Founder of Across Five Systems, an NYC operations and policy consultancy for nonprofits and therapy practices. Nine years in harm reduction, crisis intervention, research partnerships, and coalition advocacy. Completing an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.
I’ve spent nine years working with people who use drugs, people in the sex trade, and survivors of trauma and sexual violence. I’ve done the direct work, like outreach and crisis care, and the behind-the-scenes work of building partnerships, writing grants, and organizing policy coalitions.
I’ve built research partnerships with the University of Illinois Chicago, Rush University Medical Center, and the City of Chicago, raised over $250,000 in grants, and written confidentiality protocols everywhere I’ve worked. Now I use that experience to help nonprofits and therapy practices in New York through Across Five Systems.
I want to support criminalized communities both as a clinician and as an advocate for the policies and legal systems that affect their care.
Completing an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and pursuing LMHC licensure in New York. Seeking clinical supervision with a focus on criminalized communities and trauma survivors.
Studying for the LSAT, with law school on a flexible timeline. I want to focus on policy and privacy protections for the communities I work with as a clinician.
Secured funding for and led a consent and body-safety campaign, building relationships with Lollapalooza, Riot Fest, and local venues to bring harm reduction and consent education into nightlife spaces.
Planned courseworkAdvanced legal and ethical issues · Psychopharmacology · Substance use
Clinical & communityAbnormal Psychology · Community Psychology · Health Psychology · Physiological Psychology
Research & measurementResearch Methods I–III · Statistics I–II · Introduction to Psychological Measurement
Ethics & societyCritical Thinking · What Is Freedom? · Contemporary Moral Issues · Multiculturalism in the U.S.
A nonprofit where separate clinical and legal teams work with the same clients, so people can get mental health care and legal help in one place.
Facilitated community wellness programming, including meditation, art exhibitions, music showcases, and trauma-informed yoga, and provided confidential restorative justice mediation for survivors of sexual violence seeking alternatives to law enforcement reporting.
Provided educational support and behavioral intervention assistance to children with neurodevelopmental and behavioral support needs, using individualized, trauma-informed learning strategies.
I was born and raised in the Chicagoland area and lived in the city for over 20 years. Growing up there, I saw up close how systemic inequity shapes people’s lives, so I have lived experience in proximity to the communities I serve. I was lucky to have a good education growing up, and I’m thankful to be in graduate school now. I’ve always been a bookworm, and I’ve always leaned toward anti-carceral justice.
I’m interested in building a creative, beautiful life and staying open to new ideas that inform my art, my work, and how I live. I want to be well-rounded, healthy, and mindful, and to keep showing up as an advocate for justice.
Open to clinical supervision placements serving criminalized and justice-involved populations, consulting engagements through Across Five Systems, and policy and advocacy roles.
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Some project and role details above are limited by confidentiality agreements and research protocols with current and former employers, and cannot be fully disclosed.