Siouxsie Litzel Luna

• Certified initial and ongoing federal IV-E eligibility for Non-Minor Dependents (NMDs) by monitoring education/employment requirements (e.g., 80 hours/month work, school enrollment).
• Collaborated with youth to develop the Transitional Independent Living Case Plan (TILCP) and the 90-Day Transition Plan to ensure successful independence.
• Managed re-entry processes for youth (WIC 388(e) petitions) who wished to re-enter extended foster care.
• Supervised approved placements, including Transitional Housing Plus Foster Care (THP-NMD), dorms, or SILPs (Supervised Independent Living Placements).
• Provided a nurturing environment for NMDs while fostering increasing levels of self-sufficiency and independence, as defined by AB 12.
• Assisted youth in identifying and securing safe housing, educational opportunities, and vocational training.
• Empowered youth and NMDs by informing them of their confidential reproductive and sexual health rights in accordance with SB 89 mandates

• Conducted weekly individual and group counseling sessions tailored to the client's needs for youth from TK to 8th grade.
• Wrote notes, completed documentation for referrals, and maintained case files.
• Counseled clients on life skills and coping mechanisms.
• Planned discharge actions and identified resources within community for continued care.
• Contributed to multidisciplinary team meetings and treatment planning.
• Monitored clients' progress to adjust treatment plans accordingly.
• Conducted home visits to assess clients' home environment and provide support.

• Provided a warm welcome to arriving and departing guests, including opening passenger doors and offering assistance as required.
• Effectively managed the flow of guests' vehicles during arrivals and departures, while ensuring every guest and their vehicle has a valet ticket number.
• Resolved customer complaints through calm, constructive communication.
• Led shifts in order to maintain efficiency with employees throughout scheduled events.

8 hours a week

• Orchestrated monthly campus events to provide education on alcohol and drug awareness, harm reduction, alternatives to engagement, etc.
• Orchestrated tabling procedures for campus events.
• Coordinated tasks to other student employees under the Wellness Education Department.
• Facilitated campus gym through handling check-ins, ensuring high standards of cleanliness, conducting head counts rounds.
• Monitored project performance in weekly meetings to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams in weekly meetings to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
• Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
• Evaluated post-event feedback from attendees to identify areas for improvement in future iterations of an event.

30 hours per week (202.5 hours completed)

• Provided rehabilitation and case management services to facilitate conflict resolution and build healthy family relationships with clients and their caregivers.
• Shadowed therapist assessments with clients and caregivers with exposure to 5150 holds.
• Co-facilitated grief and skills building therapy groups while engaging in mindfulness practices.
• Documented services provided meticulously by keeping accurate records of activities, interactions and conversations.
• Interviewed clients to assess needs and determine most suitable needs and services.
• Developed and implemented comprehensive case management plans to address client needs and goals.
• Assisted clients in navigating housing, legal services. and public benefits to gain access to valuable resources.
• Partnered with physicians, social workers, therapists, nutritionists, and case managers to develop and implement individualized care plans and documented patient interactions and interventions in electronic charting systems through EXYM.
• Collaborated with Multidisciplinary Assessment Team (MAT) to conduct house visitations to clients and their families.
• Answered phone calls in the Intake Coordination Unit to screen clients and initiate initial appointments.
• Distributed free CalFresh groceries, healthy snacks, and recipes through community outreach at parks.

10 hours a week

Site #1: Project for Pride in Living Community - Fort Road Flats

• Engaged in an on-going weekly mentor and tutor relationship with a child that included documenting their progress weekly with reflections after every session.
• Practiced mindfulness skills with a child and engaged in meaningful conversations to assess wellbeing.
  Enriched and tutored with literacy and math assistance through various mediums of learning such reading, writing, crafting, etc.
• Developed and implemented strategies post tutor session through reflective conversations with other staff, tutors, and supervisors to provide support and improve engagement with children.
• Assisted with behavior management and redirected as needed through the framework of Responsive Classroom Language.
• Modernized the community space through ensuring neatness, cleanliness, and minimization of enrichment tools.
• Engaged in field trips with children to contribute to their enrichment and growth.

Site #2: Crossroads Montessori Elementary

• Facilitated in managing diverse groups of students from Pre-K level to 5th grade classrooms with a teacher.
• Collaborated with students to complete homework assignments, identify lagging skills, and correct weaknesses.
• Motivated students towards learning and studying to build self-confidence and reduce fear of failure.
• Led small group workshops to assist children in math tutoring and practicing of skills.
• Managed and engaged in a weekly ongoing relationship with a child to build literacy skills through literacy comprehension packets.
• Empowered students by building growth mindsets to seize their educational journeys.

10 hours a week

• Engaged in weekly team meetings to collaborate on healthy relationship campus-wide workshops.
• Created weekly free menstrual care package kits for both campuses to be distributed to students.
• Orchestrated weekly campus CalFresh tabling to help students in eligibility and application process.
• Presented campus-wide workshops to students in education on consent and cycles of abusive relationships.
• Crafted social media posts and campus event fliers.

8-15 hours a week

• Managed a team of student campus ministers that provided weekly basis mercy bag packages of non-perishable foods and hygiene products to be distributed to unhoused individuals through other students and students' families on campus.
• Engaged in blessing students' rooms around Chalon campus with distribution of holy water and prayers.
• Oversaw successful execution of campus events, leading teams in set-up, operations, and tear-down activities.
• Expanded fair trade festival partnerships while collaborating with Fair Trade LA by incorporating diverse vendors offering ethical goods.
• Crafted department fliers and social media content to advertise events.
• Co-facilitated annual campus fair trade festival ensuring vendors are appropriately set up with their designated location, meal vouchers, parking, tables, chairs, tent, etc.
• Scheduled social media postings to advertise campus events and generate site traffic.
• Assisted in obtaining refreshments and snacks and serving to guests after mass.