Experience

SANTA FE DREAMERS PROJECT

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Development

  • 2016 - Present

  Santa Fe Dreamers Project provides free legal services to immigrants to promote economic empowerment, community development, family unity, and liberation from detention. Our work is centered around the belief that supporting immigrants makes our whole community stronger. We are committed to representing every qualified immigrant who walks through our doors, to using service strategies that expand vulnerable peoples’ access to legal counsel, and helping to elevate the voices and narratives of immigrants in our community to support positive reform. Show less



Santa Fe YouthWorks

• Associate Director

  • 2013 - 2016

  Designed and managed programs for disenfranchised youth, with a focus on education and job training in the fields of construction, culinary arts, healthcare, and environmental conservation/restoration. Managed a ten person staff of teachers, counselors, job-trainers, case managers, and field supervisors that served an average of 1200 clients a year. Designed and implemented systems for effective program and logistics management. Secured and managed a variety of grants and contracts from federal, state, municipal and private sources for an average annual budget of $1.2 million. Show less

• Education Director

  • 2009 - 2013

  Designed culturally relevant academic programs which could adapt to the variety of learning styles, skills and needs.Taught English- and Spanish-speaking students in a variety of subjects in preparation for the G.E.D. exam and college readiness. Managed staff including teachers, and volunteer tutors.



Santa Fe Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • 2009 - 2010

  Taught dual-enrollment classes in Environmental Science at Capital High School. Juniors and seniors enrolled in the class receive both college and high school credit. Taught dual-enrollment classes in Environmental Science at Capital High School. Juniors and seniors enrolled in the class receive both college and high school credit.



AVID - Simon Charitable Foundation

• Santa Fe, New Mexico Area

• Lead Tutor / Coordinator

  • 2007 - 2009

  Lead teams of academic tutors in public middle and high schools. AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a college readiness program targeting underachieving students in public schools, providing them with small group tutoring and leadership activities to help them become more successful. Lead teams of academic tutors in public middle and high schools. AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a college readiness program targeting underachieving students in public schools, providing them with small group tutoring and leadership activities to help them become more successful.