Marcela Leon Email & Phone Number

•Provide educational programs utilizing only the approved Play It Safe!® Curriculum•Utilize specialized training as provided by the coordinator, assistant director, or director to provide the assigned Play It Safe!® program to elementary, middle/junior, high school or college students throughout Tarrant and surrounding counties•Respond according to legal guidelines and The Women’s Center policy to all disclosures of suspected abuse•Foster professional relationships with schools by providing excellent customer service skills reflected in all school personnel or administrator interactions•Compile monthly statistical reports utilizing assigned forms and the Educational Activity forms

• Facilitate motivation and personal growth for participants• Interpret assessment results of participants’ skills and interests for job search• Identify and evaluate participants’ needs and connect with resources• Provide weekly networking and job search sessions to facilitate job placement• Timely prepare and maintain an accurate individual participant record

Partner Abuse Intervention & Prevention (PAIP) Program:• Managed day to day operation of PAIP Program• Participated in and provided initial and ongoing facilitator feedback and training• Supervised team of 10 staff members and interns• Communicated and maintained relationships with referral sources• Represented SafeHaven of Tarrant County in local Spanish news interviews on: DomesticViolence, Red Flags, and How Victims Can Seek Help. (Telemundo: October 2020; Univision:March 2021)• Guest Speaker on virtual Domestic Abuse Intervention & Prevention (DAIP) Trainings: Spanish Men’s groups- Applying the Creating a Process of Change for Men Who Batter (CPC) curriculumand Cultural Differences (June 2021)

Partner Abuse Intervention & Prevention (PAIP) Program:• Initiated and facilitated first Spanish Men’s Group at PAIP Program (April 2020)•Co-facilitated Spanish and English PAIP group sessions utilizing the DAIP Curriculum “Creating a Process of Change for Men Who Batter.” •Provided Intake and Orientation services in Spanish for male and female clients•Administered URICA-DV-R assessment to new clients

Partner Abuse Intervention & Prevention (PAIP) Program:Co-facilitated groups of 15+ men court-mandated to attend a Batterer’s Intervention and Prevention Program (BIPP).

• Researched and used assessment tools for longitudinal research studies• Lead Institutional Review Board (IRB) process for three longitudinal research studies on high-risk behavior, alcohol-use, and adolescents/young adults• Coordinated research lab tasks among PhD graduate students• Assisted with revising grants• Co-authored research manuscripts

UNT McNair Research Project: Intimate Partner Violence Attitudes Among College Students: The Effects of Gender-Role Ideologies, Gender-Role Stress, and Adult Attachment•Conduct research literature review and design research model•Conduct data collection, data entry, and data analyses•Meet with mentor weekly•Complete a thesis write-up to report findings and outline discussions•Present findings as research posters and oral presentations at psychology research conferences