Associate Director

• Aug 2022 - Present

Taller is a community-based cultural organization whose primary purpose is to preserve and promote Puerto Rican arts and culture. We represent and support all Latinx cultural expressions and our common roots. By embracing our shared heritage and facilitating intercultural understanding we empower our community.We are guided by the vision of a proud Latinx community that is connected, inter-culturally aware, and economically vibrant in a society that values its own diversity. Taller catalyzes community engagement through our arts and cultural resources that build bridges between all communities within the Puerto Rican, and Latinx Diaspora. Show less

Marketing & Development

• Mar 2021 - Present

Mental Health Therapist

• Oct 2015 - Oct 2021

We are highly committed to serving a broad population of individuals and have a particular interest in honoring the struggle of marginalized populations, including anyone made to feel different because of race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomics, disability, body size, or trauma history. Our central core competency is in the treatment of the LGBTQ population across the lifespan. We are highly committed to serving a broad population of individuals and have a particular interest in honoring the struggle of marginalized populations, including anyone made to feel different because of race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomics, disability, body size, or trauma history. Our central core competency is in the treatment of the LGBTQ population across the lifespan.

Psychotherapist In Private Practice

• Oct 2019 - Mar 2021

Forensic Interviewer

• Nov 2015 - Oct 2019

Conducted legally sound forensic interviews of children ages 3-17 to investigate allegations of abuse Conducted legally sound forensic interviews of children ages 3-17 to investigate allegations of abuse

Social Work Intern, Swarthmore College Counseling and Psychological Services

• Aug 2014 - May 2015

Interim Director of Therapeutic Recreation

• Mar 2010 - Mar 2015

• Documented comprehensive admission, quarterly and significant change assessments • Utilized MDS 3.0 software • Ran group and individual programming for residents, ages 70-102, in the skilled care unit. • Planned and directed a variety of cognitive, sensory, creative and physical activities for residents. • Invited residents to each program and transported residents to/from programs. • Conducted Montessori-based programming for residents with mid-late stage dementia. • Documented, tracked and care planned each resident’s participation as required by state law. • Ran individual interventions for residents that preferred not to partake in group programming. Show less

Behavioral Health Services Intern

• Aug 2013 - May 2014

• Provided case management and counseling services to the Latino population in North Philadelphia. • Co-facilitate weekly therapy group for adolescents, ages 13-19, court-mandated for drug abuse counseling. • Provided weekly individual therapy for adolescent clients in the mental health program seeking treatment for a range of issues including depression, physical illness, poor school performance, family dysfunction and community violence. • Administered bio-psychosocial assessments with DSM-IV diagnoses. • Devised treatment plans and offered psycho-education. • Utilized a variety of therapeutic modalities including motivational interviewing, narrative work, strengths-based practice, trauma-informed practice. • Utilized ETO software system for documentation purposes. • Provided support to case managers, therapists, psychiatrists and other members of the treatment team. Show less

Claims Adjuster

• Nov 2007 - Nov 2009

• Provided comprehensive customer service through telephone and email correspondence. • Handled claims, documented recorded statements, conducted complex coverage and liability investigations, gathered evidence and defended liability decisions for hearings. • Provided comprehensive customer service through telephone and email correspondence. • Handled claims, documented recorded statements, conducted complex coverage and liability investigations, gathered evidence and defended liability decisions for hearings.

Organizer

• Sep 2006 - Nov 2006

• Organized campaign to increase voter turnout for candidates in the national 2006 Congressional Election. • Recruited and scheduled volunteers, managing shifts of up to 100 volunteers per day. • Conducted multiple group orientations daily for phone bank volunteers. • Organized campaign to increase voter turnout for candidates in the national 2006 Congressional Election. • Recruited and scheduled volunteers, managing shifts of up to 100 volunteers per day. • Conducted multiple group orientations daily for phone bank volunteers.