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Resume

Experience

Leadership

Community Service

Collaboration

2022 - Present

Associate Bereavement Counselor, By the Bay Health, Larkspur CA
  • Provide grief counseling services to hospice family members including outreach, assessment, treatment planning, intervention, resource education and referral.

  • Facilitate 8-week-long grief psycho-educational support groups.

  • ·Document services provided in an accurate and timely manner according to organization policies and procedures using Epic medical documentation system.

Sept. 2021 - Aug 2022

2015 - Present

Student Services MSW Intern, Year Up, Tampa, Florida (Virtual)
  • Counseled young adults with one-on-one brief therapy using motivational interviewing, SFT and CBT techniques

  • Facilitated weekly group educational seminars on mental health/life skills

  • Coached and developed close, supportive, and trusting relationships with young adults through their internship and life challenges and connected them to appropriate community resources

  • Engaged in staff meetings and training to evaluate how to support young adults while implementing best DEIB practices.

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America,
State Legislative Team Leader

  • Facilitating legislative advocacy training sessions for volunteers on statewide virtual calls.

  • Meeting with state legislators in Sacramento to advocate for priority “gun sense,” legislation.

2016 - 2019

Assistant Theater Director, YES Theater, Ross Valley School District, San Anselmo       

  • Led 3rd–5th graders in improvisational theater games, scene work and choreography

  • Coached our young performers with constructive feedback from rehearsals to final performances

  • Navigated and mediated interpersonal conflicts between parents, staff, and performers

2019 - 2020

ESL Teacher’s Aide, Canal Alliance, San Rafael

  • Taught English proficiency to Spanish speakers in group classes and with one-on-one tutoring

  • Helped to facilitate a positive, nurturing, and culturally responsive learning environment

  • Supported the teacher by modeling instructions and activities

1997-2002

Visual Effects Editor/Artist, Industrial Light & Magic, San Rafael

  • Worked at George Lucas’ iconic visual effects company, first as a video and film editor and then as a rotoscope artist and compositor

  • Juggled multiple tasks and prioritized them under intense deadline pressure

  • Gave and received feedback in a theater full of colleagues during twice a day shot review sessions

University of Southern California | Master’s Degree in Social Work

I graduated from USC with a master's in Social Work and substantial knowledge of bio-psychosocial assessment and clinical intervention techniques.  

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