Marisabel Hernández Email & Phone Number

Program coordinator supporting the Leading for Power and Change and Community Wellbeing portfolios.

• Conduct social research on grantee organizations and philanthropic partners to further portfolio strategies and produce engaging, informative content across Cal Wellness media channels
• Support the allocation of $20,000 in grants and complete due diligence and written recommendations for two 501(c)(3) organizations whose mission, values, and services align with Cal Wellness grantmaking priorities
• Provide strategic programmatic and administrative support through scheduling meetings, authoring memos, and oral communication

Fullerton, California, United States

• Facilitate small group process in which attitudes, behaviors, and challenges are examined by utilizing group process techniques
• Use Humanistic-Existential and Gestalt theoretical orientations into practice during group process
• Maintain weekly case notes for 8 group members

Fullerton, California, United States

• Provide mentorship to a caseload of 20 STEM university transfer students, tracking progress and success as it relates to the fulfillment of the RAISE Transfer Program
• Encourage development of social, professional, and personal skills through campus involvement including sharing on and off-campus resources related to intersectional identities, academic support, and career advising
• Inform students from 8 local partner community colleges on the programs and resources available to them by Project RAISE through virtual webinars and presentations
• Created and presented social justice and allyship presentations for fellow Peer Advisors

Fullerton, California, United States

• Collaborate, organize, and market university-held programs regarding social justice, identity development and creative wellness practices pertinent to the Latinx Community
• Communicate in both English and Spanish presentations and discussions
• Develop innovative virtual programming and online engagement
• Contributed to the Latinx Community Resource Center name exploration and name change in 2019-2020

Fullerton, California, United States

• Facilitated LGBTQIA+ Ally training for over 150 California State University faculty, staff, and students
• Led group discussions regarding identity, issues, history and culture surrounding the LGBTQIA+ community
• Explored best practices utilized for outreach, retention, and queer-affirming services available for university students
• Advocated for the approval of the LGBT Queer Resource Center as an approved internship site for California State University Fullerton Human Services Department

Fullerton, California, United States

• Designed programs aimed to encourage personal, professional, and identity development. Programs followed the mission of the department of Learn, Connect, Grow
• Implemented academic resources, financial literacy, and community engagement into program material
• Oversaw 54 undergraduate residents
• Provided individual group mentorship to two first-year Resident Advisors