Experience

The Legal Rights Center

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partnership Lead & Restorative Facilitator

  • Jun 2020 - Present

• Restorative Facilitator & Youth Advocate

  • Sep 2019 - Jun 2020

  - Facilitating restorative Family Group Conferences for youth referred for schooldiscipline, truancy, juvenile diversion, family engagement support, or other;- Engaging in advocacy for the advancement of restorative practices;- Presenting restorative practices trainings to interested community partners;- Representing the LRC on community task forces, coalitions, etc.;- Supporting Family Group Conferencing data tracking and evaluation;- Supporting Y:EARS fundraising efforts;



NAFCM: National Association for Community Mediation

• United States
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Oct 2018 - Present



Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee, Office of Justice Programs, Minnesota Dept. Public Safety

• Project Coordinator, Listen/Learn/Lead

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  • Manage the recruitment of youth, parents/guardians, and other relevant community stakeholders, including JJAC members, to participate in 10 fishbowl sessions.• Recruit, hire, and supervise District Navigators in the coordination of session documentation, logistics, participation, evaluation, and follow-up.• Manage all necessary documentation required to plan, develop, and implement fishbowl sessions.• Produce and submit, in coordination with Restorative Justice Community Action (RJCA), to the Office of Justice Programs (via e-grants) quarterly progress reports capturing program activities.• Produce session summaries to each judicial district and develop a final report incorporating findings from across the state (all 10 districts).



Community Mediation & Restorative Services, Inc.

• United States
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Housing Services Coordinator

  • Sep 2018 - Aug 2019

  • Oversee ongoing and upcoming housing services programs.• Actively manage ongoing and potential community partners for housing services programming• Conduct mediations, facilitating discussion of issues between involved parties for housing cases. • Maintain accurate records of mediation inquiries, cases opened, cases mediated, mediation outcomes, and fees collected. • Provide assistance with administrative and clerical tasks required within the office. Including but not limited to: proofing documents; answering telephone calls, e-mails and other correspondence directed to the organization's services; performing data entry; faxing; or photocopying. • Recruit, assist in training and apprenticeship of volunteers. Supervise, schedule, assign, organize and direct volunteer mediators for housing mediations (community and court-based)• Assist to develop, plan, coordinate and administer continuing mediation programs for volunteer mediators• Assist to plan and organize appreciation activities for volunteer mediators.• Runs and produce housing services reports as needed; and deals with special projects and revisions as required• Gather information/data to support periodic and special reports documenting activities for the area of responsibility.• Attend or conduct staff and other professional meetings to exchange information within and external to the organization• Attend technical or professional workshops or seminars to improve professional skills.

• VISTA Fellow

  • Aug 2017 - Aug 2018

  • Create or improve data systems to increase organization’s ability to track, evaluate, and replicate positive youth interventions • Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the volunteer management systems for schools services. • Develop and implement a process for recruiting volunteers and caring adults to work with youth in areas such as school services • Create partnerships and set up infrastructure around referral systems from schools to CMRS to help students and families in housing crisis to reduce poverty. • Assess community needs and conduct asset mapping • Research best practices relating to educational equity • Help to create a youth cohort for mediation or restorative practices • Identify and integrate best practices into communities and organizations



Comprehensive Health Services

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Case Manager

  • Jan 2017 - Feb 2017

  Complete UC Assessments in accordance with the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) policies and procedures. • Identify and vet potential sponsor(s) and conduct placement process. • Help sponsor understand, fill out, and sign required ORR and other Federal agency forms and gather documentation for the Family Reunification Packet (FRP); • Keep the sponsor informed regarding the child’s progress and current functioning. • Discuss with the sponsor services that are available in the sponsor’s community for the child. • Regularly update UC portal with all UC case file required information, in accordance with ORR policies and procedures. • Meet regularly with the UC to discuss progress, ask questions, and make sure they feel they are receiving proper care during their stay at the shelter. • Identify Alternate Caregiver(s) (ACGs) as a back-up sponsor in case the sponsor is deported, has medical issues, or for any other reason is unable to continue to act as legal custodian of the UC. • Provide weekly status updates on progress and/or challenges.



Everglades University

• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Dean For Academic Affairs

  • Sep 2015 - Sep 2016

  Responsible for overall academic administration at the campus, in the absence of the Dean and in assistance to the Dean. Assist in the hiring and supervision of the Department Chairs, Registrar, Librarian, and faculty. • Determine scheduling wheels and schedule students. Determine students’ satisfactory academic progress. Complete status changes, degree audits, file audits, academic advising, and all functions of the academic department assigned by the Dean and/or Vice President of Academic Affairs. • Assist in managing departmental budgets and the Academic department payroll. • Manage retention of academic staff, faculty, and students. • Participate in curriculum development and other ongoing academic issues for the university. • Coordinate with other departments to implement academic policies and procedures set by Vice President of Academic Affairs.



