Support Services Specialist

• Mar 2018 - Present

Academica, Inc. is a global network of public charter schools, digital learning communities, colleges, and non-profit organizations. Academica is a leader at developing and maximizing human potential. Academica was founded in 1999 on the principle that each school of choice is a unique educational environment. Academica works to help its clients achieve their educational and organizational goals. Clients maintaining complete control over their academic programs, staffing needs, management, and curricula. Our founding mission ensures a student-centric focus and remains the cornerstone of our approach. Academica empowers each client to pursue specialized educational goals. We have a strong commitment to customization, flexibility, collaboration, creative thinking. Ongoing dialogue among educators, students, and parents is the key to the success of Academica-supported educational institutions. Academica revolutionized the traditional K-12 educational path by turning it into a dynamic K-16 network. Academica provides students from all backgrounds and socioeconomic groups with access to a free, high-quality education from Kindergarten to college. By integrating technology with groundbreaking educational initiatives, Academica can help a school implement a top-notch educational experience for any child. Show less

Broker/Owner

• Jan 2007 - Present

A boutique real estate firm with expertise in the sales, purchase or rental of a single family home or condo. Infinity Real Estate Group specializes with employee relocations (to or from the South Florida area). A boutique real estate firm with expertise in the sales, purchase or rental of a single family home or condo. Infinity Real Estate Group specializes with employee relocations (to or from the South Florida area).

Education Special Program Director

• Jun 2009 - Apr 2018

Programs I was responsible for and/or assisted in creating:#1 ~ The City of Hialeah is a full-service city serving over 240,000 residents, making it the sixth largest city in the state of Florida. Over 95 percent of the city's residents are Hispanic, making Hialeah a diverse yet unified place to live. Similar to most communities around our country, the rates of obesity in Hialeah are rising, with recent statistics showing 46 percent of school-age children in Hialeah are overweight, with 27 percent of those being obese. With the support of the city's mayor, community stakeholders have determined these rates are unacceptable and have pledged to take action against childhood obesity in the City of Hialeah, the City of Progress. As a result, Hialeah Healthy Families - Call to Action Against Childhood Obesity, a framework for action and programming that, through programmatic aspects, engages the community in adopting a healthy and physically active lifestyle.#2 ~ The City of Hialeah’s Creative Learning and Play (CL&P) Program offers affordable after school care for children in kindergarten through 5th grade at ten convenient locations in the city. Servicing on average 450 children during the academic year and servicing approximately 250 children during the Summer moths. As it’s Director, I was responsible for providing families with affordable, high quality out-of-school services in a safe, fun, and encouraging environment. Activities include:~ Fitness~ Homework assistance~ Literacy Activities and tutoring~ Recreation~ Social skills development~ Special Interest Classes Show less

Project Development Supervisor

• Jun 2005 - Jun 2009

Public Information and Marketing, Chair

• Jul 2013 - Jun 2017

The Community Action Agency Board is an advisory board to the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners regarding the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) programs and other programs administered by the Community Action and Human Services Department (CAHSD) The Boards role is to advise the County on issues and causes of poverty in Miami-Dade County; the reduction of such poverty, and the revitalization of low-income communities by empowering individuals and families to become self-sufficient. The Board provides guidance and support to the Mayor and the Board of County Commissioners in identifying and helping to reduce the causes of poverty and identifying public and private resources at the local, state, and federal levels to promote self-sufficiency, family stability and community revitalization for economically disadvantaged persons. Show less

VP of Operations

• Sep 2001 - Jun 2005

Public Relations, Marketing and Special Event Center Director 1

• Jun 1991 - Sep 2001