Caroline Galderisi Educator
New York,NY
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Workshop Leader
East Village Mutual Aid
New York, NY
08.2021 - Current
- Collected data on program efficacy through data analysis and implemented solutions for improvement.
- Facilitated dialogue between participants, family and program workers to provide best possible program and individualized program.
- Planned and facilitated various art workshops ranging from wheatpasting to natural dyes. Maximized audience participation through advertising and flyer creation/distribution.
Founder and Organizer
East Village Mutual Aid
New York City
08.2020 - Current
- Founded EVMA as a pandemic response and grew to involve and reach nearly 3,000 new yorkers.
- In just 2 years it has grown to involve and collaborate with major organizations such as Housing Works for narcan safety trainings, radio and NYU/ New School press interviews, artist collaborations and restaurants such as Sarita's Mac and Cheese.
- Engaged with larger movement to build transformational and deeply collaborative partnerships.
- Trained effective social change leaders to run strategic campaigns by organizing news conferences, building strong coalitions and generating grassroots support.
- Maximized support by connecting to various groups and generating a consensus in our community.
- Implemented creative methods of aiding human life such as building heaters for unhoused people, planning larger gardening projects such as mutual aid salad (where everyone in the group grows a different vegetable to be used in a big salad cookathon) and raising money for winter gear.
Kindergarten Educator & Youth Leader
Grand Street Settlement Early Head Start
Brooklyn, NY
06.2021 - 08.2021
- PS196 in Bushwick for the summer of 2021, I was a youth group leader and educator for five and six year old children
- I planned an engaging curriculum for afternoons while facilitating and aiding the teacher in morning classes. I focused on art such as making rainbows together with paint and construction paper, or drawing self portraits and exploring our emotions
Advertiser
AT&T
New York, NY
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Codes of culture campaign
- I was asked to use my photography to represent an area of New York for an ad so I chose Tompkins Square Park. The ad was placed on a Mulberry street billboard for a few months.
Early Childhood Educator
Alley Pond Environmental Center Borough of Queens
05.2018 - 07.2018
- For the summer of 2018, I was an environmental science educator for toddlers in Bayside, Queens
- There we would go on nature walks, play music and explore how to care for plants and animals on their natural environments.
- Organized and facilitated monthly parent support group meetings
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Fine Arts
Parsons School of Design
New York, NY12.2022
Diploma -
Saint Mary’s Highschool Manhasset
Manhasset, NY05.2018
Skills
- Team Exercises
- Course Materials Development
- Group Discussion Facilitation
- Class Scheduling
- Leadership Development
- In-Depth Research
- Problem Solving
- Clear Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Group Instruction
- Decision Making
- Relationship Building
- Written Communication
Timeline
Workshop Leader
East Village Mutual Aid
08.2021 - Current
Kindergarten Educator & Youth Leader
Grand Street Settlement Early Head Start
06.2021 - 08.2021
Founder and Organizer
East Village Mutual Aid
08.2020 - Current
Early Childhood Educator
Alley Pond Environmental Center Borough of Queens
05.2018 - 07.2018
Advertiser
AT&T
01.2018 - 01.2019
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Fine Arts
Parsons School of Design
Diploma -
Saint Mary’s Highschool Manhasset