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Supporting engagement and resiliency of youth experiencing poverty and homelessness.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

▪ Provided urgent and ongoing support and advocacy for high-needs clients.▪ Supported coordination between clients, team, supervisors, legal and government agencies.▪ Encouraged clients’ engagement in activities to develop trust-based relationships; Ensured physical safety through supervision. Mediated conflict resolution, and provided mental health crisis response with confidentiality and boundaries.▪ Utilized evidence and strengths-based, trauma-informed, and harm reduction strategies that engage clients (incorporating a lens that is inclusive of people with language, cultural, disability barriers, and/or identifying as LGBTQ2S, etc.).

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

▪ Facilitated weekly trauma-informed psycho-social group activities and coordinated workshops; Supported clients through crisis and trauma disclosures in a group setting. ▪ Supported outreach to recruit youth’s participation; supported resiliency of vulnerable women-identified youth.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

▪ Conducted outreach for students’ workshop participation (including creating and distributing flyers, and finding multiple existing channels of distribution).▪ Organized, planned, coordinated, and facilitated group engaging workshops to research and meet client needs. ▪ Managed a caseload of 60+ students, while engaging with student population (600+ students) to identify vulnerable students.▪ Administered crisis intervention and mental health support in coordination with Social Workers, Guidance Counsellors, and Child Protective Agencies to ensure care.▪ Maintained positive relationships with all members to provide services in Canada’s “Top 30 most at-risk neighbourhoods”.

▪ Maintained accurate and concise case notes using strengths-based approach as records with potential to be presented in court.▪ Supervised on-site visits between children placed in foster homes/crown wards with their guardian(s).▪ Executed decisive conflict reduction and resolution methods in high stress environments with vulnerable adults and children.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

▪ Answered phone calls as a first point of contact for community, external agencies, and coworkers. ▪ Conducted intake interviews, referral, and supported case management.▪ Contributed to strategic outreach/marketing initiatives, event planning, and fundraising.

Toronto, Canada Area

▪ Organized, planned, and taught students (ages 3-45 years old) a variety of subjects while tracking their progress, adjusting to their learning styles, and overcoming language and cultural barriers.▪ Incorporated a trauma informed lens to support students (including learners with refugee status) to provide age-appropriate emotional encouragement, with appropriate boundaries.

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

▪ Coordinated with the artist Christiano De Araujo to paint various acrylic mural designs (including typography lettering designs) exactly as the artist envisioned, following directions and providing suggestions to increase productivity and efficiency during fall and winter weather. ▪ Supported operation and use of projectors, scaffolding, spray paint equipment etc., to plan, organize, and map out mural design implementation with a positive attitude. ▪ The mural titled "Windows of Time" won an award from the city of Toronto, ON.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

▪ Co-authored research proposal and paper, applied for grant funding.▪ Recruited 40+ participants, conducted enrolment, and scheduling.VOLUNTEER ROLE: (September 2012 – May 2014)▪ Supervised participant recruitment, enrolment, and data collection for 10+ research studies.▪ Adhered strictly to protocols and ethical regulation with attention to detail.▪ Collected and organized experimental data using eye-tracking and Mac computer systems.

Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

▪ Conducted Marketing and Advertising to recruit vendors through existing and new channels utilizing social media, radio, newspapers, and external agency partners to reach small-community members. ▪ Organized and supervised free weekly non-profit events for the local community, where local artists and vendors could sell their products. ▪ Scheduled volunteers and 10 to 25 vendors each week; Managed monetary donations and vendor fees; Maintained accurate records and logs.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Design And Applied Arts

Courses include Animation (An, Dragon Frame, Ae), Product Design & Digital Tools (Rhino 3D, Fusion 360, Preform), Digital Tools.

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology

Independent Research Project Supervisors: Dr. Raymond Klein and Mike Lawrence • Proficiency in completing workload and navigating.