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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

- Founder of The Way Forward LLC - Provide individual and group psychotherapy and coaching services to adults- Provide coaching and consultation services for branding, marketing, and business strategy - Responsible for branding, marketing, social media management, and overall creative vision of The Way Forward LLC - Responsible for all administrative operations such as monitoring and responding to all referrals; client engagement; scheduling; maintaining appropriate documentation; and managing billing and accounting.

Greater New York City Area

- Supervise team of 10 - Provide weekly individual and group clinical supervision to clinicians, case workers, and community workers - Facilitate organizational and weekly team meetings- Identify gap areas and create and implement trainings to support professional development - Oversee team’s internal program auditing activities to ensure funder standards - Ensure program achieves expected performance milestones in accordance with contract goals- Responsible for screening, interviewing, and hiring of new employees - Coordinate and implement additional programming for young adult client population (16-24yo)- Create intradepartmental networking and collaboration opportunities for staff and program - Developed and implemented new pilot program geared towards incentivizing young adults to engage in education and employment programming during COVID summer 2020

Bronx Community Solutions

- Coordinate the Adolescent Diversion Program for justice-involved 16-to-24-year-olds- Facilitate a range of trauma-informed, psychoeducational, and process-oriented groups for young adult and adult clients- Provide individual counseling sessions to young adults and adult clients - Conduct mental health assessments and provide recommendations for mental health treatment - Design and implement presentations, trainings, and workshops - Cultivate partnerships with community-based service providers- Coordinate intern hiring, orientation, and onboarding process- Provide supervision to graduate level interns

Bronx Community Solutions

- Provided supervision to caseload of up to 55 clients by completing intakes, administering CCAT assessment tool, and providing case management services and referrals to community-based services. - Facilitated trauma-informed group for systems-involved adolescents ages 16-24.- Conducted outreach to collateral sources as needed to provide supervision and reports on compliance to court stakeholders. - Collaborated with service providers, collateral sources, and defense attorneys to assist participants with program compliance and voluntary service referrals.

Harlem Justice Corps

- Supported caseload of up to 50 participants annually through case management and coordination of services.- Conducted initial biopsychosocial and criminogenic needs assessments (using Spin Reentry Assessment) and mental health screenings.- Provided individual and group trauma-informed counseling sessions.- Collaborated with clients around their personal, professional, and academic goals.- Supported clients with their court involvement by providing consultation and advocacy. - Identified, built relationships, and maintained contact with individuals in clients' networks to provide holistic client support.

Greater New York City Area

- Co-developed and co-facilitated weekly psychotherapy group that challenged entrenched beliefs of relationships, masculinity, and self-worth through discourse, self-evaluation, and group process.- Facilitated and revamped Career Exploration workshop to better address clients’ emotional, developmental, and psychological needs.- Conducted initial intakes, psychosocial assessments, individual and group therapy sessions, and job readiness workshops to help justice-involved young men avoid future entanglement in the criminal justice system.

Bedford-Stuyvesant, Ny

- Initiated school’s first student peer mediation counsel by training middle school students in restorative justice practices, active listening, and de-escalation practices.- Organized community outreach efforts and arranged field trip opportunities with neighborhood businesses and nonprofits to encourage 8th grade students’ preemptive learning of job skills, job market, and job opportunities within their neighborhood.

Greater New York City Area

- Researched and analyzed the effect of educational attainment on recidivism rates. - Educated politicians and academic communities about campaign issues and how to support passage of EIO’s legislative bills.- Collaborated with community organizations, reentry networks, and social justice agencies.- Assisted with focus groups and advisory committees.

M.A., Forensic Mental Health Counseling

Activities and Societies: CUNY Service Corps, Tow Policy Advocacy Fellowship, Pinkerton Graduate Community Fellowship

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Criminal Justice, Final Gpa: 3.9, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: - University Honor's Program - Writing Across the Curriculum (student assistant) - Residential Life Program.