Experience

Community Passageways

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Resource Navigator/Specialist

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Support the expansion of resource navigation across the organization. Consult with resource navigators needing guidance around housing, employment, education, mental health, substance use, parenting plans, public benefits, foster care, legal advocacy, and more. Provide direct service to participants in Deep Dive and oversee two resource navigtaors. Deep Dive is an 18-month cohort-style program designed to engage young men aged 16 to 27 identified as the most vulnerable to participate in or be the victim of gun violence. Each young man is assigned an ambassador (mentor with lived experience) and resource navigator and attends weekly classes focused on identifying their strengths and areas of growth, bolstering healthy conflict resolution, processing and healing from trauma, identifying aspirations and setting plans to achieve them, understanding historical perspectives that have shaped their lives, and other topics that focus not on what to think, but how to think.In this role, I track participants' cases, work closely with public defenders, mitigation specialists, and forensic psychologists, and provide legal advocacy. I also work with electric home monitoring/detention caseworkers, probation officers, and DOC community custody officers. Each participant has unique personal and professional goals, and I support them in overcoming barriers to attain these goals.I continue to cultivate new community partnerships and resources, as well as write grants to support our work. Show less

• Resource Specialist/Community Partnerships

  • Sep 2020 - Sep 2021

  Expanded Community Passageway's resource network to better meet the needs of the young people we serve. Secured partnerships with local non-profits, employers, and educational institutions, and connected them to our direct service team. Collected information on events, resources, and opportunities that could benefit our young people and sent out weekly emails advertising these opportunities. Researched and coordinated professional development trainings for staff. Tracked and applied to grants.



YouthCare Seattle

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Case Manager

  • Dec 2018 - Aug 2020

  Supported clients in achieving their stated goals using a harm reduction model. Connected clients to community resources including: Mental health and substance abuse treatment, advocacy and empowerment events, educational and employment opportunities, community clinics, and public benefits Provided legal advocacy: Advocate at court appearances, brainstorm alternatives to prosecution and create release plans with public defenders, accompany clients to meetings with probation officers, coordinate with electric home monitoring and work release case workers, file parenting plans, domestic violence protection orders, and modified child support payments. Housing Navigation: Complete HMIS housing assessments, attend weekly Coordinated Entry For All meetings, and refer clients to housing programs. Show less



Youth Justice Coalition

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer: Welcome Home Event

  • Dec 2016 - Jun 2018

  I volunteered at YJC's monthly resource fair for individuals recently released from prison. During this event,​ I worked with attendees to fill out forms so they may receive government IDs, social security cards, and birth certificates. In addition, I collected clothes from community members for donation. I volunteered at YJC's monthly resource fair for individuals recently released from prison. During this event,​ I worked with attendees to fill out forms so they may receive government IDs, social security cards, and birth certificates. In addition, I collected clothes from community members for donation.



Optimist Youth Homes and Family Services

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Volunteer Teacher Assistant and Tutor

  • Sep 2016 - Aug 2017

  Volunteered as a teacher assistant in a high school literature and remedial classroom. I worked with students in small groups to complete assignments, taught study skills, mediated and contained disputes, and supported students during mental health and emotional breakdowns. Volunteered as a teacher assistant in a high school literature and remedial classroom. I worked with students in small groups to complete assignments, taught study skills, mediated and contained disputes, and supported students during mental health and emotional breakdowns.



Aviva Family and Children's Services

• United States
• Health and Human Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer: Mentor, Tutor, and Foster Youth Supervisor

  • Jan 2013 - Jan 2017

  Mentored a 17-year-old girl in Aviva's group home for foster and probation youth. In addition, I tutored other girls in this home. Supervised and played with foster children aged 2 to 16 while their foster parents attended mandatory orientations and trainings. Assisted in the orchestration and event execution of Aviva's annual Christmas party for children in their foster program. Mentored a 17-year-old girl in Aviva's group home for foster and probation youth. In addition, I tutored other girls in this home. Supervised and played with foster children aged 2 to 16 while their foster parents attended mandatory orientations and trainings. Assisted in the orchestration and event execution of Aviva's annual Christmas party for children in their foster program.



Television

• Los Angeles, CA

• Executive Assistant to Producers, Writers, and Directors

  • Sep 2008 - 2014

  Worked as an executive and personal assistant to showrunners, writers, and producers. I tracked and kept up to date binders, spreadsheets, scripts, and cuts (edits) of projects in various stages of TV and film productions, edited and submitted scripts to networks, submitted films to domestic and international film festivals, attended and took notes at meetings, acted as a liaison between my bosses and their producing partners, directors, actors, agents, publicists, lawyers, and network executives, managed professional and personal calendars, and arranged travel and created detailed itineraries. Show less



Seattle Weekly

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Street Team Coordinator

  • Sep 2007 - May 2008

  Managed, trained, and scheduled staff to work events, developed and maintained relationships with venues, such as art museums and concert halls, coordinated with event directors to organize the Seattle Weekly's presence at events, assisted in the planning and execution of Reverbfest, a music showcase featuring 50 musical acts, and created and updated the Seattle Weekly a Facebook page. Managed, trained, and scheduled staff to work events, developed and maintained relationships with venues, such as art museums and concert halls, coordinated with event directors to organize the Seattle Weekly's presence at events, assisted in the planning and execution of Reverbfest, a music showcase featuring 50 musical acts, and created and updated the Seattle Weekly a Facebook page.