Experience
Torrance Unified School District/Hamilton Adult Education Center, Torrance, CA | Mar 2023 - June 2023
Designated Instructional Services Counselor
Torrance Unified School District/South High School, Torrance, CA | Aug 2022 - June 2023
Designated Instructional Services Counselor
Lennox Math, Science, and Technology Academy/Lennox School District, Inglewood, CA | Sep 2021 – August 2022
College and Career Counselor
Academic Pathways Coordinator
Substitute Teacher
Los Angeles Community College District/Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles, CA | Mar 2017 – Feb 2018
Career Guidance Counseling Assistant
Designated Instructional Services Counselor
- Provide crisis intervention in response to emergencies, employing existing trust and rapport to de-escalate situations.
- Use data to monitor students' progress and recommend solutions for improvement.
- Regularly meet with enrolled students to confirm success and identify problem areas.
- Collaborate with teachers to define counseling objectives and analyze progress.
- Empower students through counseling and skill-building exercises.
- Work with individuals to help understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting educational or vocational situations.
- Help students develop organizational, time management, and study skills.
- Deliver supportive and knowledgeable counseling to students with academic or personal concerns.
- Collaborate with parents, school faculty, and social workers to address problems and grow student success.
- Conduct individual and group counseling sessions.
- Special Assignment Counselor with a ~7 student caseload
Torrance Unified School District/South High School, Torrance, CA | Aug 2022 - June 2023
Designated Instructional Services Counselor
- Provide crisis intervention in response to emergencies, employing existing trust and rapport to de-escalate situations.
- Use data to monitor students' progress and recommend solutions for improvement.
- Regularly meet with enrolled students to confirm success and identify problem areas.
- Collaborate with teachers to define counseling objectives and analyze progress.
- Empower students through counseling and skill-building exercises.
- Work with individuals to help understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting educational or vocational situations.
- Help students develop organizational, time management, and study skills.
- Deliver supportive and knowledgeable counseling to students with academic or personal concerns.
- Collaborate with parents, school faculty, and social workers to address problems and grow student success.
- Conduct individual and group counseling sessions.
- Special Assignment Counselor with a ~50 student caseload
Lennox Math, Science, and Technology Academy/Lennox School District, Inglewood, CA | Sep 2021 – August 2022
College and Career Counselor
- Administered strength, preference, and interest inventories to help students develop a personalized list of post-secondary options.
- Answered student inquiries and resolved curriculum and course prerequisites problems.
- Conducted presentations around college/career readiness, financial aid, transitioning to college/career, interview skills, resume building, personal statements/personal insight questions, etc.
- Conducted academic advisement services for students on a recurring basis to maintain educational progression at the K12 and post-secondary levels.
- Interpreted and inform students and parents of test results and their implications for educational and career planning
- Provided awareness and assistance with all phases of post-secondary school options
- Provided information and materials for students regarding standardized admissions testing
- Provided comprehensive support services encompassing students' career and socioemotional goals.
- Scheduled College Representative visits on campus
- Single Counselor with a ~600 student caseload
Academic Pathways Coordinator
- Conducted academic advisement services for students on a recurring basis to maintain educational progression.
- Provided comprehensive support services encompassing career and personal goals of students.
- Conducted seminars, workshops, and educational presentations for enrichment opportunities for students.
- Educated students on course selection to align with career goals.
- Helped students with initial adjustment to university academic life and interpreted institutions policies and requirements.
- Answered student inquiries and resolved problems related to curriculum and course prerequisites.
- Provided support and guidance to students experiencing academic and personal troubles.
- Mentored students, offering advice and support on topic selection, appropriateness, and academic value.
- Advised students individually and in groups on academic programs for individual interests.
- Received and reviewed transcripts to determine eligibility for admission to college or specific programs.
Substitute Teacher
- Followed classroom plans left by the class teacher to continue student education and reinforce core concepts.
- Collaborated with teaching staff to devise and implement coordinated educational strategies and student support networks.
- Leveraged classroom discussion strategies to engage students, promote topics, and boost learning opportunities.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Maintained day-to-day classroom management and discipline to promote learning initiatives.
- Taught diverse subjects for grades K-12, successfully delivering seamless teaching in absence of regular teachers.
- Studied changing regional curriculums to maintain knowledge of lesson plans for short- and long-term substitute positions.
- Took notes and prepared reports on school day activities to provide to the primary teacher.
