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Whiteriver, Arizona, United States

• Provide in-person and/or telehealth individual, couples and family counseling to Tribal and non tribal client members living in and/or working on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in Whiteriver, Arizona, territory of the White Mountain Apache Tribe.• Manage a caseload of 70-80 client members including maintaining up to date treatment plans, assessments and submitting referrals as needed. • Complete Adult Comprehensive Assessments and treatment plans to enroll client members into service. • Screen and Complete Suicide Risk Assessments and Crisis Support Plan when client members are in crisis. • Co-facilitate weekly Substance Use Intensive Outpatient Group Therapy for Court Ordered Treatment client members and non-Court Ordered client members. • Provide coverage to campus offices as needed.

• Help project managers all language/translation projects from start to finish and are responsible for their successful completion.• Support project manager in completing all language/translation projects.• Ensure translations perfectly comply with translation guidelines and meet our quality standards• Help project manager to ensure on-time delivery of language/translation projects.• Juggle multiple projects and priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.• Handle tasks assigned by project managers promptly• Experience of working with Google Spreadsheets and project management systems • Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills• Effective time management and problem solving skills• Experience of working with Google Spreadsheets and project management systems

• Provide individual, family and couples counseling to client members through in-person and telehealth services. • Manage a caseload of 80-90 client members including maintaining up to date treatment plans, assessments and submitting referrals as needed. • Complete Adult Comprehensive Assessments and treatment plans to enroll client members into service. • Co-facilitate weekly Substance Use Intensive Outpatient Group Therapy for Court Ordered Treatment client members and non-Court Ordered client members. • Coordinate client care with case managers, social services, and other related agencies.

New York, Ny

• Lead TA projects as assigned by the Deputy Director of Technical Assistance;• Develop a broad range of subject matter expertise around tribal justice projects, including but not limited to strategic planning, alternatives to incarceration, juvenile justice, tribal corrections, tribal-state relationships, healing to wellness courts, and other problem-solving initiatives;• Deliver a wide range of onsite and remote TA;• Frequent travel to work onsite with tribal justice systems;• Communicate with tribal grantee coordinators on a variety of grant-related projects;• Develop TA work plans, training materials, PowerPoint presentations, site visit reports, and more;• Present on a wide array of topics at national conferences, training events, and via webinar;• Lead the writing of publications, including monographs, fact sheets, toolkits, and other products;• Host site visits to Center projects in and around New York City;• Assist with the development of grants, including grant writing, budget creation, and coordinating project partnerships;• Engage in innovative approaches to justice system reforms and enhancements;

Greater New York City Area

-Founding member of the Urban Indigenous Collective-Grant writing-Public speaking -Community presentations-Policy development-Director of Programs & Development-Consulting-Training and Technical Assistance

Greater New York City Area

Founder of the Indigenous Womxn's Collective;

• Supervising a total of 5 Health Care Integrators.• Supervising 10 Bridges 2 Health youth, per Health Care Integrator, totaling 50 Bridges 2 Health Youth.• Collaborating with Waiver Service Provider Supervisor(s) to discuss all information pertaining to Bridges 2 Health youth.• Collaborating with Health Care Integration Directors, and Management to ensure compliance of all Health Care Integrators.• Assisting in the completion of monthly Health Care Integration Mandates including monthly visits, and contacts with Waiver Service Provider’s and Case Planners.• Assisting in the coordination of Individualized Health Plans for all B2H youth assessments, and services provided in the B2H Program.• Assisting in the completion of Service Summary Forms, Progress Notes, and Detailed Service Plans, as well as the Children Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) assessments.• Attending Team Meetings with Health Care Integrators to assess the progress of coordinated services and goals.• Attending Trainings to enhance knowledge for further education as a Supervisor.• Conducting Weekly and Bi-Weekly Supervision with all Health Care Integrators to review caseloads, due dates, trainings, etc..• Assisting Health Care Integrators in proving additional resources within the community, to children and their families.• Conducting Case Record Reviews to maintain compliance for all Case Records per B2H Youth.• Performing Disciplinary Action when required to Health Care Integrators.

