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New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

• Provided individual counseling and case management to elderly homeless clients dealing with clinical issues, including trauma and a wide range of mental health and co-occurring chronic illness concerns.• Developed curriculum for an open group with a focus on troubleshooting changes that come with returning to independent living. Resident response was enthusiastic, with strong support from Social Service directors and senior staff.• Created and facilitated an open support group, giving residents and staff a platform to discuss topicsrelated to the lives of the residents, as well as issues of the day.• Recorded consistent and timely case notes, regularly crafted psychosocial assessments, performed intake interviews, and worked with clients to develop goal focused Independent Living Plans, updated bimonthly.

Greater New York City Area

Master of Social WorkPhi Kappa Phi Honor SocietyPhi Alpha Honor Society

Greater New York City Area

• Provided trauma informed individual student counseling, assisting students by engaging with parents, participating in mental health consultations and crisis intervention, providing Community-Based Organization referrals, and working with the school’s team on attendance case management.• Created and developed curriculum for an after school youth group with a focus on strengthening communication skills. Participants gained a stage to openly discuss and reflect upon important topics, which improved attendance and lessened incidents of school wide fighting.• Maintained detailed and thorough case notes for all session and family interactions.

Brooklyn, Ny

I have edited short films and music videos that have premiered on The Huffington Post, IFC.com, and Vimeo Staff Picks, along with being named Official Selections of festivals such as SXSW, Hollyshorts, Telluride Horror Fest, Milwaukee Film Festival, Northside Film Festival, Fantasy Film Festival Germany, Katra Film Festival, Mile High Film Festival, Little Terrors Toronto and Gwinnett Center Film Festival.I have worked with The Mill, Havas Worldwide, McCann Worldgroup, TBWA Chiat/Day, Barton F. Graf 9000, Grey, The Barbarian Group, Mother, Razorfish, 360i, MTV, VMG-Creative and others.In addition, I have created short films and promotional materials for brands such as Nikon, AXE, BET, International Culinary Center, Oppenheimer, Intel, Sheraton, Capital One, GE, Liberty Mutual, MasterCard, ARMY, Ashley Home Furniture, Michael Kors and more.

Greater New York City Area

Educated students of all ages in the study of martial arts as a vehicle for growth, with a focus on goal setting, and using what they learned in class constructively and defensively.

New York, Ny

Produced, directed, and edited Brand Vision elements with and for clients such as Pampers, Frito Lay, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, Mahindra & Mahindra, Scion, Sam's Club, and Unisys while working closely with the agency's CEW, Executive Creative Director, and digital studio.Developed and executed several online campaigns, twice winning FWA Site of the Day and twice featured in Creativity Online.Assistant produced and operated b-roll camera on agency TV shoots.

Directed audio visual creation of strategic and creative media for all new business pitches and branded content (case studies, online media, sales tools, and internal media).

Master'S, Clinical/Medical Social Work

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Phi Alpha Honor Society

Bfa, Screenwriting

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon

High School

Activities and Societies: Varsity Football Varsity Baseball