Experience

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  Union County College

  • Cranford NJ

  • Adjunct Professor

    • Sep 2015 - Present
    • Cranford NJ

    Teach sociology courses.

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  Kean University

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Adjunct Professor

    • Sep 2006 - Present

    Teach courses in Sociology, Social Services, Colonial Spanish-American Literature, Spanish American Novel, Advanced Spanish Conversation.

  • Executive Director - Non-Profit Management (foster care)

    • Apr 2004 - Nov 2014

    - Responsible for the supervision of a variety of clinical/ case management interventions of foster care, home studies, psychosocial evaluations, administrative/human resources duties, and supervision and evaluation of staff, Per Diem professionals, development of educational tasks and supervision of MSW interns, and volunteers, among others.- Responsible for the overall implementation/functioning of the project, operative in three counties, including initiation/development of liaison affiliation agreements with the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P), Kean University, and other state and community-based organizations.Executive Director (July/2007-Nov/2014)Program Coordinator (May 2006-July2007)Resource Development Specialist - Public Relations (April 2004-May 2006)

  • Adjunct Professor, Social Work Department

    • 2006 - 2007

    Taught Social Work - Child Welfare Courses.

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  NJ-DCF- Dept.Child Protection & Permanency

  • Union County - New Jersey

  • Family Services Specialist II - (Bilingual English-Spanish)

    • May 1999 - Apr 2004
    • Union County - New Jersey

     Responsible for investigation and assessment of child abuse/neglect referrals, responding to requests for child welfare services, in-home visits, arranging for residential or foster care placements, advocacy for in-home services for children and parents to remain as a family unit, whenever appropriate; field and office work involving the gathering, analysis, and recording of facts for psychosocial evaluations and accurate preparation of court reports about the child and family stabilization and/or barriers for accomplishing the family case plan goals; among other social service tasks, also served as interpreter (English-Spanish) for clients, whenever necessary; worked closely with schools and health-behavioral service providers ensuring the children and/or parents’ compliance with medical recommendations.Worked closely with the school, medical, and justice systems.

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  NJ Dept. of Labor - Work Force Development Program

  • Elizabeth, NJ

  • Employment Advisor - Bilingual Interviewer (English/Spanish)

    • Jan 1998 - May 1999
    • Elizabeth, NJ

     Interviewed and classified job seekers for employment; reviewed their educational and employment records to determine occupational qualifications and referred job-ready candidates for appropriate positions; provided training for effective job seeking and interviewing skills and resume preparation, among several other duties.

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  Cablevision -TKR, Channel 10,

  • Union County, NJ

  • News Reporter – News Magazine (intern, volunteer and employee)

    • Jun 1993 - May 1998
    • Union County, NJ

    Interviewed/wrote stories about local personalities and local/international news events; translated into Spanish news from major news agencies for publication. As an intern, volunteer, and employee of Cablevision, produced weekly news magazine; produced and broadcasted news segments.

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  KEAN UNIVERSITY, (English as a Second Language & Resource Center for Language Minority Students)

  • English as a Second Language Program

  • Work Study Student

    • Jan 1991 - May 1996
    • English as a Second Language Program

    • Editor-in-Chief, Accents magazine(1993-1995) • Student Bilingual Assistant(06/93-05/96)• Supplemental Instructor ESL classroom/ESL Tutor (09/92-08/96) • Student Assistant - Resource Center for Language Minority Students (1993-1995)• Photographer, Accents magazine (91-92)