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Saint Joseph School for the Blind            July 2022-Present.                  Jersey City 

Art specialist for Pre-K, Middle school, and High school students. 

 

Peace Care St.Anns & St.Josephs          September 2016 – Present    Jersey City 

Former Activities Coordinator/Current Creative Arts Services

Develops Bi-monthly Art Experiential for senior citizens and adults with Neurodiversity

  

SVA Theater                                               November 2021-Present.      New York, NY

House Manager/Freelance 

 

Mana Museum of Contemporary Art          March 2021 - Present            Jersey City 

Museum docent/Freelance 

 

Wine and Design Sip and paint                 November 2021 -2025         

Weehawken   

Teaching Artist/Freelance

 

The School of Visual Arts                           July 2021-2023                   

New York, NY               

Pre-College Emergency Escort Coordinator, Summer Program

 

Lower East Side Tenement Museum         August 2016 - March 2020     New York, NY 

Assistant building tours, special events, and programs at the tenement museum.

 

585 Studios Summer Art Camp                 July 2019-2020 

Jersey City NJ               

Summer teaching position. 

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Ethical Community Charter School            November 2018 -2019         

Jersey City, NJ    

Art Educator/Teachers Aide

Co-Teach Kindergarten-8th grade with lead Art Teacher.

 

Education :

 

Master of Professional Studies in Art Therapy

Fall 2020 – 2024            

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

 

Bachelor of Arts in Art Therapy / Art Education Certification 

Fall 2017 – Fall 2019      

New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ 

 

Associate in Social Sciences -Psychology

Spring 2014 - Fall 2016  

Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ 

 

Certifications :

 

National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners - 

Certified Dementia Practitioner ID: 250992

 

Substitute Teaching License  - Jersey City Board of Education

Licensed to Substitute Teach in Jersey City Public Schools

 

MEPAP 1 & 2 -Activities Director License (ADC 301711)

Activities Director certification Through NCCAP

for Adult medical daycare and Nursing homes 

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Experience :

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2021

Andco Healing Arts Workshops

Coping with creativity, Art workshops for Jersey City community 

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Newport Mall Mural, "Ode to Jersey City" 

2nd Floor near Khols 

 

Jersey City Parks Coalition Teaching Artist 

Arts programming for Jersey City park events and Farmers Market

 

Art Therapy intern— Erasmus Hall High School, YDC in Brooklyn 

Counseling in schools, Social services organizations in New York City

 

Geraldine Neuwirth- Studio Assistant— Jersey City, NJ 

Personal assistant to artist  

 

Solidarity & Mutual Aid JC — Jersey City, NJ 

Resistance Network built in response to COVID-19  

Facilitator of people's programming in response to COVID-19 outbreak. 

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Facilitates weekly healing circle via Zoom with art workshops & meditation. 

 

Borimix Art Show , Teatro LATEA New York, NY

Mural project for Borimix Festival - a month-long city-wide festival of Puerto Rican Artists working in film, theater, dance, music, and the visual arts.

 

Ceramic Program - Peace Care Adult Medical Daycare

Jersey City, NJ.

Clients participated in hand-building coil pots and clay carving. 

 

Relay for Life- Rotary Club of Jersey City Fundraiser 

New Jersey City University.  Facilitated on-site mural project  

 

New Heights Art Supply

Jersey City, NJ.                 Instructed weekly sip & paint classes 

 

Mommies Heart to Heart Fundraiser,                                                       Hackensack Children's Hospital 

 Provided children's creative arts activities for the event 

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Special Projects, Art Therapy Graduate Program  :

 

Counseling in Schools -  September 2021- June 2022

 

High School Counselor / Working with Art Therapist Amanda Smith

YDC High School Erasmus, 911 Flatbush Brooklyn NY

 

NEW for Women - February  20th, 2021 

Art Therapy for Non -traditional employment for Women- cultural experiential 

 

Mountainside Chelsea - February 17th, 2021 

Art Therapy for an Alcohol and drug rehabilitation program

 

Gilda’s Club - Fridays, February, 12, 19, 26, and March 12, 19, 26 2021

Art Therapy sessions for Individuals or family members with cancer. 

 

The Mural Project  - 14 sessions, Fridays, January 22, 2021- April 30, 2021, via Zoom.

1.5 hours per week of direct client contact, plus supervision.

program: https://www.artisticnoise.org/our-programs

 

RSU- Riga Stradius University – Latvia, Friday’s January 2021- March 2021

Art Therapy with Medical Students from Latvia.   

 

 

NYLAG – NY Legal Assistance Group - October 20th & 21st, 2020

Stress relief art experiential for legal assistance staff, and clients who have experienced domestic violence.

 

Bellevue Hospital – Tuesday, October 13, 1-2 pm, Stress relief for Creative Arts Therapists