Jessica Gupta Email & Phone Number

Rochester, Michigan

Founded and sustaining a community-based clinical social work practice focused on serving previously underserved youth populations.Cultivating stakeholder relationships to improve mental health resource accessibility for at-risk youth.Building a clinical practice to fill a gap in existing services to youth who have incarcerated parents, traumatic histories, placed in foster care, and who identify as LGBTQ and/or gender non-conforming and other vulnerable youth. Providing direct clinical support, using evidence-based practices, with vulnerable youth.Supervising social work interns and LSW-licensed professionals.Managing all operations of the practice, including program development, marketing, budget oversight and program evaluation. Advocating at the local and state levels to influence policies that better serve vulnerable children.

Rochester, Michigan, United States

Jessica is a licensed clinical social worker and mental health practitioner. She and her husband, Shishir, are 11-year residents of Rochester and parents of a 2020 Rochester High School graduate. In appointing Jessica, Board members cited her longtime involvement with RCS, including her leadership in FIRST Robotics districtwide, and her professional background in mental health. Jessica will serve the remainder of Zabat’s volunteer term of service, which expires December 2022. Jessica is running to retain her seat in the November 8, 2022 election.

Remote

United States

Plan all team activities Manage team logisticsRecruit, train, and manage volunteersConduct and oversee fundraising activities Create and co-facilitate daily activities with student participants Recruit, onboard, and support mentors from industryMentor students in business planning, marketing, web design, fundraising, presentation skills, communication, project management, time management, and relationship building.Serve as the event coordinator for 5 annual robotics competitions, hosted by our team.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Coordinated multidisciplinary crisis responses to school communities impacted by sudden loss. Facilitated professional development and crisis planning consultation to school administrators, clinical social workers and teachers.Provided school-based grief support to students throughout northeast Ohio and grief support education to parents of bereaved children.

Cleveland, Ohio

Led organization's public policy team to craft, implement, advocate for and sustain a public policy agenda intended to improve the lives of people affected by HIV/AIDS. Strategically disseminated information to pertinent stakeholders in order to build greater awareness of the impact of existing policies.Created and facilitated public health workshops for people affected by HIV/AIDS geared toward improved mental health outcomes.Managed departmental budget and expenditures aligned with grantee commitments.Utilized data from program evaluations and outcomes' reports to inform performance improvements within the department.Successfully competed for, won and sustained several policy grants from local and national foundations.

Cleveland, Ohio

Designed and delivered curricula intended to inform Cleveland high school students about important civil rights issues.Supervised undergraduate students who served as mentors to the high school students.Managed this summer program for area students two summers in a row.

Post-Graduate Certificate, Social Work, Gpa: 3.92

Pursued post-graduate studies and updated, refined, and expanded knowledge of current insights on best practices working with individuals.

Master Of Social Science Administration (Mssa), Social Work

Activities and Societies: LINK (International Students' Group) President of Class Allies

Certificate, Non-Profit Management, Gpa: 3.88

Activities and Societies: MSASS Class President (2006-07) Completed this program alongside earning my Masters degree.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, International Relations