Brooklyn, Ny

Maintaining a caseload of at least 6 Bridges 2 Health youth.• Conducting 2 monthly visits for children in Foster Care. • Contacting Waiver Service Providers twice per month to discuss status of youth in the B2H program.• Contacting Case Planners twice per month to discuss concerns, issues, and updates for B2H youth.• Designing Individualized Health Plans for all B2H youth assessments, and services that will be provided in the program.• Completing Service Summary Forms, Progress Notes, Detailed Service Plans, while also completing Children Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) assessments.• Contacting all stakeholders involved with the children/family as they are in Foster Care.• Conducting team meetings regularly to discuss services being provided from the B2H program. • Linking the children and family to additional resources within the community. • Becoming certified regularly to in all certifications and requirements needed as a Health Care Integrator.

Brooklyn, Ny

• Explained new recycling program, Organics Curbside Collection, engaged involvement, instructed set-up and maintenance to NYC residents. • Expanded public participation and awareness in the program and answered questions at general public during bin deliveries and outreach events. • Wrote policy recommendations and worked alongside management in organization and safety in the workplace. • Planned and strategized in the Code of Conduct implemented as organizational policy.• Entered data for research purposes and included field notes for interactions with the public.• Relayed information to management of residential concerns and responded with follow-ups.• Communicated with colleagues, City of New York Department of Sanitation (DSNY) supervisors, Big Reuse clients, and other agencies.• Tracked progress and planned steps to meet goals by tight deadlines.

Greater New York City Area

• Advocated for policy changes at an educational institutional level to teach a decolonized social work curriculum practice with a foundation of anti-black racism through a mandated course, “Power, Race, Oppression, Privilege” (PROP). • Developed a pedagogical approach to guide skill development in curriculum design and to examine oppressive hierarchies in higher education. • Collaborated, planned, organized, and designed social work planning course with skill building translatable to multiple social work practice contexts where detailed curricula underpin programs, policy, and interventions.• Assisted students in deepening their capacity to conduct structural analyses entailing the intersections of socially constructed identities that result in oppressive hierarchies and marginalization. • Guided students to gain expertise in the development of consciousness-raising and utilized other interventions at the heart of anti-oppressive social work practice. • Assigned readings, graded assignments, facilitated discussion dialogue and led lectures on the intersectionality of minority perspectives, particularly Indigenous individuals and communities of the western hemisphere.

Greater New York City Area

• Provided critical context for education as social work practitioners and taught major social policies and programs that affect people's well-being or quality of life as it pertains to social service delivery. • Assisted in the understanding of the ways in which direct social work practice enacts social policies and is shaped by them. • Fostered development of beginning expertise in understanding social policy content, policy actions of agencies, professional associations, and political bodies, and the skills needed to influence social policy. • Presented an epistemological approach that highlighted history, nature, and limits of social welfare policy in the United States and supported students sophisticated criticism of the negative consequences of policies.• Advanced students' critical thinking from an equity lens perspective in understanding policy formation and centered approach of policies with the purpose of social health. • Assigned readings, graded assignments, led lectures, organized course materials, and updated assignments.• Communicated, advised, assisted students with individual and group projects, mediated group dialogue to build dynamics. • Assisted professor to provide upcoming lecture content; provided updates, ideas, issues and recommended options for solution(s). • Scheduled and managed appointments of individual meetings with student/student groups or meetings with professors.

New York, New York, United States

Participated in an intensive two-week summer immersion program at Columbia University on indigenous peoples’ rights and policy. Columbia University faculty, UN representatives and external experts deliver the academic lectures and are available for discussions and consultations with the participants throughout the duration of the program. Participants are to be immersed in daily 4-6 hours of lectures. Some topics are presented in the form of panel discussions and practical workshops.

Greater New York City Area

• Assisted researchers on the study, "The Poverty Tracker: Monitoring Poverty and Well Being in NYC”. • Analyzed poverty outcomes and any relationships to health and financial hardships of participants involved in the study. • Compared outcomes of Native American and Alaskan Native participants to Puerto Rican participants in the study to find any statistical significance. • Participated in weekly meetings with researchers, presenters, speakers and administrative staff. • Wrote, edited policy briefs for the project assigned. • Presented any relevant findings to researchers at the conclusion of internship.

New York, Ny

• Developed and implemented new initiative using various research methods to improve school attendance and grades for children residing on site. • Facilitated family therapy sessions regarding domestic violence trauma and resilience. • Provided best practices for clinical sessions working with individual child on behavior management and development and application of emotional coping tools. • Carried clinical caseload with children 5-12 years of age for daily afterschool program and weekly individual sessions.• Advocated for children within the school system to ensure services are being provided.

