Chanda Curinton
Student Mentor & Certified Relationship Coach
Decatur,GA
Summary
Student Mentor, Certified Relationship/Life Coach and Empowerment Speaker for teens, with 5 years of experience speaking to, mentoring and coaching at risk youth. Proficiency in cultivating and maintaining positive and healthy relationships, providing guidance and support for defining and helping individuals achieve the organization's goals, personal goals along with relational growth & development, providing constructive feedback and reinforcement, exemplifying a positive role model, creating relevant course content and material, delivering informative speeches, instructing educational workshops along with facilitating engaging group discussions.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Relationship Coach and Student Mentor
Self- Chanda C Speaks
Atlanta, GA
02.2021 - Current
- Partnered with county public schools along with local and out of state nonprofits to identify and achieve goals for cultivating healthy relationships for youth.
- Brought awareness to Teen Dating & Teen Dating violence to parents, teens, schools and staff members.
- Developed a variety of workshops and classes for youth on how to recognize the different types of teen dating violence, healthy vs unhealthy relationships, gaslighting, safety planning, dating conversations and increasing self confidence, self image, self esteem, self love and self worth.
- Provided individual and group coaching and mentoring for youth in abusive relationships/ friendships and continuing emotional support and relevant resources.
- Empowered youth to enhance positive and healthy communication and relational skills.
- Empowered youth by helping them meet and exceed goals in their personal and intimate relationships and friendships.
- Empowerment speaking at events centered on bringing awareness to and preventing teen dating violence and dating safely.
- Mentoring at- risk youth by fostering healthy relationships and behaviors that would enable them to have healthy relationships at school,
- Managed all facets of daily operations from advertising, marketing, scheduling,emails, social media, marketing material and website.
- Offered stability and positive reinforcement in student lives to build strong rapport and trust with students and parents.
- Implemented and coordinated activities and events
Keynote Empowerment Speaker
Self- Boundless Queenz Ministries
Duluth, United States
09.2016 - Current
- Responsible for advertising, branding, fundraising and marketing.
- Supervised a team of mentors- recruiting, developing, training, & pairing.
- Created, developed and led youth empowerment and relationship cultivating workshops.
- Planning and conducting programs that focus on meeting the specific needs of youth- empowerment & relationship building.
- Organized and hosted various youth empowerment events. (self confidence, self-esteem, self image)
- Organized and hosted multiple food, clothing, and supplies donation drives for local nonprofits
- Provides mentoring/coaching services of empowerment and healthy relationship building skills for girls and young women.
- Communicates positively and effectively with parents, youth, fellow staff members, community partners, volunteers and school personnel.
- Collaborates with parents and mentors to develop one-on-one guidance for youth.
- Serves as a mentor and positive role model for at risk youths.
- Establish and maintain positive relationships with other school system employees and external organizations.
- Provides one on one and group mentoring to assist youth in developing the skills needed to develop positive communication skills, set healthy boundaries and recognize healthy and unhealthy relationships.
- Meeting with youth, mentors and professionals to identify and resolve personal and relational obstacles.
- Guest/keynote speaker for schools in Gwinnett County and for local for profit/non profit organizations.
Certified Medical Assistant & Behavioral Health
Gwinnett Medical Center-Lawrenceville/ Northside
Lawrenceville, GA
03.2010 - 04.2021
- Providing outstanding customer service to patients, families and staff while enforcing organization standards.
- Responsible for performing safety behaviors and complying with hospital policies & guidelines.
- Sanitized, restocked and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
- Developing department improvements for staff.
- Responsible for coaching, training, and orienting new employees.
- Responsible for documenting accurate information and reporting patient data to the care team.
- Responsible for notifying the care team and reporting any patient changes or events.
- Experienced in working in a matrix and high change environment (caring for multiple/ high acuity patients at a time)
- Responsible for patient compliance and safety. (patient advocacy)
- Acting proactively as a patient advocate, responding with empathy and respect to resolve patient and family concerns.
- Responsible for acknowledging, respecting, protecting, and maintaining patient confidentiality, while following HIPPA guidelines and regulations.
- Demonstrating integrity and morality while interacting with patients, families, team members and managers.
- Department efficiency: Behavioral Health, Cardiology, Emergency Services, Intensive Care Unit, Intermediate Intensive Care Unit, Med Surg, Neurology, Observation, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation.
- Certifications: CMA-Certified Medical Assistant, CPR-American Heart Association
- Documented vital signs and health history for patients in clinic and hospital environments.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Human Services
Walden University
MinnessotaAssociate of Applied Science - Marketing Management
Georgia Piedmont Technical College
Clarkston, GA05.2018
No Degree - Medical Assisting
Iverson Business School
Norcross, GA05.2005
Skills
- Authentic, motivating and influencing role model and servant leadership style
- Ability to connect with, motivate and empower youth
- Ability to relate efficiently to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community
- Demonstrates encouraging and respectful, professional service and support
- Ability to communicate effectively, foster and build positive and professional relationships with all levels of an organization- general public, staff, admin, parents, youth and support networks
- Providing youth, staff and administrative support, with goal setting planning and organizational effectiveness
- Ability to plan, create and implement valuable curriculum and educational programs for youth creatively and effectively
- Effective Problem Solving; both rapidly and dutifully
- Effective time management proficiency; prioritizing, organizing and multi-tasking in fast paced and complex environments
- Capable of working both independently and as part of a team
- Exceptional, effective and tactful communication and interpersonal skills; both written and verbal
- Maintaining effective internal and external communication to ensure that all relevant organization processes are maintained
- Ability to understand, acknowledge and maintain confidentiality and use appropriate discretion
- Willingness to attend and support continuous organizational professional and educational training events, workshops and collaborative meetings
Technical & Leadership Skills
- Computer Skills: McKesson, MS Office, Google Drive, email, Power Point, social media and web
- Planning: Brainstorming, Creating content, Collaborating, Developing & Orienting others, Decision-making and problem solving
- Presenting: Public Speaking and Power Point
- Marketing: Direct, mobile and social
Volunteering & Service
- Relationship Coaching 2021-present
- Fundraising Committee/Lead Marketing Coordinator at Gwinnett Medical Center 2018-2020
- Volunteer Coordinator at Gwinnett Medical Center 2018-2020
- Gwinnett County Community Based Mentoring Program (middle/high school) 2017-Present
Certification
Certified Relationship Coach
Certified Medical Assistant
Additional Information
Businesses that have contributed to the success of Boundless Queenz Ministries and Chanda C Speaks
BeYOUtiful Butterflies
Black Girls Smile (Atlanta location)
Creating Our Future
Dekalb County Schools
Fit Body Boot Camp (Duluth/Suwanee locations)
G.E.M.S. (Girls Empowered Supported & Mentored)
Gwinnett County Public Schools
Gwinnett Medical Center (independent departments)
Life Church International
O.H.O.M.O.M, LLC (Open Hearts Open Minds Open Mouths)
Rainbow Village Inc
Starr Image Barber/Beauty shop
The Revolution Teen Center
Featured in Voyage ATL Magazine
Timeline
Relationship Coach and Student Mentor
Self- Chanda C Speaks
02.2021 - Current
Keynote Empowerment Speaker
Self- Boundless Queenz Ministries
09.2016 - Current
Certified Medical Assistant & Behavioral Health
Gwinnett Medical Center-Lawrenceville/ Northside
03.2010 - 04.2021
Bachelor of Science - Human Services
Walden University
Associate of Applied Science - Marketing Management
Georgia Piedmont Technical College
No Degree - Medical Assisting
Iverson Business School