Experience

Yoga Behind Bars
• United States
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Co Executive Director

  • Jan 2022 - Present

SunEarth Healing
• United States
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• Yoga Instructor and Sound Healer

  • Nov 2019 - Present

LifeWire
• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Survivor Services Manager

  • Feb 2020 - Jan 2022


Peace Corps

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Youth Development Specialist

  • Jun 2017 - Jul 2019

  ● Developed and implemented youth and gender-based programming, utilizing evidenced-based interventions to address HIV/AIDS prevalence at the community level ● Partnered with Save the Children in facilitating Swazi Girls for Health, a program focused on HIV risk reduction with curriculum developed by Johns Hopkins ● Awarded and implemented two United States government small grants, totaling $19,000.00 ● Fundraised and managed $2,500 for the successful completion of an event celebrating the International Day of the Girl Child and a movie screening discussing gender-based violence ● Collaborated with international NGO, Books for Africa to provide 2,000 books to two local primary school libraries ● Trained 10 community leaders in project design and management Embrace Director ● Served as the director of a peer support network, created to provide a safe space and emotional support to volunteers with diverse ethnic backgrounds, supporting 34 members as of 2019 ● Co-facilitated Intercultural Competence, Diversity and Inclusion (ICD&I) training sessions for current and incoming groups of volunteers ● Interfaced with the Country Director and Senior Peace Corps staff ● Coordinated and planned bi-annual resiliency retreats to provide members with a space to process common experiences based on shared identities ● Served as a member of the Volunteer Advisory Committee (VAC), a communication liaison intended to address broad issues and concerns related to improving programmatic and personal relations between over 100 volunteers and 40 staff members Show less



Recovery Network of Programs, Inc.

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Substance Use Clinician

  • Dec 2014 - May 2017

  ● Implemented therapeutic treatment using evidenced-based methods of planning, counseling, case management and crisis intervention for adults diagnosed with opioid dependency ● Managed a case load of over 60 clients at a time in a fast-paced work environment ● Integrated exercise, yoga, meditation, and mindfulness practices into treatment planning ● Created a staff self-care group, providing 20 staff members with education about various stress management techniques to mitigate burnout ● Facilitated weekly groups on managing grief and loss, relapse prevention and self-care ● Organized monthly events to support multicultural clientele through the multicultural committee Show less



Middlesex Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Clinical Social Work Intern

  • Aug 2015 - May 2016

  Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) ● Responded to over 25 psychiatric emergencies for children between the ages of 5 and 18 through EMPS, a mobile intervention for 5 children and adolescents experiencing behavioral or mental health crises ● Conducted psychosocial assessments, including mental health diagnoses ● Documented client’s mental health status and outcome of intervention Outpatient Mental Health Services ● Completed intake assessments and mental health diagnoses ● Applied proven methods of treatment to five mentally ill children and adolescents on an ongoing basis ● Recorded client’s mental health status and treatment progress Show less



The Kennedy Center Inc.

• United States
• Individual and Family Services

• Residential Counselor

  • Mar 2014 - Apr 2015

  ● Collaborated with multidisciplinary team of service providers to provide support to individuals with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities ● Coordinated activities to foster independence, growth, and development ● Provided personal care and promoted client wellness ● Collaborated with multidisciplinary team of service providers to provide support to individuals with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities ● Coordinated activities to foster independence, growth, and development ● Provided personal care and promoted client wellness



Wayfaring Ministries

• United States

• Clinical Social Work Intern

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2014

  ● Conducted psychosocial assessments and treatment planning ● Provided ongoing individual therapy and case management for men transitioning out of the prison system ● Educated clients in employability skills and referred to vocational training (HVAC) ● Conducted psychosocial assessments and treatment planning ● Provided ongoing individual therapy and case management for men transitioning out of the prison system ● Educated clients in employability skills and referred to vocational training (HVAC)