Experience

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  Living Classrooms Foundation

  • Baltimore, MD

  • Program Director, Workforce Development

    • Feb 2023 - Present
    • Baltimore, MD

    -Manages Workforce Development at Living Classrooms Foundation, overseeing all duties related to the implementation of Living Classrooms’ Target Investment Zone initiatives.-Directs customized job trainings, GED and ABE classes, ESOL classes, community workshops, career centers, and the community...

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  Grads2Careers, Mayor's Office of Employment...

  • Baltimore, Maryland, United States

  • Program Coordinator

    • Nov 2019 - Feb 2023
    • Baltimore, Maryland, United States

    -Supported the implementation of Grads2Careers, managing and monitoring the activities of participants, as well as training and support service partners under the initiative.-Served as the primary point of contact for occupational training providers, legal services partners, academic bridge provi...

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  The Choice Program, UMBC

  • Service Coordinator

    • Jun 2016 - Oct 2019

    Overseeing a group of AmeriCorps Community Service Learning Fellows who administer intensive case management services to adjudicated youth in efforts to keep youth, out of state facilities and, in their communities.

  • Community Service Learning Fellow

    • Jun 2015 - Jun 2016

    -Managed a caseload of up to 30 youth, which allowed for daily face-to-face connections in a home, community, and school setting, as well as, 24/7 crisis intervention. -Documented and maintained meticulous database, logs, and reports of all daily interactions with the youth and their families. -Reinforced youth with setting healthy goals, completing obligations of probation, and participating in pro-social activities such as community service and recreational/cultural experiences. -Affiliated families and youth, to additional social supports and programs to help encourage success beyond their tenure in the program. -Monitored the youth's daily attendance, grades, and behavior with the school while assisting in the navigation of IEPs, 504 plans, and other school meetings. -Committed to support youth out of facilities through case management, supervision, and linkage to community resources. -Co-pioneered an initiative 'Speak Truth to Power' aimed to help youth perceive, infer, and express their human rights. -Guided and engaged fellows, of differing personalities, in 'FREE' through intercommunication exercises and organized activities, allowing for a confidential and tranquil space to decompress from high-intensity service. -Partook in the ‘Recruitment and Marketing' committee, providing input and proposals to various projects focusing on tasks such as fellow retention, turnover rates and the proclamation of the organization's mission, purpose, and objectives.

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  Maryland Department of Juvenile Services

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Student Intern

    • Jan 2015 - May 2015
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    -Nourished meaningful relationships directly with the youth through daily communication and informal counseling. -Facilitated programs for the youth that encouraged active participation with their peers.-Retained specific case details of the juvenile intake process and the individual, as they reh...

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  American Eagle Outfitters

  • Selinsgrove, PA

  • Sales Associate

    • May 2010 - May 2015
    • Selinsgrove, PA