Experience

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  The Arc of Massachusetts

  • Widening the Circle: Pathways to Friendship Facilitator

    • Sep 2021 - Present

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  Yachad, Inc.

  • Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

  • Senior Program Coordinator

    • Sep 2019 - Aug 2021
    • Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

    • Facilitate a weekly advocacy and leadership development group for young people with disabilities• Provide direct oversight and assistance to advocacy program staff• Support a member-driven initiative to improve the accessibility of Yachad virtual programing• Organize professional development trainings for staff• Researched and co-wrote application for the prestigious Arc Tank competition, winning an $80,000 grant• Coordinated a disability inclusion pledge initiative for organizations in the Boston and Greater Boston area

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  Ruderman Family Foundation

  • Newton, MA

  • Program Coordinator

    • 2016 - 2017
    • Newton, MA

    • Developed impactful and innovative programs and grants to improve societal inclusion of people with disabilities• Ensured proper execution, evaluation and budgeting of inclusion programs, and supported annual review and reporting process• Conducted in-house office accessibility assessment, and produced company guidelines on event and document accessibility• Helped coordinate the Greater Boston Disability Task Force

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  Massachusetts Advocates Standing Strong

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Metro Regional Coordinator

    • 2014 - 2016
    • Greater Boston Area

    • Supervised and educated self-advocate employees and volunteers• Established grassroots, advocacy groups for people with disabilities, doubling the number of “self-advocacy” groups in the Boston Metro Area• Developed and led trainings on disability rights, self-advocacy, and transitioning out of high school• Facilitated regional gatherings of self-advocacy group representatives and advisors, and supported monthly legislative education visits to the State House• Organized fundraising events and disability-focused voter education forums • Participated in cross-disability collaborative as part of the Youth Leadership Forum• Created and maintained MASS website and produced monthly organizational newsletter

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  Self-Advocacy Association of NYS

  • Regional Organizer

    • 2008 - 2011

    • Provided training on disability rights, awareness and advocacy• Supervised and managed AmeriCorps volunteer team and National Core Indicators survey employees• Coordinated and organized regional self-advocacy meetings, conferences, and gatherings• Formed and maintained high school transition and adult self-advocacy groups• Represented SANYS at Developmental Disability Council meetings and public forums• Co-facilitated and participated in Cross-Disability Task Force and SSI Marriage Penalty Work Group• Supported people with disabilities at lobbying days, rallies and public hearings

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  Supportive Housing Network of New York

  • Policy Associate

    • 2007 - 2008

    • Produced the State of Supportive Housing Report, comprehensively assessing and analyzing supportive housing in New York State• Represented SHNNY at conferences, hearings and other public forums on supportive housing• Met with government agencies to discuss supportive housing challenges, development, and funding awards