- Integrated existing and new technology into the classroom to enhance student education and grasp of materials.
Los Angeles Community College District/Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles, CA | Mar 2017 – Feb 2018
Career Guidance Counseling Assistant
- Coordinated and carried out a plan to successfully assist students with their college application process from selecting universities, to their financial aid application, to submitting their intent to register.
- Productively managed and academically advised a caseload of over 300 prospective future Cougars at multiple high school sites.
- Successfully conducted workshops, new student orientations, and other presentations to encourage school enrollment, while communicating admissions requirements and enrollment procedures to high school students, staff and faculty at schools, community events, and partnered organizations.
- Reviewed transcripts to verify students met graduation or college entrance requirements and wrote letters of recommendation.
- Worked with individuals to help understand and overcome personal, or social, problems affecting educational or vocational situations.
- Counseled students regarding educational issues such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration and career planning.
- Prepared students for later educational experiences by encouraging exploration of learning opportunities and perseverance through challenging tasks.
- Organized college tours for graduating students and coordinated group visits from high schools.
- Assisted high school seniors in completing college applications and meeting requirements necessary for graduation.
- Created and designed marketing materials for student recruitment and retention.
Volunteer
GPI US, Inc., Los Angeles, CA | Jul 2023 – Aug 2023
Group Leader and Student Teacher (Intern) for Global Studies Program
Group Leader and Student Teacher (Intern) for Japan Empowerment Program
Vice-Director, Senior Committee Member
Group Leader and Student Teacher (Intern) for Global Studies Program
- Successfully trained Japanese high school students in both English and leadership, with their levels of English ranging from no English to professional level English.
- Effectively introduced students to various personal development skills through dialogical learning, such as thinking positively, thinking about their identity in relation to their culture, individual and collective happiness, becoming leaders in their countries and communities, as well as how to accomplish their dreams and goals.
- Professionally carried out tasks in the following Japanese Junior and High Schools: Asano Junior & Senior High School, Todaijigakuen Junior and Senior High School, and Fukuoka University Ohori High School.
Group Leader and Student Teacher (Intern) for Japan Empowerment Program
- Successfully trained Japanese high school students in both English and leadership, with their levels of English ranging from no English to professional level English.
- Effectively introduced students to various personal development skills through dialogical learning, such as thinking positively, thinking about their identity in relation to their culture, individual and collective happiness, becoming leaders in their countries and communities, as well as how to accomplish their dreams and goals.
- Professionally carried out tasks in the following Japanese High Schools: Osaka Yuhigaoka Gakuen Junior College, Kumamoto Kenritsu Toryo High School, and Hyogo Prefectural Himeji Nishi High School.
Vice-Director, Senior Committee Member
- Successfully designed a 100+ high school juniors’ event to teach and promote leadership of all forms to local high school students.
- Effectively carried out over $10,000 in scholarships to well-rounded high school juniors who demonstrated leadership in UCLA’s feeder region throughout the entirety of the program.
- Resourcefully designed and successfully hosted a three-day long event where high school students learned about leadership, learned to work individually and with other individuals, learned how to present themselves in interviews, and learned how to showcase their skills. The final day of the event consisted of presenting scholarships and awards, as well as a trip to two students a year to Washington, D.C.
Miscellaneous Experience
- Academic Advisor – Cohort 2; College Access, Readiness and Success, Lawndale, CA | Jul 2019 – Jun 2021
- Lead College Literacy Advisor; College Access, Readiness and Success, Lawndale, CA | Jul 2019 – Jun 2021
- Gates Ambassador; Gates Foundation, Gardena, CA | Jul 2017 – Present
- School Counseling Intern; Leuzinger High School, Lawndale, CA | Nov 2020 – May 2021
- Substitute Teacher; Lawndale Elementary School District, Lawndale, CA | Dec 2018 – Jun 2021
- Substitute Teacher; Hawthorne School District, Hawthorne, CA | Sep 2018 – Jun 2021
- Substitute Teacher; Centinela Valley Union High School District, Lawndale, CA | Dec 2017 – Jun 2021
- AVID Tutor; Leuzinger High School, Lawndale, CA | Sep 2016 – Mar 2017
- Student Ambassador; Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Gardena, CA | Sep 2013 – Jun 2017
- Student Ambassador and Scholar; Gates Foundation, Gardena, CA | Sep 2013 – Jun 2016