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Create and deliver practical everyday English lessons to Spanish speaking parents from Gregorio Luperon High School during free evening classes.Assess individual needs in order to assign the parents to the right level of English class. As well as utilizing the parents with more English efficiency to help the parents with little English knowledge.Exercise icebreakers and activities in order to create a good and healthy group culture and identity.Provide a safe zone for parents to perform classroom activities to practice and improve their pronunciation and diminish their nervousness to speak English in public.Actively collect feedback from parents to improve lessons, focus on what the parents goals are, and create engaging activities based on their expectations from the class.Organize field trips around the five boroughs of New York, in order to expose parents to the city’s rich historical culture, landmarks, museums, as well as other neighborhoods with different ethnic identities.Acclimate the newly arrived parents to the American culture through major holidays celebrations through group expositions, as well as discussions about the difference in celebrating a major holiday back home versus the American celebration.Provide volunteer work opportunities with local organizations, such as The Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, in order to give back to the community that has welcomed them as their new home and develop a feeling of being productive members of the community.Organize a last day celebration with certificates, medals, and an international food buffet to acknowledge the parents' hard efforts to come to class after a long day of work in order to learn English and become part of their new community.

New York, New York, United States

Accessing the patient's knowledge of oral hygiene, any special physical or educational limitation in order to have a good oral hygiene routine.Acknowledging and assisting the patient’s limitations with the English language and/or providing the information in their native language if possible.Identify the level of the patient’s understanding of the importance of oral health in relation to the overall health.Ensure patients are well informed prior to their surgical appointment, answer any concerns, acknowledge their expectations, and make certain that they feel confident in our team prior to their procedure.Provide detailed post surgical instructions to patients, and make sure they understand the importance of following the instructions.Educate patients in identifying the changes they need to make in their daily routine in order to have successful results, in combination with the surgery and a good dental hygiene routine.Provide quality assistance to the dentist during surgical procedures. As well as making sure of keeping a good ambiance during the surgery.

Work with participants from 10 to 21 years of age, in an afterschool program focussing on social awareness through volunteer community service, educational assistance, and providing a safe environment for identity development.Lead groups of 10 to 12 participants in volunteer community service created by the older participants, such as public park clean up, graffiti removal, food distribution from local pantries to the elderly, planting flowers in local gardens, and collecting donated clothes for the homeless.Guiding older participants in becoming Youth Leaders by creating a new community service idea and successfully accomplishing it by running their own groups with younger participants. For example, implementing a recycling system in the whole organization's main building.Create and lead enrichment leadership activities with older participants by challenging them to come out from their comfort zone and face challenges in a positive and productive way.Access participants' educational needs in order to create an educational assistance program with homework aid, school assignments support, college application advising, financial aid consultations.In charge of the art department, creating group activities with drawing, painting, photography, and poetry in order to expose participants to all kinds of art forms.Supervisor of the summer mural design group with the Summer Youth Employment Program, The Mural Squad, where the participants create a mural with a positive message, and then find a location in the neighborhood to paint it.Co-Director of the Welcome Program for newly immigrated participants to acclimate to the American school system.Person in charge of the social media pages, to keep them up to date, and share pictures and videos of all the organization activities during the week.

Master Of Education - Bilingual School Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology

Minor: Political Science Magna Cum Laude