Certified Restorative Practices Trainer

Child Psychology

Life Coaching Certification

Mediation and Conflict Resolution

Psychological Trauma and Juvenile Justice

Working with boys and young men, developing programs, focus groups, mentoring, and academic support

Evaluation of programs

Assistant to the Teen Director

Community Volunteer

Master's Degree

Practical Aesthetics Acting Technique

Meisner Acting method

Master of Science, Applied Sociology, Social Welfare and Community Sector Studies

Working under the NY state Anti-Gun Violence prevention program contract, I am developing a specialized career training and coaching curriculum tailored to high-risk young adults 18-24.

Within this, I am also integrating my CREATE YOUR SHIFT (Narrative Puzzle Piecesz) model to support young adults into employment and training using drama therapy and expressive arts therapies as well as integrating these with therapeutic coaching and coping skills and strategies.

Young Adult Program Developer

Co-Founder

Provide Functional Family Therapy/creative arts therapies to youth ages 16-20, implementing a multi systems focused, strength-based and phase specific model to a case-load of youth offenders and their families in home dealing with co-morbid concerns including mental health issues, trauma, community violence, truancy, substance abuse, gang involvement, relational and gender identity issues

• Provide case management, crisis intervention, case planning, and family therapy 

• Develop and execute appropriate and effective clinical treatment plans for each client and family served/document all client contacts

• Evaluate each client's individual needs and provide subsequent referrals/ follow-ups to other services as needed, both internally and to outside agencies or providers

Extensive Training in the FFT evidenced-based model to conduct functional family therapy with high risk juvenile felony offenders and their families referred through Adult Criminal Court

• Attend monthly court dates

Functional Family Therapist

You Are the Shift, LLC is an empowerment based creative consulting company that offers strategies through its uniquely designed workshops and comprehensive training curriculum dedicated to improving the outcomes of young people across the board, in schools, organizations, residential facilities, and in the criminal and juvenile justice system. 

YATS specializes in developing trauma informed, creative arts healing, and restorative practices, specific therapeutic techniques tailored to address the need for social and emotional development, life skills for best practice in adolescent development, as well as gender specific response services that support the behavioral and emotional wellbeing of teens and parents who require support towards healing from trauma, violence, recovery, family conflict, and grief/loss.

Founder

Taught a 5 week class to undeserved rising high school students grades 9-12 from across New York City the foundational concepts of social justice, prison industrial complex, community and civic engagement, as well as organized and participated in service learning excursions including campaigns to prepare students to develop their own models of impact to develop and improve their communities

Social Justice and Service Learning Teacher

Developed, taught, and managed the drama and performing arts program using therapeutic theatre and creative arts techniques to at-risk urban high school students in two public high schools

Drama and Performing Arts Director

Advisory Junior Board Member

Looked after and supported the needs of children and teens who were placed in the care and custody of ACS before foster care placement

Youth Development and Child Care Worker

Ran the college program throughout the agency

Developed and facilitated Preparing Youth for Adulthood Independent Living Skills workshops

Led recreational activities

Tracked youth education data in collaboration with Department of Education and Department of Youth and Community Development 

Reported to Administration for Children's Services on each youth's status in regards to education, employment, vocational training, criminal justice and housing.

Youth Development and Post-Secondary Education Specialist

Assisted with educational development and discussion topics within a focus group setting 

Developed and facilitate monthly creative writing and poetry workshops for male ex-offenders

Assistant within the Education and Vocational Therapy Program

Provided outreach to young people and adults encouraging LEAP services and registered them for workshops

Assisted with coordinating young peoples’ activities and programs   

Developed and initiated a fundraising pilot project in order to generate funds and awareness  

Re-built the LEAP website and Facebook page; developed a LEAP twitter account 

Conducted field work and researched businesses in the local community in order to place young people into employment and training   

Initiated the development of a LEAP Business Club and coordinated the membership scheme to suit businesses

Built secure and viable community investment strategies through developing commercial partnerships 

Logged and monitored client information using the MatchBase database system

Identified, tracked, recorded and managed youth-employer relationships

Program Coordinator and Fundraising Manager

Virtual Hospital is a global health social enterprise founded to address global healthcare challenges by creating an e-Health ecosystem built on an IT and mobile platform

Began developing the first stages of a corporate fundraising event called Power 100

Undertook fundraising initiatives such as leaflets and marketing materials

Invited high net worth individuals to the event and developed links with stakeholders

Program Assistant

Lead educational and recreational activities with particular emphasis on artistic projects
(Pottery making, poetry writing, drawing, painting, sport) 

