Youth Development Volunteer
Current- Completed a 12-week intensive pre-service training in the Spanish language, Costa Rican culture, facilitation skills, and positive youth development practices.
- Wrote a 41-page analysis in Spanish of my community based on information gathered through community outreach, interviews, surveys, and job shadowing over the span of 3 months.
- Supported and co-led workshops on mental health with the school counselors for over 120 8th grade students and their caregivers.
- Collaborated with the school counselors to coordinate workshops to be brought to the school by the Institute for Alcoholism and Drug Dependency to support drug prevention and positive decision making.
- Completed a 1-week intensive training on gender equity in Costa Rica to learn about practices to combat discrimination and how to include gender equity in planning for future programs.
- Co-planned and co-led two workshops on gender equity for 30 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students with the high school science teacher.