Experience

Ethos Behavioral Health Group

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

• Clinician

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Provide individual, couples, family and group therapy in English and Spanish. Provide individual, couples, family and group therapy in English and Spanish.



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• United States
• Restaurants
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Writer

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  Co-Author of the short story collection "Suele pasar que nos quedemos", a collection of short-stories by Houston-based Spanish language writers. Published by Literal Publishing (2021) Co-Author of the book “Dime si no has querido: Antología de cuentos desterrados”, a collection of short stories published by Literal Publishing (2018). Author of the book “Breathing Life: La Campaña de Nat”, a memoir of a family’s successful campaign to raise $1 million in Mexico for their daughter’s double lung transplant. Self-published through Amazon (2016). Participant in Literal Publishing's creative writing workshops with authors Rodrigo Hasbún & Rose Mary Salum since 2016. Show less



The Menninger Clinic

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Clinical Social Work Fellow

  • Sep 2021 - Aug 2022

  Participate in year-long didactic curriculum to enhance theoretical knowledge to support clinical social work. Participate in year-long didactic curriculum to enhance theoretical knowledge to support clinical social work.



The Alliance/Women Motivating Women

• Bilingual Clinical Social Work Graduate Intern

  • Aug 2020 - May 2021

  Perform psychosocial assessments and provide psychotherapy to individuals, couples and families using psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral interventions to process traumatic events and treat mental health disorders. Collaborate with case workers and psychiatrists to assist clients. Perform psychosocial assessments and provide psychotherapy to individuals, couples and families using psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral interventions to process traumatic events and treat mental health disorders. Collaborate with case workers and psychiatrists to assist clients.



St. James Family Life Center

• Graduate social work intern

  • Jan 2019 - Jul 2019

  Assessed individuals seeking emergency financial assistance, providing referral services to community resources including basic needs and mental health services as needed. Co-developed and co-facilitated a half-day teen mental health workshop for Spanish-speaking parents to identify warning signs and risk factors. Facilitated 9-week “Charlas” parent engagement program with Spanish-speaking parents at two underserved public schools. Participated in community events such as immigration forums and school community walks. Collaborated in preparing three successful major grant proposals resulting in over $110,000, including the organization’s first grant to address mental health awareness and education. Show less



CHILDREN AT RISK

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Financial Officer

  • Jan 2014 - Jul 2014

  Oversee the accounting and financial management of the organization, bringing a high-level perspective to the organization's finance and accounting needs. Partner with the organization's leadership team to make strategic decisions through a financial lens. Oversee the accounting and financial management of the organization, bringing a high-level perspective to the organization's finance and accounting needs. Partner with the organization's leadership team to make strategic decisions through a financial lens.



Self-employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• International Development and Non-Profit Consultant

  • Aug 2004 - Dec 2013

  Provide consulting services to various international development and non-profit organizations in the U.S. and Latin America. Projects include: - Protectors of the Dream: Chairing Selection Committee to award grants to young undocumented immigrants who qualify under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) - Proyecto Dignidad: Managing treasury function for non-profit organization in Houston that assists immigrant shelters in the northern and southern border of Mexico. - Financiera Rural: Co-facilitated financial skills training course for over 30 loan officers from Mexico's state agricultural lending institution - Microfin: Co-facilitated training in business planning and financial modeling using Microfin software for 20+ participants in Guatemala and 30+ participants in Mexico. - Pronafin: Designed and facilitated workshop on financial performance monitoring for over 40 participants from the Mexican government's microfinance agency. - SEEP Network: Assisted in the development of FRAME tool, an EXCEL tool to accompany the manual, "Measuring Performance of Microfinance Institutions: A Framework for Reporting , Analysis, and Monitoring", a publication of the SEEP Network. Show less



PIQE (Parent Institute for Quality Education)

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

• Facilitator

  • Jan 2011 - Dec 2012

  Facilitator for PIQE's (Parent Institute for Quality Education) 9-week parent training course in Houston's Spring Branch Independent School District. Led 8 groups of 30-40 spanish-speaking parents of low-income children to help them understand how the public school system works and the steps their children need to follow to graduate from high school and attend college. Facilitator for PIQE's (Parent Institute for Quality Education) 9-week parent training course in Houston's Spring Branch Independent School District. Led 8 groups of 30-40 spanish-speaking parents of low-income children to help them understand how the public school system works and the steps their children need to follow to graduate from high school and attend college.



Pro Mujer

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Finance & Administration Officer

  • 2001 - 2004

  Responsible for overseeing all accounting and financial transactions, financial reporting and annual audit. Analyzed financial performance of each Pro Mujer affiliate and reported results to the Board of Directors. Provided technical support to Pro Mujer field staff in Latin America related to financial management, performance monitoring, audit, internal control, and management information systems. Established a loan fund that provides lending capital to Pro Mujer’s affiliates in Latin America. Raised over $2.3 million in donations, loans and credit lines for the loan fund. Actively participated in the launch of Pro Mujer Mexico including the negotiation of funding agreements with the local government and private donors in the United States that resulted in over $4.5 million in start-up funding. Assisted the Director of Pro Mujer Mexico with planning, budgeting, staffing, and training. Show less



Goldman Sachs

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • 2000 - 2001

  Participated in the product development effort to design, build and introduce the firm’s web-based wealth management platform for high-net-worth-investors. Led product development team responsible for creating, enhancing and implementing all aspects of client billing and fees for the products and services offered on the wealth management site. Responsible for analyzing the legal, marketing, and technological requirements to develop a fee-based brokerage program and for presenting an implementation strategy Show less

• Senior Analyst

  • 1995 - 1998

  Conducted daily trade processing and settlements of all equity transactions for the firm’s business in the local market. Actively participated in Wal-Mart’s $1.2 billion public tender offer of Cifra, S.A. de C.V. in the Mexican Stock Exchange. Processed the market participants’ offer acceptances and coordinated the settlement of the tender results in collaboration with other areas of the firm. Developed an automatic process to maintain and report daily statistics of the firm’s operations and those of its major competitors in Mexico. Show less