Curriculum Vitae

  • Family Therapist, Sandstone Care. Alexandria, VA (04.2024 – Present)

    The Family Therapist is supervised by the Program Director to implement and manage multi-family group for Intensive Outpatient programs and offer individual family sessions and parent consultations across three tiers of outpatient care. The Outpatient Family Therapist coordinates the treatment of families that are aligned with the clients primary treatment goals to employ evidence-based treatment modalities for clients struggling with mental health or a dual diagnosis. This role conducts trauma-informed experiential family sessions, multi-family group and individual family sessions at the outpatient center. Family therapist collaborates with the primary therapists in treatment formulation, bio-psycho-social assessment, symptom progress tracking, discharge planning, liaison care coordination and utilization review.

    Outpatient Therapist, NCG, Northern Virginia (04.2024 – Present)

    Under the general direction of the Site Director and primary oversight of an assigned Clinical Supervisor, the Outpatient Therapist provides individual, family, and group therapy for clients three years of age and older. The therapist will work with clients and families/natural supports to assess their strengths and needs, determine the type(s) of treatment modalities needed, and then provide those services directly. Duties include providing initial and ongoing clinical assessment, psycho-education about mental health diagnoses and treatment, maintaining oversight of services provided within and outside NCG, and develop & evaluate the individual service plans with the client and family to ensure that services being delivered are appropriate to the needs of the client and family/natural supports.

    Multisystemic Therapist. NCG, Northern Virginia (08.2023 – 03.2024)

    Post-graduate residency program. Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is an evidence-based intensive in-home family service and comprehensive treatment program designed to serve 11- to 17-year-old, multi-problem youth in their community at risk of escalating to a higher level of care due to disruptive behaviors or substance use. Multisystemic therapy works within the youth's ecology and family system to reinforce change behaviors.

    Group Facilitator. Social Services University of Chicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey, IL (06.2022 – 08.2023)

    Contracted through allied health partner Synergy Behavioral Health, the Psychiatry Inpatient Group Facilitator provides group sessions for all adult patients. As a treatment team member, the Group Facilitator works collaboratively with the treatment team and documents progress toward individualized treatment plan goals through group session notes. The Group Facilitator assists patients in meeting their bio-psycho-social needs through the administration of art-based group sessions, psychoeducation workshops on psychotropic medication, wellness, and skill training.

    Psychodynamic Therapist. The Kedzie Center. Chicago, IL (08.2022 – 05.2023)

    Clinical Internship with emphasis on psychodynamic community health for adolescents and young adults. Complete assessment and design individualized treatment plans: complete training requirements and case presentations. Participate in therapy team clinical consult with staff. Develop integrative art training for staff and provide psychoeducation and consultation.

    Child and Family Therapist. Children's Research Triangle. Chicago, IL (08.2021 – 06.2022)

    Clinical internship with emphasis on psychodynamic approaches for children and parents. Complete assessment and design individualized treatment plan. Manage a caseload of 10 clients. Complete specialized training on counseling approaches and case presentations. Present in therapy team clinical consult for staff.

  • Sensory, Motor, Arousal, and Regulation Therapy (01-03.2022)

    TF-CBT Training (05.2023, two day)

    Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in Schools (12.17.2021)

    TF-CBT Consultation Call (02.2024 to 07.2024)

    Personality and Pathology of the Self (03-04.2024)

    Dialectical Behavioral Therapy & Mindfulness Certification (expected, Sep 2024)

    TF- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Certification (expected, Nov 2024)

  • Research Assistant. Chicago Arts Partnership in Education. Chicago, IL (03.2022 – 08.2022)

    Independent Contract for STEAM Ahead Research in Park-Forest Heights School District. Conduct classroom observations. Conduct student interviews Support data entry, merger, scoring, and analysis. Support skill-sharing and curriculum design during professional development for teaching partners. Meet with Principal Investigator and Research Program Coordinator.

    Community Practice Research Assistant. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL (08.2021– 09.2022)

    Community care & social practice. Support participatory community-based research and research related to community projects. Organize and prep materials for an NEA grant application. Edit and prepare materials for publication. Assist faculty with the dissemination of information and outcomes of community projects.

