Nancy Straub
Sebastopol
Summary
I am a Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee with a background in experiential education and program leadership in the performing arts and sustainable farming. Curious and compassionate, I seek a traineeship within a supportive, interdisciplinary clinical team where I can grow as a lifelong learner while integrating somatic, narrative, and strength-based approaches to support individuals and family systems impacted by trauma with dignity and care.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Leland Street Farms and Country Club
Self-employeed
Sebastopol, CA
03.2018 - Current
- Facilitated an authentic environment in which individuals can learn to solve problems, develop practical skills, and physical and inner strengths through direct animal interaction.
- Developed activities to promote health and wellness for individuals, animals, the farm, and community.
- Teaching lessons and host events for groups and individuals.
- Budgeting, allocating funding to specific programs and managing expenses.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
Drama Instructor
Sebastopol Union School District Magnet Program Foundation
Sebastopol, CA
08.2017 - 01.2020
- Developed engaging lesson plans that fostered creativity and critical thinking among students.
- Implemented diverse teaching strategies to accommodate various learning styles and abilities.
- Exposed students to diverse content to build perspective in drama pedagogy.
- Collaborated with fellow educators to integrate arts into cross-disciplinary learning experiences.
- Encouraged students to perform well and learn from failure.
Education
Master of Arts - Counseling Psychology: Marriage And Family Therapy
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA05-2027
Master of Fine Arts - Theater Arts
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN05-2001
Bachelor of Arts - Theater Arts
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA06-1996
Skills
- Mentorship and capacity building
- Active and empathetic listening
- Storytelling and embodied communication across cultures and languages
- Project management from concept to completion
- Interdisciplinary and inclusive teaching practices
- Community resource sharing and mutual aid coordination
- Crisis management and problem-solving under uncertainty
- Small business operations, organization, time management, financial planning,
budgeting, fundraising
Timeline
Leland Street Farms and Country Club
Self-employeed
03.2018 - Current
Drama Instructor
Sebastopol Union School District Magnet Program Foundation
08.2017 - 01.2020
Master of Arts - Counseling Psychology: Marriage And Family Therapy
University of San Francisco
Master of Fine Arts - Theater Arts
University of Tennessee
Bachelor of Arts - Theater Arts
Sonoma State University