scheduling and created advocate schedules for the shelter program, hotline program, text/chat program, and children's program for five months



Indiana University of Pennsylvania

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Academic Support Assistant

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  - support students in the school of education and communication that are on academic probation regain academic confidence through providing a non-judgmental environment for them to recognize their difficulties - Facilitate connections to appropriate school resources to help students reach academic success - support students in the school of education and communication that are on academic probation regain academic confidence through providing a non-judgmental environment for them to recognize their difficulties - Facilitate connections to appropriate school resources to help students reach academic success



University of Pittsburgh

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Researcher in the Pitt Parents and Children Laboratory

  • Aug 2020 - Nov 2022

  Addressed poverty-related school readiness disparities through a two-tiered intervention model by coding parent child interactions utilizing a proven coding scale as a reliable coder

• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

  - Served as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for a Writing for Professional Communication course by assisting the professor with class preparation and facilitating class discussions



Achieving True Self

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Registered Behavior Technician

  • Jan 2021 - Mar 2022

  Addressed and worked on behavior challenges with children diagnosed with autism by utilizing applied behavior analysis techniques Addressed and worked on behavior challenges with children diagnosed with autism by utilizing applied behavior analysis techniques



Homeless Children's Education Fund

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer

  • Jan 2016 - Aug 2021

  - Served as a tutor and mentor to support displaced youth within the Pittsburgh community to help them reach their academic and personal goals - Planned and coordinated two advocacy events to raise awareness for homelessness amongst youth within Allegheny County through recruiting high school students to perform and showcase artwork and writing - Served as a tutor and mentor to support displaced youth within the Pittsburgh community to help them reach their academic and personal goals - Planned and coordinated two advocacy events to raise awareness for homelessness amongst youth within Allegheny County through recruiting high school students to perform and showcase artwork and writing



UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Research Intern

  • Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  - Student intern for The Pittsburgh Study supporting the implementation of Expect Respect programming addressing intimate partner violence in middle school aged children in the Pittsburgh area by communicating with and conducting check-ins with program participants and reviewing survey completion - Transcribed and interpreted youth focus groups to understand better ways to help youth thrive in the communities of Pittsburgh - Student intern for The Pittsburgh Study supporting the implementation of Expect Respect programming addressing intimate partner violence in middle school aged children in the Pittsburgh area by communicating with and conducting check-ins with program participants and reviewing survey completion - Transcribed and interpreted youth focus groups to understand better ways to help youth thrive in the communities of Pittsburgh