Durango, Colorado

• Screened clients state of physical and mental health/well-being; use of the substance/s; quantity of substance/s used; the process of detoxification from substances and other relevant information prior to inpatient care. • Assessed clients substance use of alcohol and drugs; mode of use; quantity used; frequency; the pattern of use; combinations if any; legal complications or consequences if any; cravings. • Evaluated clients motivational level, identified any barriers including culture or backgrounds.• Checked vitals, provided medications and conducted safety bed checks of clients at regular intervals.• Counseled and monitored short-term in-patient facility treatment of 25-45 clients to safely detox from substance abuse. • Monitored outpatient and court-ordered clients and reported tested sample results. • Communicated with local and state agencies including law enforcement, Department of Human Services, judicial agencies courts, 9-1-1 operators, and Emergency Room medical staff.• Assisted clients in the navigation of the legal system, court appearances, and supported legal advocacy for clients. • Practiced evidence-based approaches in counseling and support of clients seeking sobriety through use of techniques. • Made referrals to longer-term substance abuse treatment facilities relevant to client needs and availability of facilities.• Transported clients to and from facilities throughout the state.

• Received National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant- MARC U*STAR to research prejudice, stereotyping, historical trauma and unresolved grief in Native American college population. • Conducted research studies on psychological wellbeing, self-compassion and traditional healing practices for Native American students experiencing historical trauma and unresolved grief from American colonization.• Presented at local and regional psychology conferences on results from studies conducted over two years.• Wrote and published research articles to peer-reviewed academic journal.

Napa Valley, Ca

• Engaged with over 50 clients with serious mental and physical health problems on the geriatric unit. • Examined and studied case files of clients to understand medication, psychiatric disorders, & history.• Participated in 50 (1-hour) therapy sessions with clients (Art, music, and memory workshops).• Provided evidence-based therapy for group and one-on-one sessions with clients. • Attended staff meetings twice daily with hospital team (Lead psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker, nurse, and supporting staff).

• Facilitated Code Red workshops which focused on curriculum to educate and bring awareness through intercultural dialogue and introspective activities.• Collected and analyzed data of participants and reported results with recommendations to student government. • Drafted document, "Striving for Common Ground" a Fort Lewis College version of a resolution of respect or campus creed created by and for the students at FLC in the academic year 2009-10.

Durango, Colorado

• Assisted new incoming freshmen students with campus and orientation process. • Educated students and parents about Fort Lewis College and answered questions. • Co-led group of 40+freshmen students through activities. • Supported Orientation teams and supervisors through Orientation Week. • Prepared for Orientation Week materials for projects, activities and tasks.

Durango, Colorado

• Supervised high school students from the four corners area with low-income, first-generation backgrounds.• Resided on site in the dormitory with students 24 hours Sunday-Friday evening.• Helped students engage, participate and follow the schedule of school, meals, and assignments and activities after school. • Educated students through interactive age-appropriate activities and supervised their assigned responsibilities. •Designed and assigned college-bound activities for students to learn self-awareness, independence, interdependence, and reflection.

Durango, Colorado

• Provided customer service to callers and visitors of the center and answered questions; provided tour of the center and offered services to students. • Supported director in planning, organizing and executing special events held at center.• Assisted coordinator in presentations preparation for students and faculty. • Wrote for print and online student-based publication El Centro Newsletter.

Durango, Colorado

• Engaged 10-15 youth involved in court system to complete their community service hours through civic education and civic engagement.• Coordinated and supervised youth during daily activities.• Reported progress to MOR Coordinator and Juvenile Court interdisciplinary team of probation officers, District Attorneys, Defendant Attorneys, Judges in the La Plata County Court of the 6th Judicial District. • Organized events to assist youth participation in goal setting, progress tracking through solution focused treatment.• Managed emotional behaviors of youth in program during group discussions. • Connected community partners to participate as panelist and facilitators of workshops to educate life skills and self-sufficiency to youth.

Master Of Social Work (Msw), Research Methodology And Quantitative Methods

Activities and Societies: Ambassador at the School of Social Work

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology, Senior

Activities and Societies: Psychology Teaching Assistant 2009-2011, Psychology Research Assistant 2010-Present, National Society.