Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Professional Training
Skills
Accomplishments
Languages
Work Availability
Timeline
Angelica Moreno, MA, BA

Angelica Moreno, MA, BA

Advocate
San Luis Obispo,CA

Summary

I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master’s in Conflict Resolution, Negotiation, and Peacebuilding. Currently, I serve as a Housing Navigator at New Beginnings and as a Peer Support Specialist at Crestwood, where I support individuals in their journey toward recovery. Additionally, I volunteer as a Mediator at Creative Mediation, helping others navigate conflicts with a focus on resolution and healing. I am deeply passionate about empowering others to achieve their recovery goals and become the best version of themselves.

Pursuing full-time role that presents professional challenges and leverages interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Peer Support Specialist

Crestwood
12.2024 - Current
  • Served as a role model for clients, sharing personal experiences of recovery and resilience.
  • Assessed client progress regularly, adjusting support strategies as needed to promote continued growth and success.
  • Built relationships with others based upon trust and honesty by using active listening and dynamic communication skills.
  • Assisted clients in setting realistic goals and provided support during their journey towards achieving them.

Housing Navigator

New Beginnings
08.2024 - Current
  • Work with previously unhoused clients who are on their path to recovery and self sustainability.
  • Provide case management to previously unhoused clients.

Volunteer Mediator

Creative Mediation
06.2024 - Current

Volunteer mediation.

Bilingual Client Advocate

Lumina Alliance
San Luis Obispo, CA
07.2022 - 12.2023
  • Provide case management and crisis support services to victims impacted by sexual assault and or intimate partner violence
  • Monitor progress towards service plan goals.
  • Work towards Improving clients' coping with routine life activities such as food budgeting and rental payments.
  • Participate in meetings with stakeholders to discuss program objectives and strategies.
  • Maintain positive office environment using active listening and prompt problem solving.
  • Conduct needs assessments to identify key areas of service needs.
  • Determine needed and relevant interventions based on each client's cognitive abilities and current needs.
  • Facilitate outreach activities to build community awareness.
  • Develop and implement strategies to enhance quality of social services.

Vocational Case Coordinator

Achievement House, Inc
2020.03 - 2022.06
  • Case Management, Supervise staff, prepare and schedule meetings, prepare reports and analyze data
  • Help develop annual goals, track attendance and safety meeting compliance, schedule and conduct intakes, prepare individual service plans
  • File incident reports according to rules and regulations
  • Interview Applicants, review candidates
  • Data Entry and uploading onto database
  • Manage program related data and submit timely reports.

Spanish Interpreter

04.2015 - 07.2018
  • Interpreted in professional medical, and legal settings including depositions, state hearings, court trials and medical appointments
  • Translated legal documents including birth certificates, marriage licenses, divorce decrees, etc.,
  • Telephonic Interpreting in Consecutive mode for entities such as SSA, Insurance Agencies, DHS, Court
  • Trials, Small Claims courts.
  • Interpreted conversations simultaneously to help both parties conduct business, handle medical needs or manage personal concerns
  • Developed and maintained glossary of technical terms
  • Assisted foreign language-speaking clients with inquiries
  • Attended training programs to improve professional knowledge and interpretation skills
  • Interpreted conversations between foreign language-speaking clients and others
  • Interpreted spoken and written languages other than English and vice versa
  • Stayed current on new expressions and cultural changes impacting language translation

Certified Court Interpreter

Superior Court, Tulare County
12.2013 - 04.2015
  • Interpreted from English to Spanish and Spanish to English in trials, arraignments, sentencing hearings, depositions, juvenile, traffic, small claims and adult courts
  • Interpreted in both consecutive and simultaneous modes
  • Rendered sight translation of legal documents in English and Spanish.

Education

Certificate in Interpreting - Court Interpreting

Southern California School of Interpretation

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA

Master of Arts - Negotiation, Conflict Resolution And Peacebuilding

California State University, Dominguez Hills
03.2021 - 08.2023
  • Member of Phi Kappa Phi, Honors Society
  • Grade: 4.0 GPA

Professional Training

  • Positive Psychology: Martin E.P. Seligman's Visionary Science, September 2023
  • Psychological First Aid, September 2023
  • Crisis Prevention Intervention, September 2023
  • Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention, September 2023
  • Trauma Informed Care, September 2023
  • Attended the National Sexual Assault Conference (NSAC), August 2023
  • 30 Hours of Civil Mediation Skills Training Minnesota Court Rule 114, June 2023
  • Voices For Change, October 2022
  • Adult Mental Health First Aid USA, September 2022
  • Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Peer Counselor Training, July 2022
  • 40 Hour California 1986 Dispute Resolutions Program Act, Summer 2021
  • Certified Court Interpreter for the State of California, 2014

Skills

  • Strong Work Ethic
  • Self-starter, punctual, excellent people skills, teachable
  • Customer Service
  • Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office
  • Developmental Disabilities Experience
  • Autism Experience
  • Case Management
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Spanish - Expert
  • Assessments
  • Prioritizing case tasks, gathering information, and providing services without judgment
  • Mediator and Facilitator, Restorative Circles
  • Client Advocacy
  • Client Interviews
  • Referrals Guidance
  • Coordinate Service Referrals
  • Client Intakes
  • Housing Navigation

Accomplishments

Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society Since April 2023

40 Hour Dispute Resolutions Programs Act - 2021

Languages

Spanish
Full Professional

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline

Peer Support Specialist - Crestwood
12.2024 - Current
Housing Navigator - New Beginnings
08.2024 - Current
Volunteer Mediator - Creative Mediation
06.2024 - Current
Bilingual Client Advocate - Lumina Alliance
07.2022 - 12.2023
California State University, Dominguez Hills - Master of Arts, Negotiation, Conflict Resolution And Peacebuilding
03.2021 - 08.2023
Vocational Case Coordinator - Achievement House, Inc
2020.03 - 2022.06
Spanish Interpreter -
04.2015 - 07.2018
Certified Court Interpreter - Superior Court, Tulare County
12.2013 - 04.2015
Southern California School of Interpretation - Certificate in Interpreting, Court Interpreting
University of California, Riverside - Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
Angelica Moreno, MA, BAAdvocate