Position:
Clinician at The Home for Little Wanderers
Industry:
Individual & Family Services
Work:
The Home for Little Wanderers
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Clinician
Women's Community Revitalization Project
Sep 2009 - Apr 2010
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Supportive Services Intern
FamilyWorks Family Resource Center and Food Bank
May 2009 - Aug 2009
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Development Intern
Seattle Parks and Recreation Specialized Programs
Jun 2006 - Aug 2009
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Special Olympics Coach; Camp Counselor; Trip Chaperone
Center for Research on Youth and Social Policy (UPenn)
Sep 2008 - Jul 2009
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Research Assistant
Children's Home Society of Washington
Sep 2007 - Jul 2009
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Relief Residential Counselor; Residential Care Advocate
Powel Elementary School (School District of Philadelphia)
Sep 2008 - Apr 2009
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Social Work Intern
Social Development Research Group (University of Washington)
Sep 2007 - Mar 2008
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Research Interviewer
University of Washington Autism Center
Jul 2005 - Jun 2007
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Research Assistant; Research Coordinator
Wesleyan University Repeat Child Maltreatment Study
Sep 2004 - Jun 2005
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Research Assistant
Hogar Virgen de Fatima (Puno, Peru)
May 2003 - Aug 2003
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Volunteer
Education:
University of Pennsylvania 2008 - 2010
MSW, Social WorkRecipient of the Otto and Gertrude Pollak Scholarship to cover all tuition costs for both years of the program
Wesleyan University 2001 - 2005
BA, Psychology and SociologyRecipient of the Robert S. Lynd Award, presented for the best scholarly papers in sociology. Awarded for âÃÂÃÂReconsidering Attachment Disorder: Sociological Perspectives on the Conceptualization of Mental Illness.âÃÂÃÂ
Interests:
child welfare, children and families, trauma therapy, positive youth development, juvenile justice, innovative interventions, direct practice, applied clinical research, program evaluation and development, public policy
Honor & Awards:
Otto and Gertrude Pollak Scholarship (2008-2010), Robert S. Lynd Award (2005)