Experience

Verner Center for Early Learning

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Assistant

  • Sep 2022 - Present



Help and Emergency Response Inc.

• Portsmouth, Virginia, United States

• Youth and Family Services Assistant

  • Jul 2020 - Jul 2021



HELP AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE, INC.

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mobile Crisis Coordinator

  • Sep 2019 - Jul 2020

  ●Responsible for the oversight of individuals and families in two sexual violence, domestic violence, human trafficking and stalking response emergency shelters ● Answered all hotline referrals promptly using effective communication skills, empathy, and crisis intervention through a trauma-informed philosophy ● Completed all necessary paperwork in response to calls: document interventions, complete appropriate referrals to case managers, housing staff, and court advocates and complete statistical information ● Conducted intake interviews as clients enter shelter and orient clients on services provided while in shelter, and shelter facility ● Provided nightly shift notes to case managers with any situations that arise throughout shift that are cause for concern ● Participated in training seminars, staff meetings, program meetings, and other agency functions as requested ● Responded to crises as they arose at the shelters and informed supervisory back-up staff of all emergency situations in shelter



North Carolina State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• College Advisor

  • Jul 2017 - May 2019

  ● Collaborated with school staff and community partners to cultivate a college going culture through various classroom presentations, North Carolina college representative visits, and increased visibility throughout school functions ● Conducted over ​1000​ one-on-one meetings to advise 301 seniors with their post-secondary planning ● Engaged with ​56% ​of the graduating students’ guardians through informational presentations, meetings, emails and phone calls ● Managed a ​$1,000​ budget for events such as college application week, decision day and campus tours ● Coordinated and executed FAFSA and college application completion events, resulting in a continued increase in FAFSA submissions and all graduates successfully submitting at least one college application ●Co-Chaired the Marketing and Communication Committee which included creating a strong social media presence for the NC State Advising Corps and adjusting our messaging to effectively reach stakeholder groups



Helping Early Literacy with Practice Strategies

• Raleigh, North Carolin

• Reading Coach​

  • Aug 2016 - May 2017

  ● Implemented reading and writing strategies with local elementary students ● Examined and interpreted graphs and assessments to monitor elementary students’ progress in the HELPS program ● Mentored and supported college student and community volunteers for two hours - three times a week at two elementary school locations ● Observed and provided HELPS fidelity checks once a month on new volunteers ● Assisted a graduate student in her research implementing a new writing strategy ● Implemented reading and writing strategies with local elementary students ● Examined and interpreted graphs and assessments to monitor elementary students’ progress in the HELPS program ● Mentored and supported college student and community volunteers for two hours - three times a week at two elementary school locations ● Observed and provided HELPS fidelity checks once a month on new volunteers ● Assisted a graduate student in her research implementing a new writing strategy