Experience

Private Practice in Couple, Family and Individual Therapy

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker

  • Feb 2017 - Present

  Forensic evaluations for immigration, trauma informed therapeutic services in English y servicios de salud mental en español.



Self-employed

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker

  • Nov 2016 - Present



Freelance

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker

  • Nov 2016 - Present

• Poet and Visual artist

  • Oct 2013 - Present



Saint Agnes School

• Spanish Teacher

  • Sep 2009 - Jun 2016

  I teach K through 8 Spanish classes at a local Catholic School



Sister Parish, Inc.

• Executive Director

  • Jan 2002 - Jul 2009

  Worked with board and staff to ensure sufficient funding; supervised programs, delegations, and staff for an international ecumenical organization. Cross-cultural training, crisis intervention, delegation preparation and debriefing, fund-raising, board training, hiring, oversight of staff and financials in three different countries (U.S., Guatemala, and El Salvador).



Guatemala Human Rights Commission-USA

• Editor, Human Rights Update

  • Jul 2007 - Jul 2008

  I translated and edited the bi-weekly Guatemalan Human Rights Update from Spanish to English, making sure that it was contextualized for the US audience



Oficina de Derechos Humanos- ODHAG

• Asistente Bilingue/ Mental Health Worker

  • Jul 1998 - Dec 2001

  I trained mental health workers in the different diocese in Guatemala and worked directly with victims of the civil war. I also translated all relevant human rights and project information for international funding and legal human rights cases.