Experience

Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition (MIRC)

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

• Integration and Resettlement Manager

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Coordinate services and resources among state, municipal, and non-profit entities to provide shelter and support services for asylum seekers arriving in Maine. Manage operation of an emergency overnight and day shelter for asylum seeking families. Work with ethnic community based organizations to build and maintain a service network to meet ongoing needs and connect immigrants in Maine with appropriate public resources. Provide technical and logistical support for culturally appropriate meals program for one of Maine's temporary hotel shelters for asylum seeking families. Show less



Self-employed

• Maine, United States

• Immigration and Cultural Competency Training Provider

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  Provide trainings that focus on refugee resettlement and asylum systems on local (Maine), national (U.S.), and global levels; the experiences of and barriers facing immigrants; and the various support resources available through resettlement structures. Cultural competency trainings seek to unpack various understandings of culture, and explore how a culturally competent perspective can be cultivated through interrogating bias and maintained through an ongoing learner's perspective. Provide trainings that focus on refugee resettlement and asylum systems on local (Maine), national (U.S.), and global levels; the experiences of and barriers facing immigrants; and the various support resources available through resettlement structures. Cultural competency trainings seek to unpack various understandings of culture, and explore how a culturally competent perspective can be cultivated through interrogating bias and maintained through an ongoing learner's perspective.



Scholarships for Maine Immigrants

• Portland, Maine, United States

• Board Member

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  Participate in monthly meetings to administer scholarships with funds raised through grassroots donors to support ESOL learning and professional development for immigrants in Southern Maine. Participate in scholarship and social media subcommittees to assess scholarship applications and promote SMI's work and other successes of new Mainers through Facebook and Instragram. Participate in monthly meetings to administer scholarships with funds raised through grassroots donors to support ESOL learning and professional development for immigrants in Southern Maine. Participate in scholarship and social media subcommittees to assess scholarship applications and promote SMI's work and other successes of new Mainers through Facebook and Instragram.



Catholic Charities - Refugee and Immigration Services

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

• Director of Outreach and Education

  • Aug 2021 - Oct 2022

  Coordinate trainings, orientations, and other educational/development opportunities for refugees, asylees, and clients of various other immigration statuses. Act as point of contact for RIS's partnership building with employers, service providers, ECBOs, and other organizations. Focus on staff training and development to meet the evolving needs of clients/communities RIS serves. Work with clients to identify internal and external referral sources to meet more complex needs to support case management team. Work with RIS Director to facilitate information sharing and educational outreach to further RIS's overall goals as well as individual goals of clients. Show less

• Employment Case Manager

  • May 2019 - Aug 2021

  Assess refugee and asylee clients' experience, education, skills, and overall job readiness during intake; help clients find services to augment their job readiness, often through ESOL classes; help clients build resumes and orient them on workforce/industry culture and expectations in Maine; help clients fill out job applications both in person and online; give clients practice interviews and accompany them as mediator/cultural broker when appropriate/necessary; follow up with clients and employers to ensure job retention and help mediate in the event of misunderstandings; build both short and long term relationships with employers and help them navigate both the challenges and benefits of working with New Mainers. Show less

• Case Management Aide

  • Oct 2018 - May 2019

  Assisted resettlement case managers with paperwork, transportation, basic interpretation/mediation, record keeping/filing, and other steps necessary for resettlement of newly arrived refugees and recently granted asylees.



Colby College Anthropology Department

• Research Assistant

  • Feb 2016 - Dec 2018

  Helped gather and synthesize academic research materials for anthropology professors. After graduating, helped develop calendar of events for coordinated series of multi-media events for Making Migration Visible project undertaken in partnership with Maine College of Art's Institute of Contemporary Art. Helped build online calendar of events and coordinate scheduling with event partners during the summer and fall of 2018. Helped gather and synthesize academic research materials for anthropology professors. After graduating, helped develop calendar of events for coordinated series of multi-media events for Making Migration Visible project undertaken in partnership with Maine College of Art's Institute of Contemporary Art. Helped build online calendar of events and coordinate scheduling with event partners during the summer and fall of 2018.