  • 2021 Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Department of Art Therapy & Counseling (course: MA Thesis Writing Fall 2021, Spring 2022; MA Thesis Writing Editor, workshop on APA style guide)


    2021 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (courses: Introduction to Photography, Fall 2021, Spring 2021 Contemporary Practice Art History Integrated, Summer 2021, Contemporary Practices Core Studio Practice Intensive, Spring 2021, and Sophomore Seminar: Between Inquiry and Object, Spring 2021)

  • 2023 “Art Therapy with Adult Populations,” The Kedzie Center, Chicago, IL. January 18.

    2022 Sophomore Seminar Lecture, “Critical Method: Focus-Oriented Reflexivity,” School of the Art Institute of Chicago, February 14.

    2021 Sophomore Seminar Lecture, “Artist Practice: Between Object & Inquiry,” School of the Art Institute of Chicago, March, 11.

    2021 Contemporary Practice Presentation, “Intersectional Reflexivity,” School of the Art Institute of Chicago, July, 22.

  • 2023 Ox-Bow Merit Scholarship, Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency, Saugatuck, MI

    2023 T    uesday Art & Travel, Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

    2022 John & Eunice Johnson Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

    2021 Leo Bramson Memorial Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

    2021 Ob Buermann Daost Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

    2020 New Artist Society Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

    2019 Individual Artists Program Grant, City of Chicago Department of Culture and Arts, Chicago IL

  • 2017 Pro Publica Illinois Reporting Fellowship (Finalist)

    2016 National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship

    2013 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (Honorable Mention)

    2012 Walter and Helen Hall Long-Paper Prize, Rice University Department of Sociology

    2012 Departmental Honors, Rice University Department of Sociology

    2011 Hilda and Hershel Rich Family Endowment Student Community Service Grant, Rice University Center for Civic Engagement

    2011 Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Science Leadership Alliance Mellon Mays Fellowship

    2010 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF), The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

    2009 Dunlevie Summer Writing Fellowship, Rice University School of Humanities

  • 2023 “Community Care - A Black Feminist Ecological Approach to Care,” co-presenter, SXSW, Austin, TX, March 9.

    2013 “Redistribution in the Face of Diversity.” Poster at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 12.

    2012 “Torn By Diversity: Social Welfare and Racial-Ethnic Diversity.” Department of Sociology Senior Honors Defense, Rice University, Houston, TX, April 5.

    2011 “Redistribution in the Face of Diversity.” The Mellon Mays Southeastern Regional Conference, Duke University, Durham, NC, November 12.

    2010 “Finding Service in the Fifth Ward.” The Mellon Mays Southeastern Regional Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 21.

  • 2023 Justice for Families Toolkit, SAIC Center of Engagement [forthcoming]

    2023 From Reality and Back: In Search of a Postcolonial Method [SAIC Thesis Repository]

    2015 Why Does Ethnic Racial Diversity Undermine Public Good Provision [University of Chicago MA Thesis]

    2012 Redistribution in the Face of Diversity [Rice University Honors Thesis, Walter and Helen Long Paper Prize]

    Peer Review

    2023 AMA Journal of Ethics Reviewer, Embracing Emancipatory Pedagogy in Medical Education

  • 2023 MAATC Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Galleries, Chicago, IL.

    2020 Individual Exhibition/Screening, Ir(regular) Memory, Onion City Experimental Film Festival, Immaterial Girls Showcase, Chicago, IL.

    2020 Open Television Showcase, Conspiracy Theorist, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL.

    2019 Rio Web Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    2019 Screening, Conspiracy Theorist, Avant Edge Film Festival, Chicago, IL.

    2019 Open Television Showcase, Conspiracy Theorist, Cinema 53, Gray Center for Arts & Inquiry Silver Room Block Party Film Festival, Chicago, IL.

    2019 Screening, Conspiracy Theorist, Open Television Presents, Reunion, Chicago, IL.

    2019 Screening/Exhibition, Conspiracy Theorist, Comfort Station, Chicago, IL.

  • Northwestern Library Mitchell Multimedia Center

  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago Office of Civic Engagement (Editor)

    Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (Research & Data Management)

    Open Television (Communications and Marketing Public Relations)

    HerStory (Photography, Videography, & Documentation)

    University of Chicago Black Youth Project x Chicago Public Schools Collegiate Summer Program (Collegiate Summer Instructor)

    Quad Communities Development Corporation (After School Matters Instructor)

    University of Chicago Black Youth Project (Collegiate Summer Instructor)