Gabriel Martinez Cabrera Email & Phone Number

Maryland

I'm fortunate enough to lead a great team of educators and community builders whose mission to help the under-served and under-skilled in Montgomery County and DC.

New York And Washington, Dc

▪ Crafted communications and community outreach policies that resulted in increased student participation over one trimester▪ Managed $700,000 technology budget for union training sites in 7 states▪ Developed pilot vocational ESL course that is expanding to 3 states▪ Managed production of school catalog with a circulation of 93K SEIU members

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Workforce Development; Curriculum Design and Implementation, Correctional Education; Community Engagement and Outreach

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Created and executed vision, content, and strategy for Beacon Project, a group of eight exemplary adult education sites across the US, for the purpose of augmenting a national dialogue around under-skilled learners and spurring the market for developers to enter into the field• Forged partnerships between adult education agencies and technology developers in three different markets that are now leading to pilot programs • Crafted stories and messaging around Beacon sites that aligned with Digital Promise branding that have helped increase readership by 8% • Produced thought leader conferences in partnership with COABE and X Prize• Represented Digital Promise as advisor for SRI, OTAN, and COABE projects

San Francisco Bay Area

Managed and developed alternative education program for at-risk, in-risk and homeless transitional adults• Developed partnerships with San Francisco Mayor’s Office, San Francisco City College, San Francisco County Sherriff’s Office, San Francisco Youth Employment Coalition, and San Francisco Unified School District to create a city-wide initiative that eliminated replication of services, increased technology resources for programs, and created a pipeline for students to get education/training, credentials, and work beyond completion of GED• Spearheaded awareness campaign of adult learners featured in Univision, SF Chronicle, and SF Weekly • Managed program with highest graduation rate in the city of any city-funded program in 2014• Helped over 3k families find basic resources• Instituted partnership with local companies to create a school-to-work pipeline

San Francisco Bay Area

I wrote features, interviews and reviews for the Culture section of the paper; I also produced video content for the paper's blog.

Greater New York City Area

Managed logistical, administrative and financial aspects of all day-to-day operations for one of the largest academic departments at Columbia• Supervised 15-million dollar renovation of Casa Hispanica • Managed administrative team of five and an academic team of 15 full-time professors and 17 part-time lecturers• Produced thought leadership events that brought together leading figures in Latin American and Iberian literature and linguistics • Liaised with several local CBOs including Prep for Prep to bring more students of color into the academy

Greater New York City Area

Oversaw restructuring of One-Card Program, an ID program that merged Student Services and the Office of Campus Security, which allowed students to make purchases and enter buildings with the same card:• Instituted restructuring of university security databases• Delivered project under-budget and within the two-year project deadline• Created and managed communications around One-Card program (both internal and external to the university)• Engaged stakeholders from all over university to set project goals and a path toward completion

Lynn, Massachussets

Implemented community impact program in Lynn, MA with a social-wraparound approach that had an 85 percent graduation rate. We were one of top three alternative education programs in Massachusetts funded by United Way, and created a mentorship program for Somali community and Cambridge technology community • Developed outreach plan to triple population served • Attained local media coverage for the Somali community in Lynn• Created and implemented adult education curriculum that prepared 175 ESL students to attend community college in less than three years

Bachelor'S Degree, Philosophy And Religious Studies, Ba

Graduated Magna cum Laude with departmental honors; Producer at WKCR working on social issues Volunteer for AmeriCorps as ESL teacher

Master Of Divinity (Mdiv), Sociology And Religious Studies

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