Licensed in NY and WA - Practicing family law

***effective June 2024, I am no longer serving on the GAL registry; I am still a Court Visitor. Court appointed to investigate what is in the best interest of minor children/ provide recommendations to the Court in Pierce County Superior Court family law matters

Draft family law/ child dependency/ administrative law/ elder law pleadings; Provide ongoing support to clients; Maintain office database; Manage office communications and associated social media platforms.

Conducted legal research in employment law and civil rights matters relating to disability, gender, and racial justice. Performed client interviews and assist in client intake. Assisted in drafting legal memorandums and pleadings.

Court appointed to investigate what is in the best interest of minor children/ provide recommendations to the Court in Kitsap County Superior Court family law matters.

Design written frameworks and content for corporate/community trainings, newsletters, blog posts, etc on DEI related mores and understandings.

Provide ‘selective’ and ‘universal’ tiered mental health services to students, 6th-12th grades; Mediate and resolve in-school crisis situations, as well as school-based, interpersonal conflicts; Create programing which informs youth about topics such as sexual health and reproduction, substance abuse, etc; Teach DOE advisory/health classes to 7th and 11th grade cohorts; Use restorative practices to support students through all social, emotional, or educational obstacles that they may be facing; Supervise junior Youth Advocates’ hours and programming; Act as a liaison between students and the licensed social workers and guidance counselors on school grounds.

"We’re Okay Fam is a collective which gives women both physical and digital spaces in which they can talk about trauma and/ or obstacles they've overcome in their personal journeys with the intention of informing another woman’s struggles. Our city-wide healing circle pop-ups and our blog provide women opportunities for daily encouragement and support. We want women to hype other women up through their struggles and to exchange dialogue/perspectives in healthy and respectful ways."

Supervised and facilitated group therapy and breakthrough sessions for participants aged 15-25; Trained participants to use soft skills (resume building, communication strengthening, team building, etc); Developed curriculum and lesson plans for the organization’s BRIDGE program, a skills development program for youths.

Taught an after-school “journalism and leadership” course to seventh and eight graders in SAYA @ CQA's supplemental educational program; Created quarterly lesson plans; Monitored the development of a quarterly school news paper, which was written by the students; Monitored progress for a cohort of students and tutor children with specific needs.

Effectively created fun and engaging curriculum for a group of children aged 4-13; Assessed the educational, social, and emotional needs of each child to insure positive outcomes for all participants.

Brainstormed networking strategies and community events for young adults; Researched ways young adults ages 16-25 could be given equitable resources & opportunities in their schools and through community ventures.