Karla Alas
Immigrant Community Navigator at CARECEN NY- Central American Refugee Center- Claim this Profile
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Limited working proficiency
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Credentials
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International Women's Health and Human Rights
Standford UniversityDec, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Global Health Fellow
United Nations FoundationApr, 2018- Oct, 2024
Experience
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CARECEN NY- Central American Refugee Center
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United States
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Immigrant Community Navigator
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Mar 2021 - Present
The focus of the Immigrant Community Navigator program is to connect low-income immigrant community members throughout Long Island to the information, resources, and services that they need in order to have a more socioeconomically stable lives for themselves and their families. The focus of the Immigrant Community Navigator program is to connect low-income immigrant community members throughout Long Island to the information, resources, and services that they need in order to have a more socioeconomically stable lives for themselves and their families.
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Student Dialogue Leader
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Aug 2019 - May 2020
The Common Ground dialogues series are a university initiative to encourage student engagement and understanding of sensitive topics that include race, gender, sexuality, disability and religion. In preparation for these dialogues, this role required thorough research and preparation in cooperation with other dialogue leaders to identify appropriate resources, synthesize ideas and anticipate possible shortcomings. Along with this, during the hour-long dialogues, this role often required the ability to read the room to encourage conversation while also delegating with respect to different opinions.
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Full-Time Assistant to Minister Counsellors
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May 2019 - Jul 2019
Full-time assistant to the Minister Counsellors for the second and third committees. Throughout this role I represented the counsellors and the Permanent Mission of El Salvador at daily meetings and high-level events and receptions including the High Level Political Forum, the Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.My tasks during this role included attentive listening and extracting information of interest as well as summarizing key information on daily post-meeting reports.
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Client Service Administrator
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May 2016 - Dec 2018
During this role I provided in-person client service in the area of passport emissions at the Consulate general of El Salvador. This role included recording confidential client data in an efficient and accurate matter in a fast-paced environment, producing an average of 90 passports per day with same-day delivery.Along with data collection, I also assisted the consulate in hosting several events that promoted cultural exchange, cultural nurturing amongst the diaspora and diaspora outreach events concerning issues of importance including TPS organizing and information outreach for undocumented immigrants.
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Education
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2017 - 2020
SUNY Oneonta
Bachelor of Arts - BA, International Relations and Affairs -
2015 - 2017
International Baccalaureate
High School Diploma, International Baccalaureate
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