David Castro Email & Phone Number

Managing & building school partnerships & linking families to community resources in an effort to remove barriers to students’ personal & academic success.

Dundalk, Maryland, United States

• Build relationships with parents and improve family engagement by acting as communications bridge with staff
• Connecting families in need with existing community & academic resources
• Launched 24/7 Spanish helpline used over 1,000 times since inception to overcome work schedule and language barriers faced by families of nearly 50% of student population
• Combat family illiteracy by expanding school’s YouTube channel, tripling number of subscribers and producing nearly 150 video… Show more
• Combat family illiteracy by expanding school’s YouTube channel, tripling number of subscribers and producing nearly 150 video resources to communicate school information previously limited to print
• Manage production of a multi-platform & multi-lingual family newsletter twice a month & analyze metrics to help increase readership

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Spanish interpretation services at school IEP/SST team meetings, disciplinary hearings, parent/teacher conferences, information sessions, and after-school events
• Spanish language assistance for students during formal assessments as part of special education services

Columbia, MD

• Provide Spanish language interpretation for parent-teacher conferences at schools throughout the Howard County Public School system.

Fairfax, VA

• Project Manager for the complete upgrade of their telecomm services
• Provided Spanish translations of organization's ROPE/REVIVE opioid overdose response training materials

Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

• Identified critical errors in existing website and developed framework for a new content strategy based on Google Analytics data
• led search for new website developer

Washington, DC

• Oversaw technical operations of production studio and managed digital assets, provided creative direction of voice-over talent for non-sponsored programming, assisted with production of podcasts, live radio.
• Served as interm producer for the 2016 relaunch of Dra Isabel's live radio show on LaRedHispana.org and debut of podcast episodes on reVOLVER
• Composed original musical… Show more Oversaw technical operations of production studio and managed digital assets, provided creative direction of voice-over talent for non-sponsored programming, assisted with.
• Composed original musical themes for use in ad campaigns and short-form radio programming as needed
• Assisted in copywriting scripts for radio promotion and unsponsored programming
• Project manager to design, plan, & successfully launch new B2C website (www.laredhispana.org)

Landover, MD

• Re-organized main filing system following office relocation
• Managed front desk and administrative operations
• Assisted with the compliance matrix review of submitted RFP/RFQs

Gaithersburg, MD

• Planned and implemented a positive youth development based after-school program curriculum for middle and high school youth.
• Participated in community outreach activities to help youth advocate for their academic and personal interests.
• Linked the families of student participants with the organization's case management services
• Produced a recruitment video and compiled clip reels to showcase program activities to both parents & youth

Bethesda, MD

• Engineered recording sessions with voce-over talent for contract w/ National Library Service for the Blind & Physically Handicapped
• Reviewed recordings for discrepancies from printed sources

College Park, MD

• Helped to produce the nationally syndicated & independent radio program, Interfaith Voices.
• Engineered weekly recording sessions with show guests
• Selected musical accompaniments for segments and produced final version of show for broadcast & distribution
• Assisted with mailings to donors and past guests.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Performed various administrative duties for multiple Randstad clients and partnering organizations within the DC metropolitan area

College Park, MD

In charge of properly calibrating audio/visual equipment & their related media applications for real-time use in four distance education courses offered through the Distance Education Technology & Services Department.

Lanham, MD

• Assistant to the National Sales Coordinator for WARW 94.7 FM The Arrow as well as to the Media Producer for WLZL El Zol 99.1 FM.
• Used Spanish proficiency to assist with copywriting of Spanish radio ads

Silver Spring, MD

Assistant to Program Coordinator of Regional Integrated Sciences & Assessment (RISA) program. Helped to compile a report on 7 distinct geographical regions of the continental U.S. regarding the unique climate attributes, vulnerabilities with respect to climate change & climate variability, key decision-making communities in the region, and a list of.

Silver Spring, MD

Assistant to Program Coordinator of Regional Integrated Sciences & Assessment (RISA) program. Helped to compile a report on 7 distinct geographical regions of the continental U.S. regarding the unique climate attributes, vulnerabilities with respect to climate change & climate variability, key decision-making communities in the region, and a list of.

B.S. Physical Science, Atmospheric Sciences And Meteorology

Activities and Societies: College Park Scholars program

Education record

Activities and Societies: Spanish Honors Society, Madrigals, Drama

Education record

Activities and Societies: Junior Varsity soccer team, Chorus, Drama