Liana Riley
Brewster
Summary
Developed skills in psychological and mental health research and practice in clinical, educational, and lab environments. Committed to the expansion of existing skill-set and opportunity to work under mental health professionals. Seeking to leverage strong attentive and analytical skills in new professional challenges.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Residential Support Staff
Putnam Northern Westchester Women’s Resource Center
06.2025 - 08.2025
- Trauma informed 1:1 support for victims and families of domestic/relationship violence
- Bilingual (Spanish and English) hotline call management and response; resource allocation and redirection for victims and/or families
- Victim advocacy – HIPPA trained, Department of Social Services (DSS), rapid re-housing program, SNAP and other food assistance programs
- Digitized/compiled PNWWRC and other shelter resources: bed count, disability access
- Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel
Administrative Assistant
Columbia University Financial Aid Office
09.2024 - 05.2025
- Data entry and management
- Proficiency in PowerFAIDS, OnBase Client, Front, and Microsoft Excel
- Clerical tasks - Appointment management, office correspondence, aid applications
- Customer Service - Student/family inquiry, fee waivers, and institutional funding
Lab Research Assistant
SIPPS: Summer Internship Program
06.2023 - 08.2023
- Research covering continued analyses and new data collection for a behavioral project regarding participant valence memory recall
- Proficiency in R and R studio (Coding)
- Professional development in clinical research
Teacher/Classroom assistant
Community Impact: America Reads
12.2021 - 03.2022
- Grading and reviewing assignments
- Test prep and homework help
- 1:1 experience working with children (including special needs)
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Columbia University
Broadway, NY05-2026
Skills
- Client confidentiality
- Mental health
- Adaptive support
- Working independently
- Willingness to learn
- Compassionate care
- Client advocacy
- Disability awareness
- HIPAA compliance
- Patient-focused care
- Patient observation
- Excellent communication
Accomplishments
- Used Google Sheets to develop shelter resources tracking spreadsheets.
- Achieving shelter network by introducing spreadsheet for victim resource advocacy and allocation tasks.
- Collaborated with research team to organize and compile collected memory recall data.
- Presented valence memory findings in internship colloquium.
Certification
- New York State Education Department (NYSED) Seal of Biliteracy: English and Spanish - June 2021
- TC0019: "HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act Research Training Course"
- GCP for Clinical Trials with Investigational Drugs and Medical Devices (U.S. FDA Focus)
- Human Subjects Protection SBR
- RCR Social and Behavioral
- TC0068: "Compensation, Sponsored Projects and Effort Reporting"
- TC0087: "Human Subjects Protection Training (includes Minors and FDA where applicable)"
- TC0094: "Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)"
- TC1451: "CITI Conflict of Interest for PHS Researchers"
- TC3050: "The Informed Consent Process: Assuring that it is Valid and Informed"
- TC3450: "Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training"
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Professional Working
Interests
- Participating in various activities, including fencing, reading, and cooking
Timeline
Residential Support Staff
Putnam Northern Westchester Women’s Resource Center
06.2025 - 08.2025
Administrative Assistant
Columbia University Financial Aid Office
09.2024 - 05.2025
Lab Research Assistant
SIPPS: Summer Internship Program
06.2023 - 08.2023
Teacher/Classroom assistant
Community Impact: America Reads
12.2021 - 03.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Columbia University
Clubs & Leadership
- Columbia University: Caribbean Students Association (CSA) September 2021 - Present
- CSA Ambassador (2023-24)
- Club membership growth, event promotion, and e-board assistance
- Membership Chair (2024-25)
- Alumni network maintenance, committee record keeping, activity coordination
- Black Students Organization (BSO) September 2021 - Present
- General Member