Built and maintained relationships with participating families offering trust, support, and outreach while discussing their child’s individual needs and progress through scheduled visitations 

Researched and lead a process for finding potential community sites for activities

Ensured eligibility for the programme through discussions with parents and carers

Coordinated volunteers to insure that activities were supervised and educational assignments appropriate according to schedules and interests 

Organised volunteer recruitment forms, registration materials, questionnaires and educational material for line manager

Integration Coordinator

Communicated and engaged with immigrants regarding their daily support needs 

Liaised with UK government officials, healthcare workers, and solicitors/attorneys regarding my clients’ current status within various situations including government support and benefits, welfare, housing benefit, JSA, ESA, income support, healthcare, employment, education, and child tax credit

Translated letters and documents (Polish/English) to assist refugees in day-to-day problem solving including: completing UK status applications, applications for financial assistance, medical appointments, assisted with job applications 

Launched and recreated major art project used in the annual Roma community parade

Helped to facilitate after school art development workshops for young Eastern European Roma children and promote their artwork to the wider community

Assistant Caseworker

Enrolled in specialised training programme to serve as a mentor for refugee children from underprivileged backgrounds

Assisted Roma and Refugee case workers and conducted classroom sessions on building a safer society, present day racism, acceptance of cultures, and related refugee issues in local schools

Assisted head case worker by creating cultural projects and outings for Roma youth

Intern

Workcamp Volunteer

Provided Expressive Arts therapies to youth 14-18 within the Special Victims Unit of the Crime Victims Assistance Unit

Expressive Arts Therapist

I developed and lead the first Mental Health program at the Next Generation Center and have been at the forefront of creating an expressive arts therapies program, the first of its kind, for youth in foster care and transitional age youth 14-17 and young adults 18-24 in addition to youth who are victims of crime. 

I have developed the Relational Resilience model for this population whereby we work through metaphor and images applying innovative activities to create both therapeutic expressive art projects using a rage of art mediums both individually and in group settings. 

To begin the process of my 5 phase model, a mental health assessment is completed, following this phase, youth participate in doing my resilience scale surveys, themes and stories are identified and established, we then embark on establishing the expressive arts project of the program. 

Each client, depending on the themes and topics we discuss in our first several sessions, designs a personal Create Your Shift p

Expressive Arts Therapist and Mental Health Program Founder + Creator

• Facilitate individual and family sessions using:

• Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care  (MTFC)-alternative to group or residential treatment, incarceration, or hospitalization for adolescents who have problems with chronic antisocial behavior, emotional disturbance, and delinquency. MTFC parents are part of the treatment team along with team staff.

• Functional Family Therapy and Internal Family Systems approaches 

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Drama/Creative Arts Therapies

• As part of a comprehensive team comprised of case planners and skills coaches, I lead in developing the treatment goals for high risk adolescents who are referred from therapeutic foster care, ACS Family Assistance Program, and juvenile justice system (Alternative to Detention and Alternative to Placement) 

• Record effective treatment plans and progress within the (Family Assessment Service Plans) for each identified youth and family served/document all client contacts in Microsoft Word and Connecti

Family Respite Clinical Consultant Therapist

Restorative Practices Consultant

Partnered with 3 NYC DOE High Schools on Staten Island including Eagle Academy for Young Men running focus groups and facilitating community support, and restorative justice harm circles

Developed the concept and program of restorative reflection circles and conflict coaching for young people who were given detention, excluded, or were put on notice for suspension from the traditional high school setting. These Circles were implemented weekly. 

Liased with Department of Probation, District Attorney's office of Staten Island, and program partners to support youth affected by gang involvement and gun violence using restorative approaches

Program Consultant/ Manager of Cure Violence Restorative Justice and Conflict Resolution Program

Planned, developed, coordinated, and facilitated drama curriculum for boys and young men ages 6-13
Created lesson plans and evaluate programming 
Assisted in organizing and taking part in community events for youth and families

Drama Teacher

Supported teens 13-18 with both child welfare and juvenile justice involvement in non-secure placement and residential group homes develop coping, life, and interpersonal skills 

Managed residents' behavior, help serve meals, escort youth to court, activities, and other appointments 

Mentored boys and girls one to one 

Planned and executed educational, recreational, cultural, and personal enrichment activities

Piloted theatre and cultural competency workshops

Youth Development Counselor

Brand ambassador and marketing lead for cosmetic, beauty, and tech companies

Model

Artist and mental health therapist infusing digital art and poetry to foster meaningful connections

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