Identify and assess safe, responsible, and viable sponsors living in The United States.
Ensure a safe and expedited release of Unaccompanied Children to potential sponsors that meet the ORR criteria for release.
Prepare clear and accurate progress notes, needs assessments, individual service plans, and discharge documentation.
Providing client services including, making medical appointments, finding resources, and school enrollment.
Maintain contact with The Office of Refugee and Resettlement, GDIT and DHS on incident management, children's status, family contact, and human trafficking concerns.
Social Work Intern
Strong Youth, Inc.
09.2023 - Current
Assess at-risk students and their families to alleviate academic and behavioral challenges.
Conduct bi-weekly individual and family sessions to assess the well-being of students.
Assist in weekly psycho-educational groups that provide recent U.S arrivals youth an opportunity to connect with peers and trusted community members
Social-emotional learning during school hours in class push-ins.
Offer community resource guidance to clients to meet family needs for assistance.
ONA Long Island Immigrant Community Navigator
Central American Refugee Center (CARECEN)
09.2020 - 01.2021
Planned, organized, and effectively executed designated program activities (roundtables, workshops, trainings, impact days, and community conversations), community research, and outreach.
Create outreach materials, event flyers, and curriculum/discussion guides for ONA Navigator events.
Nurture new relationships and strengthen current relationships with partner agencies, government, and organizations throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Advisor (Intern)
Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the United Nations
06.2019 - 06.2020
Attended and participated in high level events/dialogs such as; The 74th session of the UN General Assembly, 2019 High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development, High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development 2019, LGBTQI Outright Annual Advocacy Week 2019, among others.
Maintained Ambassadors, Delegates and Mission personnel well informed on draft resolution negotiations, general debates speaking times and side events occurrences.
Attended UN sponsored after- hour receptions on behalf of Permanent Mission of El Salvador.
Education
Masters in Social Work -
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
05.2024
B.S. in Political Science -
State University of New York, College at Oneonta
Oneonta, NY
05.2019
Skills
Microsoft Office
Case Management
Teamwork & Collaboration
Communication
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Multicultural Competence
Trauma Informed Care Framework
Trainings & Involvement
Mandated Reporter Training, New York State Office of Children and Family Services, 2021-2024
Mental Health Training in Spanish for Families, March 2024
Trauma Informed Care: Attachment, Development, Trauma, and Socio-Cultural Responsive Interventions for Young Children, 2021-2024
Girasol Young Women’s Rites of Passage, The National Compadres Network (NCN), October 2023
Backpack Drive & Project TOY, Family Service League, December 2022
Model United Nations Conference, April 2019
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Social Work Intern
Strong Youth, Inc.
09.2023 - Current
Case Manager
Mercy First, Oce of Refugee Resettlement
02.2021 - Current
ONA Long Island Immigrant Community Navigator
Central American Refugee Center (CARECEN)
09.2020 - 01.2021
Advisor (Intern)
Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the United Nations
Direct Services Program Supervisor at Refugee Resettlement Program at State of ArizonaDirect Services Program Supervisor at Refugee Resettlement Program at State of Arizona