I am a bilingual behavioral health and human services professional with more than 10 years of experience supporting children, adolescents, adults, and families across behavioral health, residential treatment, education, youth services, and community-based settings.

My professional experience has increasingly focused on mental health and behavioral health support, including working with individuals experiencing emotional, behavioral, developmental, and mental health challenges. My background includes residential treatment and inpatient behavioral health settings, where I have provided direct behavioral support, therapeutic communication, crisis intervention, de-escalation, patient observation, safety monitoring, psychoeducation, documentation, and collaboration with multidisciplinary treatment teams.

I have experience supporting individuals during periods of emotional and behavioral difficulty while maintaining a safe, structured, and respectful environment. I believe effective behavioral health support begins with building trust, understanding the individual behind the behavior, communicating clearly, and helping people develop practical skills they can use in their everyday lives.

My experience also includes facilitating psychoeducation and life-skills activities, providing behavioral support, mentoring youth, assisting individuals with daily functioning, and helping clients develop coping, communication, problem-solving, and independent-living skills. I approach this work from a trauma-informed, person-centered, and strengths-based perspective, with an emphasis on practical strategies and meaningful progress.

I am certified in the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) and Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA). These assessment tools are used in behavioral health settings to help identify strengths, needs, functional challenges, and appropriate supports for children, adolescents, and adults.

For more than eight years, I worked with immigrant and refugee youth in programs supported by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). During this time, I provided ESL instruction, Civics education, digital literacy, life-skills development, behavioral support, mentorship, and guidance to young people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. This experience strengthened my ability to establish rapport, communicate across cultural differences, and support individuals experiencing significant transitions and challenges.

I am fluent in English and Spanish and have extensive experience working with individuals from diverse cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. I value culturally responsive care and recognize that each person's experiences, strengths, environment, and support system can influence their behavioral health and overall well-being.

My educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies with a Minor in Psychology from the University of Maine at Presque Isle, an Associate of Applied Science from Pierpont Community & Technical College, and additional technical training. My education in psychology, combined with my hands-on experience in behavioral health, residential treatment, education, and human services, provides me with a broad foundation for supporting individuals and families.

I am passionate about mental health and committed to helping individuals build practical skills, strengthen coping strategies, navigate challenges, access appropriate resources, develop greater independence, and work toward stability and improved well-being.