Experience

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  Chabot College

  • Hayward, California, United States

  • Foster and Kinship Care Education Director

    • Oct 2020 - Present
    • Hayward, California, United States

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  California State University, East Bay

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Renaissance Scholars Program Coordinator

    • Apr 2014 - Sep 2020

    ❖ Promote academic success and development among a diverse population of foster/former foster youth.❖ Monitor, track, project, and manage budgets for multiple accounts which include donor and grant funds.❖ Coordinate services for former foster youth participants. Services include tutoring, book vouchers, book lending library, loaner laptop program, and field trips. ❖ Monitor academic progress and provide academic and financial aid advising and counseling to program participants.❖ Work with University Advancement to steward donors and cultivate new donor relationships.❖ Write and report grants.❖ Implement a campus-wide system of request and approval for priority registration and priority on-campus housing for undergraduate foster youth. ❖ Collaborate and coordinate with outside agencies for student and program support, scholarships, and additional book vouchers. ❖ Facilitate the Renaissance Scholars Program Advisory board which aims to raise additional funds for the program.

  • Teaching and Research

    • 2017 - Oct 2019

    ❖Researcher and Collaborator, CSU East Faculty Learning Community on serving students with multiple complex issues❖Lecturer, Masters in Social Work, CSU East Bay: o Program Evaluation, Spring 2018 o Qualitative and Quantitative Methods, Summer 2016 and Summer 2017 o Social Welfare Policy, Winter 2017Coordinate and present Career Preparation workshops, 2017 – 2018

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  San Jose State University

  • San Jose State University

  • Coordinator of Advising Information

    • Nov 2009 - Mar 2014
    • San Jose State University

    ❖ Served as the "go to" person for advisers with academic advising questions. ❖ Worked closely with faculty experiencing difficulty with advising students.❖ Researched policies and recommend solutions to student issues. ❖ Coordinated and evaluated training sessions, advising fairs, and collaborative sessions with off-campus entities. ❖ Used assessment data to improve projects and activities. ❖ Served on the Advising Council to improve campus advising. ❖ Spearheaded efforts to maintain the academic advising website. ❖ Volunteered on the African American and Hispanic Task Forces to close the achievement / opportunity gap.

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  California State University, East Bay

  • Hayward, CA

  • Retention Coordinator / Counselor

    • Nov 2001 - Nov 2008
    • Hayward, CA

    Counseling duties: ❖ Advised and counseled student caseload on issues related to academics, social adjustment, and financial aid. ❖ Planned components of Summer Bridge including orientation and lecture series.Renaissance Scholars Program duties: ❖ Participated in program development. ❖ Conducted initial grant-writing. ❖ Coordinated events and workshops for program students. ❖ Communicated and collaborated with other foster youth programs. Coordinator duties: ❖ Provided vision and leadership for the EOP Retention unit. ❖ Developed unit goals and assessed their completion. ❖ Monitored retention, graduation, and academic probation rates of EOP students.❖ Supervised and evaluated professional counseling staff.