M.A. 2007                                 New York University             N.Y., N.Y.

Bilingual School Counseling K-12      Department of Ed Scholar

B.A. 2003-2005                  The College of New Rochelle  

BX., N.Y.

Liberal Arts/Communications               Summa Cum Laude

1993-1995                            Buffalo State College   

Buffalo, N.Y.

Spanish/Secondary Education

1991-1992                             Hunter College                              N.Y., N.Y.

Black/Puerto Rican Studies

Founder/Program director - W.I.S.E. Youth (Ways to Inspire Self- Empowerment) Mentoring Program Bronx, N.Y. 2005.  

Networking Representative for The College of New Rochelle at the “Somos el Futuro” Hispanic Task Force annual conference in Albany, N.Y. 2005.

Certified member of the New York City Mentoring Program.

S.A.V.Y. (Successful And Victorious Youth) mentor BK., N.Y.  2004.

W.E.T. (Women’s Expressive Theater, Inc.) mentor N.Y., N.Y. (current). wetweb.org

2005-2006                         N.Y.U./O.T.                                       N.Y., N.Y.

Clinical Assistant Professor Graduate Assistant

2006-2007                             Isaac Newton M.S.          

N.Y., N.Y.

America Reads Tutor/Guidance Counselor Intern

2006-2007                               Hostos Lincoln Academy          

BX., N.Y.

Guidance Counselor/Mental Health Intern

2007                               Hostos Community College

BX., N.Y.

H.O.P.E. Mentoring Program Co-ordinator

Current                             IS 98

BX, N.Y.

Bilingual School Counselor 6th-8th grade

Nominated for Liz Claiborne, Inc. /Safe Horizon Champion Award,     Jan. 2005.

Documented as Columbia University Tonight’s New Yorker of the Week, Feb. 2005.

Profiled by The College of New Rochelle web-site, March 2005.

Writer of Fiction/Spoken Word/Poetry/Journal Publications (NYU Anamesa Journal of Culture Fall 2005)

Author of Boogiericanism released February 2006 /Spic and Span Dec. 2006

NYU President’s Service Award for Volunteerism, March 2006

NYU 2006 –Ism Project grant recipient/ Boogiericanism- musical slide show/spoken word presentation (April 2006)

Profiled by Nation of Size.Com July 2006

Interviewed for the Lenny Matthews Show Aug 2006

Featured author on www.kidschannel.ca

Websites: boogiericanism.tripod.com  wiseyouthbx.tripod.com

Member of ASCA (American School Counselor Association)

Training in Family Centered Approach to Incest/Child Abuse (Ackerman Institute)

Fluent English/Spanish Reading/Writing/Comprehension. (B.E.A.)