Experience

Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County

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

• Bilingual Perinatal Family Education Specialist

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  Lead development and implementation of the Early Head Start Prenatal Home Visiting Program.Grew prenatal program participation to 25+ families per year with 90% successful transition to Early Head Start infant classroom (second step towards Cradle to Career pathway). Directly support facilitation in resource referral and community support for cohorts of 12+ families at a time.

• Mentor Coach

  • Oct 2016 - Aug 2017

  Acted as the primary mentor and coach for all Head Start and Early Head Start classroom staff (50+ staff members across 17 centers).Developed curricula for infant, toddler, and preschool classrooms in accordance to Head Start Performance Standards which was formally approved and implemented across all 17 centers.Observed, assessed, and supported teachers in their professional development objectives. Helped increase current certifications and professional development requirements to 100% completeness for all teaching staff. Show less



Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County

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

• Bilingual Family Services Coordinator

  • Jan 2013 - Aug 2015

  Assisted the Family Services Manager in service delivery and contributed constructively to the team process in planning program operations and establishing program procedures. Worked with staff to develop a welcoming environment using the HS Multicultural principles and best practices, in compliance with the Performance Standards. Achieved full language and cultural representation of all participating children's cultural identity in materials across all classrooms. Facilitated parent engagement by coordinating and holding parent meetings, home visits, and translation for cohorts of 500+ families at a time. Ensured that outreach staff met with at least one family each day to confirm appropriate resource and referrals for family needs. Lead staff and volunteer orientation and training for cohorts of 100+ volunteers and 120 staff members per year, in addition to providing training for program governance / citizen board members. Planned and organize special events for the program. Increased Family Welcome Day attendance by 47% by planning around stakeholder needs. Provided editing, translation, distribution, follow-up, and data collection / analysis for annual parent questionnaires and program assessments. Increased parent response rate by 30% through designing and implementing bilingual survey formats. Supported family recruitment by developing and distributing recruitment materials, knocking on doors, partnering with local businesses and supporting inter-agency collaboration with other community services. Helped achieve overall agency recruitment goal of 100% enrollment for the school year. Show less



The Novato Youth Center

• Novato, California, United States

• Bilingual Middle School After School Teacher

  • Jun 2011 - Dec 2012

  Re-taught daily school curriculum for cohorts of 24 at-risk youth in an after school homework club. Facilitated and supervised peer tutoring groups of students with complementary skillsets to empower and engage students through teaching and supporting each other. Achieved successful outcomes for 90% of participants with improvement by at least one full letter grade and a minimum 3.0 GPA. Built up 80% participation in voluntary life skills activities such as cooking classes, communication skills, sewing classes, outings, and STEAM projects. Show less



R House Inc

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• In-Patient Rehabilitation Staff & Mentor

  • May 2010 - Jun 2011

  Supported and supervised cohorts of up to 20 high-risk adolescents during inpatient drug and alcohol recovery and rehabilitation. Facilitated 12-step program activities of AA/NA with appropriate modifications for multicultural youth participants. Organized and supervised educational and recreational outings to help youths build life skills and healthy interpersonal interactions. Lessons included building relationships, setting and respecting appropriate boundaries. Provided program support including medication administration, incident reports, daily logging etc. Supported the program in achieving an 85% rate of successful outcomes upon completion (earning their high school diploma or obtaining gainful employment). Show less



YWCA Sonoma County

• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Early Childhood Food Program Coordinator

  • Apr 2007 - Aug 2008

  Implemented the Early Childhood Nutrition Program for a preschool for at-risk, foster, and homeless preschool children according to CACFP standards. Taught and implemented health and nutrition studies to annual cohorts of up to 30 preschool children. Substituted for ECE Teachers as needed. Implemented the Early Childhood Nutrition Program for a preschool for at-risk, foster, and homeless preschool children according to CACFP standards. Taught and implemented health and nutrition studies to annual cohorts of up to 30 preschool children. Substituted for ECE Teachers as needed.