Garden of the Sahaba

• Upper School Instructor

  • Aug 2014 - Jun 2015

  Provide language arts instruction for 7th to 11th -grade classes. • Coordinate and advise extracurricular activities (e.g., Wrestling, Journalism Club, Gardening Club) as well as founder and faculty advisor for Peer Mediation and Debate Club. • Prepare, review, and revise accreditation materials (e.g., self-study and strategic plan) for Upper School and Special Sub-committees (e.g., extracurricular) Provide language arts instruction for 7th to 11th -grade classes. • Coordinate and advise extracurricular activities (e.g., Wrestling, Journalism Club, Gardening Club) as well as founder and faculty advisor for Peer Mediation and Debate Club. • Prepare, review, and revise accreditation materials (e.g., self-study and strategic plan) for Upper School and Special Sub-committees (e.g., extracurricular)



Alazhar School

• Middle School Instructor

  • Feb 2012 - Jul 2014

  Provide core subject instruction to 6th -grade class. • Coordinate extracurricular activities (e.g., Soccer, Robotics club [FLL], Yearbook club, Field day, Gardening Club) and prevention programming (i.e., Anti-bullying and anti-drugs). • Assisted in developing middle-school curriculum to tie in Common Core Standards with Islamic principles with an emphasis in life-skills/character-development through activities outside the classroom. Provide core subject instruction to 6th -grade class. • Coordinate extracurricular activities (e.g., Soccer, Robotics club [FLL], Yearbook club, Field day, Gardening Club) and prevention programming (i.e., Anti-bullying and anti-drugs). • Assisted in developing middle-school curriculum to tie in Common Core Standards with Islamic principles with an emphasis in life-skills/character-development through activities outside the classroom.



Repal Medical Est.

• Communications Manager

  • Dec 2010 - Feb 2012

  Supervise and manage an office team of 3-5 personnel with rotating structure emphasizing multi-departmental know-how and responsibilities. • Administrate and coordinate company and product analysis of prospective partners. Coordinate communication for current and future international business partners. • Researched, negotiated, and developed 6 new distribution accounts, accounting for more than $250,000 (USD) of sales within the first 12 months, of medical supplies for import into the Kingdom. • Prepared and carried out negotiations resulting in a breakthrough partnership founding the first orthopedic implant manufacturing plant in the Arabian Peninsula. The international agreement valued at 2.5 million (USD)



Nova Southeastern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Process Associate/Research Assistant

  • Mar 2007 - Dec 2010

  Provide format and style related reviews, consulting, and training to applied dissertation committees and faculty. • Assisted in thousands of FSEHS doctoral candidates completing their dissertations through direct interactions and indirect improvements of the Format Review process. • Participated in program evaluation of dissertation process resulting in the design and implementation of weekend seminars for doctoral students. • Assisted department professors, through editing and content feedback, to publish various research articles and a research design book Provide administrative and professional support facilitating the daily operations of the ARC consistent with the goals and objectives of FSEHS and NSU. • Member of the FSEHS Summer Conference planning and logistical committee. • Restructure hard-copy filing system to meet SACS accreditation needs



BJ's Wholesale Club

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Produce Specialist

  • May 2004 - Apr 2006

  Supervise and manage an office team of 3-7 employees while developing a mentorship program to train and promote departmental successor. • Develop and implement action plans to ensure excellent customer service, effective delivery receipt, and product merchandising. • Sales increase of over 100% over a 6-month time period. • Implementation of improved stocking and sanitation procedures that lead to a decrease of merchandise loss. • Reorganization of focus for sales floor marketing to take into account regional socioeconomic and local demographic factors.



US Navy

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Master At Arms

  • Dec 2001 - Apr 2004

  Conducted or advised appropriate personnel on matters of investigation, interrogations, apprehension, and crime prevention in addition to implementing developing, and conducting physical security policy, plans, programs, and assessments for US Naval installations. • Served as Emergency Services Dispatcher and monitored mutual aid assistance calls from the Imperial Valley emergency services. • Carried out joint operations with local teams of US Border Patrol. Conducted or advised appropriate personnel on matters of investigation, interrogations, apprehension, and crime prevention in addition to implementing developing, and conducting physical security policy, plans, programs, and assessments for US Naval installations. • Served as Emergency Services Dispatcher and monitored mutual aid assistance calls from the Imperial Valley emergency services. • Carried out joint operations with local teams of US Border Patrol.