Program Director at Friends for Youth, Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area
Program Director at Friends for Youth, Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
May 2001 — Present (7 years 6 months)
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Performing Arts industry)
June 2008 — August 2008 (3 months)
Guidance Counselor for the UC Berkeley/Cal Performances AileyCamp, the nationally acclaimed 6-week youth program conceived by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and locally administrated by Cal Performances.
Founded by Alvin Ailey and the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey in 1989, AileyCamp serves middle school students, ages 11-14, from the Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond and Albany Unified School districts. Curriculum includes daily technique classes in ballet, Horton-based modern dance, jazz, and West African dance. Classes in techniques of performance, creative communications, and personal development deepen the students' awareness of their potential for self-expression.
AileyCamp is not a training ground for professional dancers but, instead, uses dance as a vehicle for developing self-esteem, self-discipline, creative expression and critical thinking skills among underserved 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students.
M.A.A.T., Art Therapy, 1997 — 1999
B.A., Visual Art, 1987 — 1991
Northern California Art Therapy Association
American Art Therapy Association
California Coalition for Counselor Licensure
Mentoring Coalition of San Mateo County
Association of Mentoring Professionals