Program Director & Family Engagement

• Oct 2011 - Present

A non-profit focused on developing Brooklyn's youth through critical thinking, social awareness/engagement and academic excellence. A non-profit focused on developing Brooklyn's youth through critical thinking, social awareness/engagement and academic excellence.

Community Associate

• Jan 2012 - Sep 2022

- Increases parent involvement in the school by working closely with all school, parent and community organizations. - Serves as facilitator for parent and school community concerns and issues including, for example, school policies or facilities issues. - Conducts outreach to engage parents in their children’s education. - Convenes regular parent meetings and events around topics of key concerns to parents. - Attends parent meetings along with the principal, where appropriate. - Works with the school parent association, where needed, to provide assistance in establishing by-laws, holding elections and conducting their affairs in accordance with Chancellor’s Regulation A-660. - Serves as a school liaison to Central and Field-based parent support staff. - Maintains ongoing contact with community organizations that are involved with providing services to the school’s educational program. - Organizes back to school and other events to increase parental and community involvement and creates a welcoming school environment to parents.

Office Services Coordinator

• Nov 2008 - Jul 2010

- Manages and oversees the daily operations of office services unit. - Develops procedures and policies for office services activities, such as filing, dictating, records keeping, typing, word processing, faxing and mail distribution. - May also be responsible for the maintenance of office equipment and purchasing supplies. - Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. - Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. - Performs a variety of customer service tasks. - Leads and directs the work of others and has a wide degree of creativity and latitude.

Editorial Assistant

• Mar 2006 - Sep 2008

- Edits and/or proofreads manuscripts and other forms of copy for publication, making stylistic, structural and grammatical corrections, as well as other substantive changes as needed. - Keyboards and proofreads materials prior to publication using a variety of computer software, or directs others in same. - Perform layout work of a detailed and complex nature, coordinates multiple production schedules and maintains printing deadlines for same. - Coordinate editorial, design and production aspects of a wide variety of materials for production, as well as post-production activities, such as mailing, mail house arrangements, registrations of copyright, etc. - Provide assistance of a general office nature for immediate supervisor, department head or others involved in editorial program of the larger unit. - Confer with author, author's representative or client on content, form, style, price, etc., and perform manuscript revision. - Oversee compilation and proofreading of indexes and tables of contents. may research and request permission for reproduction of material to be published. - Write and/or report on and publish copy for department/school/ University publications using appropriate desktop publishing methods. - Maintains contact with author, printer, faculty, staff and others directly concerned with the published work, following through on specified requests and tasks. - Assist in training, scheduling and distributing work to other staff members, students, casuals and temporary workers. - Contributes to unit goals by accomplishing related duties as required

After-School and Administrative Clerk

• 2002 - 2004