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PROFESSIONAL GOAL
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To empower people to help
themselves and organize for social justice.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of
Washington, D.C.
September 2010 to February 2022
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Parish Partners Program Manager from October 2015
to February 2022. Parish Regional Coordinator 2010-2015.
Volunteer Domestic Violence Outreach Team Coordinator February
2022 to present.
Managed staff and
interns developing parish social ministries on hunger,
homelessness, immigration and domestic violence.
Coordinated
client-centered domestic violence initiative with priest
advisory committee. Developed domestic violence presentations
and resource materials to train Catholic pastors and
parishioners how to better respond to families suffering
domestic abuse. Created outreach materials updated annually.
Editor of a Listen with Love: A Guide for Parishes on
Domestic Violence Outreach.
https://www.catholiccharitiesdc.org/familypeace/
Managed team
providing advocacy and case management for families, working
with clients toward greater stability and to accomplish client
goals.
2018-2020,
Appointed Faculty Associate with Catholics For Family Peace
Education and Research Initiative, National Catholic School of
Social Service, Consortium for Catholic Social Teaching, The
Catholic University of America.
Received "Catholic
Charities 2012 Outstanding Employee in the Outreach Department"
award.
Conducted
emergency assessments in Spanish and English for families in
crisis, including those experiencing domestic violence,
homelessness, eviction, utility disconnection.
Presented
volunteer training workshops to increase volunteer capacity in
parishes serving families in need.
Selected as member of Catholic Charities USA
Parish Social Ministry Leadership Team.
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Friends
Meeting of Washington
October 2009 to
September
2010
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Assistant Administrative Secretary for the Friends
Meeting of Washington. Coordinated staff and volunteer
activities. Managed the church website. Maintained church
membership and contribution database and directory. Assisted
event planning for members and outside groups.
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My Sister’s Place
October 2008 to
October 2009,
Washington, DC
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Family Advocate for
domestic violence shelter and transitional housing.
Provided
supportive listening, advocacy and referrals to clients in the
shelter and on the crisis hotline in Spanish and English.
Screened potential
clients for acceptance into the emergency shelter and
transitional housing programs.
Helped conduct
weekly support groups with adults.
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Immigrant Worker Project/St.
Joseph Catholic Church
2001 to Aug. 2008
Dover,
Ohio
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Community Organizer for
the Immigrant Worker Project and Pastoral Associate for Hispanic
Ministries for St. Joseph Catholic Church in Dover, Ohio.
Provided case
management and advocacy for immigrant Spanish-speaking domestic
violence survivors to access emergency, medical, legal and
social services. Coordinated a womenʼs
study group for survivors of domestic violence.
Taught English
classes for adult immigrants.
Organized
volunteer recruitment and training of Latino and American
volunteers and leaders.
Conducted
community outreach and organizing in the Latino community.
Translated for
elementary school with immigrant families.
Wrote grants and documented progress toward
funded programs.
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Ohio Citizen Action
1987 to 2001 Dover,
Ohio
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Research Director.
Wrote consumer and
environmental column printed weekly for 13 years in ten Ohio
newspapers including the Ashtabula Star Beacon and Hamilton
Journal News.
Prepared 15
database studies analyzing contributions to Ohio politicians
and compliance with campaign finance disclosure requirements.
Authored 10
database studies and reports concerning pollution, contaminants
and toxic accidents.
Conducted press
conferences, interviews with newspaper, radio and television
reporters.
Testified before
Ohio legislative committees. See
testimony
for H.B.119.
Coordinated 1999
legislative campaign culminating in passage of the Votersʼ
Right-to-Know Act.
Wrote grant proposals and reports. Published
Op-Ed articles.
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Appalachian Ohio Public Interest
Campaign
1982-1987 Athens, Ohio
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Director. Helped Appalachian Ohioans organize for
fair utility rates, protect farm land above longwall coal
mining, and reduce the use of pesticides. Wrote grant proposals
and received funding from Protestant, Appalachian and Campaign
for Human Development self-development funds.
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Transitions, Inc., Zanesville,
Ohio
1981-1982 Zanesville, Ohio
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Director of shelter for battered women.
Responsible for fundraising, supervising staff, community
outreach, monitoring facility.
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New York Public Interest Research
Group
1979-1981 Bronx, New York
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VISTA volunteer and supervisor of VISTA volunteers
helping residents of the North and Southeast Bronx to organize
to stop redlining and improve their communities.
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Covenant House, Under 21
Summer
1978 New York
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Staff in Catholic crisis center for runaway
children and prostitutes.
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Walsh College
Canton,
Ohio.
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Counseling and Human Development, one graduate
class in counseling. 2007
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Mount Holyoke College
South
Hadley, Massachusetts.
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Bachelor of arts degree in political science.
1974-76, 1977-78
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University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh,
Scotland
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Areas of concentration: British politics and
social administration system. 1976-1977
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