Experience

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  Catholic Relief Services

  • United States
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Senior Program Manager for Faith Engagement, Strengthening Families for Thriving Children Team

    • Oct 2022 - Present

  • Senior Program Manager for Faith Engagement, Changing the Way We Care initiative

    • Aug 2020 - Oct 2022

  • National Advisor for Partnerships and Changing the Way We Care

    • Nov 2019 - Aug 2020

  • Community Engagement Manager, Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Field Office

    • Jul 2012 - Nov 2019

  • Program Manager, CRS/Angola -- Program Quality & Business Development

    • Jul 2010 - Jul 2012

  • International Development Fellow 2009-2010

    • Jul 2009 - Jul 2010

    Identification, documentation, and dissemination of lessons learned within the areas of HIV/AIDS, Emergency Preparedness & Response, and Governance in order to:• improve current programs,• inform further scale-up strategies,• contribute to the knowledge of the community of agencies serving the vulnerable in Nigeria.

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  ISAMIS (Iglesia de San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador)

  • Refugee & Human Trafficking Specialist

    • Feb 2009 - May 2009

    Helped to plan, implement, & evaluate pastoral efforts to prevent youth trafficking & labor/sexual exploitation within the Amazonian Sucumbíos region of Ecuador, particularly in areas of high indigenous and Colombian refugee populations.

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  Catholic Relief Services

  • Intern, Refugee Ecuadorian Social Ministry Offices

    • Jan 2008 - May 2008

    • Created and trained staff in northern-border region of Ecuador in the utilization of community diagnostic guide to assess specific areas of neighborhood strength and vulnerability to youth sexual trafficking and commercialization• Developed and implemented behavioral motivational system for youth refugee after-school program in Ibarra, Ecuador• Wrote and translated social ministry office grant applications in English and Spanish

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  United Way of Massachusetts Bay

  • Intern, Community Impact Division

    • Sep 2006 - May 2007

    • Assisted with development of Healthy Relationships for High Yield Youth, a pilot project of the Faith and Action Initiative• Helped organize and host conference to better equip 300 youth programs in Boston area to identify and meet the social-emotional needs of at-risk adolescent males• Co-developed new Request for Proposal application (RFP) and reviewed grant applications to allocate $2 million to area faith-based youth programs

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  Farm of the Child Orphanage, Honduras

  • Social Work Department Head

    • Oct 2003 - Dec 2005

    Coordinator, Social Work Department 2004-2005• Initiated and developed ongoing bilingual youth care training for Honduran house parents and international volunteers• Trained, supervised, and supported orphanage case managers Case Manager 2003-2005• Counseled orphanage youth; consulted daily with house staff; maintained youth files• Helped develop orphanage’s independent-living project for adolescents

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  Girls and Boys Town

  • Certified Assistant Family Teacher

    • May 2001 - Jul 2003

    Certified Assistant Family Teacher • Provided treatment for adolescent males with behavioral and emotional disorders in a residential treatment setting Youth Employment Explorers Program Director• Supervised summer program staff, planned youth employment and recreational activities, and worked with children showing signs of crisis/out-of-instructional control behavior