Experience

Tu Nidito Children & Family Services

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

• Director of Program Impact

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Responsible for maintaining the effectiveness of Tu Nidito’s program operations, exploring new opportunities for meaningful program development that fits within Tu Nidito’s mission and vision, and enhancement of current programs. As a member of the Tu Nidito Leadership Team, I in close collaboration with the Executive Program Director and Executive Director on Long Range Plan goals and initiatives, budget development, and furthering Tu Nidito’s lasting impact in the community.

• Assistant Program Director

  • Jan 2014 - Sep 2022

  I am the Assistant Program Director at Tu Nidito Children and Family Services, a non profit whose mission is to create a community of acceptance and understanding regarding children in grief. Along with the Program Director, I oversee Tu Nidito's one-on-one emotional support program where staff work with individual families when a child has been diagnosed with a serious medical condition. I coordinate two open-ended support groups for grieving children and families, as well as a closed-session group for Opportunity Youth involved with the juvenile justice center. As the Assistant Program Director, I design curriculum for Tu Nidito support groups, conduct outreach, triage referrals for all Tu Nidito programs and complete intake assessments on a regular basis.



University of Arizona Cancer Center

• Tucson, AZ

• Research Specialist

  • Aug 2013 - Mar 2014



Scottish Rite for Children

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

• Research Coordinator, Orthopedics

  • 2012 - Jun 2013

  • Obtain informed consent from patient families for their participation in different hip pathology studies • Aid in the preparation of manuscripts, abstracts and posters • Data analysis and entry • Assist in planning, implementing and submission study protocols to the Institutional Review Board to support multiple Principal Investigators • Assist in the supervision of summer interns and volunteers • Obtain informed consent from patient families for their participation in different hip pathology studies • Aid in the preparation of manuscripts, abstracts and posters • Data analysis and entry • Assist in planning, implementing and submission study protocols to the Institutional Review Board to support multiple Principal Investigators • Assist in the supervision of summer interns and volunteers



Side-by-Side

• Family Support Volunteer

  • Aug 2011 - May 2012

  • Implemented therapeutic skills with a family at Seattle Children’s Hospital. • Offered individual and family support to families battling cancer diagnoses in a wilderness setting. • Implemented therapeutic skills with a family at Seattle Children’s Hospital. • Offered individual and family support to families battling cancer diagnoses in a wilderness setting.



Tu Nidito Children and Family Services

• Tucson, Arizona Area

• Volunteer

  • Nov 2007 - May 2012

  • Facilitated four separate support groups for grieving children, ages five through ten, and their families. • Provided one-on-one support for a family coping with their daughter’s life threatening medical condition. • Facilitated four separate support groups for grieving children, ages five through ten, and their families. • Provided one-on-one support for a family coping with their daughter’s life threatening medical condition.



Renton Area Youth & Family Services

• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marriage and Family Therapy Intern

  • 2011 - 2012

  • Provided individual and family therapy sessions. • Attended weekly individual and group supervision sessions. • Developed treatment plans for each case. • Completed case notes for each therapy session. • Collaborated with other professionals on each case to best serve the client. • Provided individual and family therapy sessions. • Attended weekly individual and group supervision sessions. • Developed treatment plans for each case. • Completed case notes for each therapy session. • Collaborated with other professionals on each case to best serve the client.



Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - Pima County Cooperative Extension

• Tucson, Arizona Area

• Student Employee

  • May 2008 - Jul 2010

  • Created an informational support network for grandparents, caregivers and other agencies in Pima County. • Developed and distributed over 300 Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Resource Notebooks in English and Spanish. • Coordinated and implemented youth empowerment programs. • Worked in partnership with local organizations involved in kinship care. • Created an informational support network for grandparents, caregivers and other agencies in Pima County. • Developed and distributed over 300 Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Resource Notebooks in English and Spanish. • Coordinated and implemented youth empowerment programs. • Worked in partnership with local organizations involved in kinship care.



American Cancer Society Great West Division

• Quality of Life Intern

  • Aug 2009 - Dec 2009

  • Offered a variety of support services to female patients with cancer. • Assisted with the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event. • Organization and maintenance of items available to patients and their families. • Offered a variety of support services to female patients with cancer. • Assisted with the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event. • Organization and maintenance of items available to patients and their families.



University of Arizona

• Research Assistantship

  • Mar 2006 - May 2009

  Co-facilitated weekly laboratory sessions. • Completed weekly data analysis and data entry. • Conducted personal research related to research assistantship. Co-facilitated weekly laboratory sessions. • Completed weekly data analysis and data entry. • Conducted personal research related to research assistantship.