Experience

Comunilife, Inc.

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Assistant Vice President

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  Established in 2008 by Dr. Rosa Gil, the Life is Precious™ (LIP) Latina Girls Suicide Prevention program is a project of Comunilife, a leading nonprofit housing, health and human services agency serving NYC's Hispanic community since 1989. Young Latinas have become the teen population with the highest rate of suicide attempt in the country. At Life is Precious™, we combine individual and group counseling, creative arts therapy, academic support, music, nutrition & wellness activities and family services. Show less



GEMS Girls Educational & Mentoring Services

• Chief Program Officer

  • Oct 2004 - Oct 2018

  GEMS mission is to empower girls and young women, ages 12-24, who have been victims of commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential. GEMS is committed to ending commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking of children by changing individual lives, transforming public perception, and revolutionizing the systems and policies that impact sexually exploited youth.

• Program Director; Clinical Director

  • 2004 - May 2010



Make the Road New York

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Social Work Field Instructor

  • Sep 2003 - May 2006

  Make the Road, NY promotes economic justice and participatory democracy through community organizing on issues of concern to its diverse membership. Make the Road, NY promotes economic justice and participatory democracy through community organizing on issues of concern to its diverse membership.



Women In Need

• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Family Therapist

  • Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Women In Need's (WIN) Alexander Abraham House is a transitional homeless shelter for women and children and pregnant women, whose core mission is to assist families in finding permanent, sustainable housing and provide supportive services. Women In Need's (WIN) Alexander Abraham House is a transitional homeless shelter for women and children and pregnant women, whose core mission is to assist families in finding permanent, sustainable housing and provide supportive services.



The Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES)

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Licensed Social Worker

  • Jan 2002 - Oct 2004

  The mission of CASES is to increase public safety through innovative services that reduce crime and incarceration, improve behavioral health, promote recovery and rehabilitation, and creates opportunities for success in the community. The School Connection Center supported youth returning to the community from detention to re-enroll in the educational system and reach their full potential. The mission of CASES is to increase public safety through innovative services that reduce crime and incarceration, improve behavioral health, promote recovery and rehabilitation, and creates opportunities for success in the community. The School Connection Center supported youth returning to the community from detention to re-enroll in the educational system and reach their full potential.



Grand Street Settlement

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

• Director Of Social Services

  • Jan 1998 - Nov 2002

  Grand Street settlement provides residents of the Lower East Side with the tools and support they need to overcome challenging circumstances and build fulfilling lives. Grand Street settlement provides residents of the Lower East Side with the tools and support they need to overcome challenging circumstances and build fulfilling lives.