Experience

Johns Hopkins University School of Education
• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee
• Portfolio Coach

  • Dec 2017 - Present

The Capitol Encore Academy
• School Counselor

  • Aug 2014 - Present

Brownsville Collaborative Middle School
• Middle School Guidance Counselor

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2015


CASTLE Middle School (MS 345)

• Guidance Intern

  • Sep 2012 - Jun 2013

  Assist students in the areas of academic development, career development, and citizenship development, as well as emotional and social development Collaborate and confer with social workers, teachers, learning specialists, and parents to meet the unique academic needs of different types of learners Conduct individual and small group counseling Provide appropriate referrals of students and parents to outside agencies and specialists Advise and guide families through the NYC High School articulation process including applications and placement Engage in academic and social planning with students geared towards career and college readiness Develop, review, and revise a career and educational plan for each student Monitor and advise students and parents as to progress toward promotion and graduation Show less



826 Boston

• United States
• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• After-School Tutor

  • Oct 2010 - Jun 2011

  Guided children ages 5-18 resulting in the successful completion of their homework after school in a variety of subjects Helped students complete creative writing exercises designed to stimulate students imagination as well as their writing/reading skills Took part in the direction and management of weekend creative writing workshops to provide safe and creative outlets for students on school vacation Guided children ages 5-18 resulting in the successful completion of their homework after school in a variety of subjects Helped students complete creative writing exercises designed to stimulate students imagination as well as their writing/reading skills Took part in the direction and management of weekend creative writing workshops to provide safe and creative outlets for students on school vacation



Harvard Medical School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Clinical Assistant

  • Sep 2009 - Jun 2011

  Completed extensive training in the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS-PL) in order to conduct structured diagnostic interviews with children and parents for outpatient clinic Presented client cases at clinical staff meetings and drafted client intake reports to determine diagnosis and treatment plan Assisted in the recruitment of clients through development of advertising materials Aided supervisor on several grant proposals to obtain funds for future low-cost treatment services for the community Coordinated four, two-day trainings for local clinicians, social workers and psychologists in order to advance local clinicians’ use of evidence-based therapy for children with anxiety, depression, conduct and trauma Show less



Big Sister Association of Greater Boston

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Big Sister Mentor

  • Sep 2009 - Jun 2011

  Mentored a teenage girl within the Boston foster care system to provide positive and healthy experiences for her within the greater Boston community Spent time twice a month with mentee, to build self-esteem and coping mechanisms, to help with school work, and prepare for college visits and applications Mentored a teenage girl within the Boston foster care system to provide positive and healthy experiences for her within the greater Boston community Spent time twice a month with mentee, to build self-esteem and coping mechanisms, to help with school work, and prepare for college visits and applications



Judge Baker Children’s Center, Harvard Medical School

• Project Coordinator

  • Jul 2009 - Jun 2011

  Practice Based Evidence: Enhancing the Evidence Base for Adolescent Depression Coordinated an NIMH-funded project to characterize effective counseling practices in the treatment of depression for adolescents and to integrate such practices into existing treatment protocols Developed observational coding system and coded taped sessions of school-based group therapy from randomized clinical trial for adolescent depression to develop a list of common therapeutic elements throughout all groups Aided in the logistics, planning, participation, and follow-up of focus groups and individual interviews with numerous school-based mental health providers in order to further develop a list of characteristics of “usual care” for treatment of depression in schools Assisted in grant submission to Institutional Review Board and NIMH review committee to maintain funding Show less



Children’s Hospital Boston, Richmond Inpatient Psychiatry Unit

• Recreational Therapy Intern

  • Jun 2008 - Dec 2008

  Co-coordinated the group therapy program for school-age and adolescent patients on inpatient psychiatric unit to ensure the effective and consistent facilitation of recreational and coping skills groups on the unit Helped support children and adolescent patients diagnosed with severe psychopathology by caring out their daily treatment plans and providing personalized support Participated in clinical staff meetings to report on patients’ success and/or limitations within groups Co-coordinated the group therapy program for school-age and adolescent patients on inpatient psychiatric unit to ensure the effective and consistent facilitation of recreational and coping skills groups on the unit Helped support children and adolescent patients diagnosed with severe psychopathology by caring out their daily treatment plans and providing personalized support Participated in clinical staff meetings to report on patients’ success and/or limitations within groups