Education 

9/11-12/12     Brooklyn College (CUNY) ​     GPA: 3.9

                       Degree:  Masters in Education Leadership      Date of Graduation: December 2012

9/95-5/97      Hunter College School of Social Work (CUNY)

                         Degree:  Masters of Social Work:       Casework Concentration       Graduated with Honors

                         Certifications:    CSW: 12/98           CSW-R: 10/2003                    LCSW: 9/2004

9/93-6/95       John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)      Honors: Summa Cum Laude

                           Degree: BA in Deviant Behavior and Social Control      Minor: Sociology       GPA: 3.72

9/89-6/93      NYC College of Technology (CUNY)

                          Degree: Associates in Human Services

• Certified Social Worker :   1998
• NABSW African Centered Social Work Certificate:  2000
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-R):  2004
• NYS Department of Education Permanent School Social Worker Certificate: 2006
• NYS Department of Education School Building Leader Certificate :2013

• Certified Clinical Trauma Professional:  2017
  

• Eating Disorder Intuitive Therapy (EDIT Certified): 2017
• Cornell University Certificate In Therapeutic Crisis Intervention : 2018
• Certificate in Restorative Practices facilitator and Trainer Tier 1, 2, 3 : 2018
• Provisional SBL Certificate: 2013        Permanent  SBL Certificate:   2021

• Jewish Board of Family and Children Services 1997-2000:  Martha K. Selig Educational Institute:  Assessment and Treatment Planning, Expressive Therapies, Brief Therapy (Solution Focused and Narrative Approach), Advanced Group Therapy, Engaging the Addicted Client, Developmental Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Psychopharmacology, Suicide Assessment.
  
• African Centered Social Work, NABSW Consortium 2000
• Therapeutic Crisis Intervention 2000
• Grief Counseling & Clinical Practice 2001
• City College: Non Profit Management & Leadership Certificate Program 2004- 2006
• Harvard Medical School, Mental Health in Schools 2014
  
• Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy (Trauma Focused Therapy) 2015

• Ackerman Institute Trainings: 2015

  Addressing Community Trauma

  Ambiguous Loss and the Myth of Closure

  The challenge of Adolescent Attachment

• Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute 2017-Present
  

• Managing Stress and Trauma Recovery (NYC DOE & Harvard Med. School) 2020

• Restorative Justice Training Tier I: Community Building 2016, 2018
• 4R’s Curriculum Grades k-5 & Restore 360 Curriculum grades 6-12
• Restorative Justice Training Tier II & III : 2018
• Repairing the Harm & Re-entry Circles
• Restorative Justice Train the Trainer for Tier I, II, III 2018, 2020
• Restorative Practices and Racial Equity (Remote online) 2021

• Introduction to Basic Restorative Practices 2018
• Restorative Leadership 2019

Ramapo 2020

• Train the Trainer: Repairing Harm Advanced Formal Conferencing

Restorative Solutions, Inc.

• Restorative Mediation and Conferencing 2019
• Activate Implementation and Evaluation 2020
• Introduction to Restorative Practices for School Communities 2020
• Restorative Practices train the trainer 2020

Restorative Justice on the Rise

• Restorative Practitioner Summer Training series 2019
• Building Community with/Eric Butler training series 2020

Hidden Waters, Inc Restorative Practices Certification

• Advanced Circle Keeping Skills 2019
• Mastery Circle Keeping Skills with with Kay Pranis 2020

• Conversations About Race
• Implicit Bias

Robin Hood Foundation: Nutz & Bults of Non Profit Management 2004

NYC Department of Education Trainings: 2005-

• Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention 
• Resource Room Condom Distribution Program, Health 101: High School
• Curriculum, Crisis intervention, Mental Health in Schools, 
• NYS Common Core Learning Standards
• Overcoming Obstacles, Mckinney-Vento Services for homeless youth,
• Building Crisis Response Team, 
• Youth and Trauma, 
• ATS, Planning Interviews, SESIS/IEP compliance
• Cultural Relevant Pedagogy,
• Conversations about Race, Implicit Bias. 
• Therapeutic Crisis Intervention In Schools
• Mental Health First Aid
• Violence Prevention and Intervention 2005