Bianca Herrera Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Engage children in social/emotional skill building activities. Provide psychoeducation around child development to parents of children in the early intervention program. Provide emotional support and crisis intervention for parents of children in program.Connect parents and families to appropriate emotional, financial, housing, educational, and childcare resources. Collaborate with professionals on the Early Intervention team to best meet needs of families.Write initial case reports, six-month follow-up reports, and detailed case notes for each client.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Counsel and advise students in the creation of their postsecondary plans, including budgeting, employment, and college admissions in compliance with Learn Plan Succeed criteriaDeveloped curriculum and taught yearlong class on postsecondary planning, including assignments and units on college essays, good work habits, mental health, interpersonal relationships and othersPlanned, organized, and hosted events including career fairs, field trips, and college visitsRefer students to available services for mental health, personal documentation, family services, financial planning and other needsDevelop students' job search skills, including resume building, cover letter writing, and mock interview preparation

-Oversee enrollment of students into program including:Collecting enrollment and other forms.Collecting dentifying documents (social security card, ID, birth certificates.Documenting and organizing student list and enrollment progress.-Create Individualized Service Plans collaboratively with students around needs such as:Personal crisisEmploymentFamily issuesInvolvement in the criminal legal systemAcademic and personal goals-Provide crisis counseling to students on an as-needed basis.-Create events on campus such as monthly cultural events and health and personal resource events.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

-Enrolls students into program, including collecting necessary documentation, hosting orientations, and being present during student registration process. -plans and schedules student after school and summer programming. -collects and approves instructor timesheets-organizes and orders program supplies-creates and hosts parent and family educational and cultural events. -distributes and collects student, parent, and teacher surveys in order to evaluate program efficiency. -writes proposals for each instructional program geared towards student success

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Recruited and enrolled youth 16-24 into program including: collecting personal documentation, enrollment forms, and work interests. Establish partnerships with partner work sites including community businesses and organizations. Onboarded youth into program including: prepping resume, how to complete timesheets, appropriate workplace behavior, and interview skills. Directly supervised youth at school work site including: creating project proposal for School Gym, guiding students through project implementation including: organization of school spaces, inventory of school supplies, creative use of school supplies (donation backpacks, school recruitment and tabling), making list of supplies for school gym, building school fitness room using equipment. Edited and approved timesheets in a timely manner. Advocated for youth in workplace settings.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Created case management process from scratch for new organization, from running intakes to conducting interviews, referring to internal and external services, and quarterly and annual reporting and data analysisTrained stakeholders and partners in institutional advocacy, including medical professionals, law enforcement, schools, and community organizationsConducted safety planning such as suicide risk and self-harm assessments, as well as crisis intervention counseling with clientsProvided crisis counseling, case management services to sexual assault survivors on an on-call basisOnboarded volunteer advocates in performing intake interviews and completing consent forms

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Created and delivered internal training around restorative justice (RJ) and transformative justice (TJ), criminalized survivors, and police violenceCreated and implemented strategic planning guidelines to incorporate Restorative practices into agency mission and services.Built relationships with organizations and individuals that provide RJ/TJ services such as: accountability processes, healing circles, survivor support, and mutual aid.Hosted TJ-centered sessions such as healing circles for outside organizations and provided survivor support and crisis management in collaboration with organizations/community RJ practitioners.

Guided survivors of violence in navigating the criminal and civil legal systems (i.e. filing a police report, applying for a protective order, filling out Crime Victims Compensation, preventing their arrest/criminalization)Informed clients of workplace, housing, and academic rights such as VESSA, Safe Homes Act,and Title IX.Provided training around survivor rights and support to organizational partners such as: 17 partner hospitals, law enforcement, schools, and community organizations.

New York, New York, United States

Gender, Sexuality, and Sexual Health workshop series with Spanish Speaking Parents.Conducted outreach highschools and community organizations

Chicago

Student Orientation Leaders administer the day-to-day activity of summer orientation. Orientation leaders have the responsibility of welcoming new students and their guests to the University. As an orientation leader, I led groups of 10 to 20 students through their orientation process 3 times a week. This included tours, team building activities, and hosting various information sessions.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Counseling Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Public Health, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Magna Cum Laude, Honors College, Peer Health Exchange, Peers to AlliesMinor, Spanish Language