Internship Coordinator

• Mar 2021 - Present

Mental Health Therapist Intern

• Aug 2018 - May 2019

Provided individual and group therapy at both an elementary school and a community mental health center. Worked with a wide age range of clients experiencing bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorders. Job included weekly supervision with an LCSW, diagnosing clients based on DSM-5/ ICD-10 categories, billing for services provided through the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health, and electronic charting via Tier software. Provided individual and group therapy at both an elementary school and a community mental health center. Worked with a wide age range of clients experiencing bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorders. Job included weekly supervision with an LCSW, diagnosing clients based on DSM-5/ ICD-10 categories, billing for services provided through the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health, and electronic charting via Tier software.

Foster Youth Achievement Intern

• Sep 2017 - Apr 2018

Provided individual educational rights counseling for foster youth in the court's "Shelter Care" while awaiting their court hearing. Job role included networking foster youth to specialized advisors at new schools, assisting students with transfer of grades and coursework, providing follow-up to ensure foster parents successfully enrolled their foster child into school, college preparation advisement, and facilitating a change in "Education Rights Holder" status if biological parent could no longer make decisions on behalf of their child. This job also required semi-weekly Multidisciplinary Team Meetings with the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department Human Trafficking Division to assist victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) in adjusting back into a school environment. Show less

Network Resource Intern

• Sep 2014 - Dec 2014

As the Network Resource Intern, I created charts of different special needs individuals throughout the Greater Tucson area and made sure they were receiving the services they signed up for through the government Department of Economic Security. If there were any gaps between services needed and services being provided, I alerted my supervisor and sometimes called the service provider to get an update on the individual they were supposed to be providing services for. As the Network Resource Intern, I created charts of different special needs individuals throughout the Greater Tucson area and made sure they were receiving the services they signed up for through the government Department of Economic Security. If there were any gaps between services needed and services being provided, I alerted my supervisor and sometimes called the service provider to get an update on the individual they were supposed to be providing services for.

Summer Intern

• May 2014 - Aug 2014

I worked with children between the ages of 2.5 and 7 that had Sensory Integration/Processing Disorder (SID or SPD). I also helped an Occupational Therapist come up with different activities that would strengthen fine motor, muscular and general coordination abilities in children with SPD that were developmentally behind. Furthermore, I aided children in physical exercises that improved their proprioception and understanding of their body. These physical exercises included playing games that encouraged more communication across the child’s corpus callosum, which resulted in the development of a dominant hand and learning how to write along with other important skills. Show less

Teachers Aide

• Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

I volunteered in Kindergarten classroom, Fourth grade classroom, and after-school Homework Club open to all students. In the kindergarten classroom, I was in charge of arts and crafts time and story book time. I also sat next to disruptive students in the fourth grade class to keep them on task and tutored students with basic math and vocabulary homework at Homework Club. I volunteered in Kindergarten classroom, Fourth grade classroom, and after-school Homework Club open to all students. In the kindergarten classroom, I was in charge of arts and crafts time and story book time. I also sat next to disruptive students in the fourth grade class to keep them on task and tutored students with basic math and vocabulary homework at Homework Club.