Client Support Specialist

• Aug 2023 - Present

Residential Rehabilitation Counselor

• May 2022 - Jul 2023

President

• Apr 2021 - Dec 2022

Sociology Peer Advisor

• Jan 2022 - May 2022

-Work with current undergraduates of both the Sociology major and minor programs to assess four year plans, create schedules, assist in class registration and general advising. -Create, Plan, and Organize events related to Sociology, such as Internship Seminars, Coffee Socials, and “Meet the Professors/Faculty” nights.-Create and post different flyers for events and important dates within the department on social media accounts.-Attend to front desk, including directing calls, taking messages, and other general administrative duties. Show less

Research Assistant- Cognition and Development Lab

• Nov 2020 - Feb 2022

Assist in recruiting participants in research on how children gage and reason with empirical evidence and how that process is related to their general susceptibility to bias

Undergraduate Research Trainee-Animal and Human Relationships Stream

• Sep 2019 - Dec 2020

Specific Stream/Lab: Animal Lab of Animal and Human Relationships StreamResearch Advisor: Dr. Molly Goodfellow - Read and analyzed Animal Behavioral Neuroscience scholarly literature- Investigated how stress impacts health in rats, specifically how THC affects social behaviors in rats- Coded for animal behaviors via BORIS software and analyzed data via SPSS- Presentation: I.Penafeil, M.Rizzi, J.Abuelhawa, P.Palavarapu. Social Behaviors in a Rat Model of Prenatal Marijuana Exposure. Presented at: FIRE Summit. November 16, 2019. University of Maryland, College Park. Show less

Summer Scholar, First-Year Innovation and Research Experience

• Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

Participated in a 4-week program that used complex scholarly literature and medical case studies to collaboratively discover relationships between neurobiology and behavior in both humans and California field mice.

Seasonal Sales Associate

• Nov 2019 - Jan 2020

Duties included greeting customers into the store, tidying displays, opening and closing the store, assisting customers, and managing fitting rooms including on Black Friday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Duties included greeting customers into the store, tidying displays, opening and closing the store, assisting customers, and managing fitting rooms including on Black Friday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

Psychology Intern

• Sep 2018 - May 2019

Conducted "one-on-one" visits with residents living with Dementia. Activities included but not limited to planning excursions and trips for residents, planning parties and events at the center, and assisting the ConnectedLiving team with other miscellaneous tasks. Conducted "one-on-one" visits with residents living with Dementia. Activities included but not limited to planning excursions and trips for residents, planning parties and events at the center, and assisting the ConnectedLiving team with other miscellaneous tasks.

Psychology Intern

• Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

Shadowed a Psychiatrist and saw over 70 patients, became familiarized with Opioid Addiction Treatment (OAT) and how to test patients under treatment, learned about the patient database and medical history. Shadowed a Psychiatrist and saw over 70 patients, became familiarized with Opioid Addiction Treatment (OAT) and how to test patients under treatment, learned about the patient database and medical history.