Major: Speech and Hearing Science
Minor: Spanish and Chicano Studies
Current Job Title: Director of Programs
Organization: National Student Partnerships
Brief description of your job:
Director of Programs: Responsible for the field operations of 15 Local Offices in 10 states measured by a high
quality of client service and volunteer experience, manages national
partnerships, supervises a program team of 3 permanent staff and 19 AmeriCorps
members, designs data collection, analysis, and performance measurement systems.
Other job titles you have held:
Regional
Director‑ National Student Partnerships
AmeriCorps
Promise Fellow‑ Youth Service America
World Service
Worker‑ YMCA of the USA and
YMCA of Mexico
Youth works
AmeriCorps Member‑ City of Lakes AmeriCorps, Mpls.
How have you found these positions?
Friends,
organizational affiliation, University
of MN YMCA, idealist.org
What skills from your degree do you use in your current work?
Cultural
studies and context are an extremely important component of my work. I use my Spanish a lot in my everyday life.
What advice do you have for current students?
Find your
passion, but feed your mind. I volunteered on campus for the University YMCA
for 4 years and am still involved on a local and national level. A lot of doors were opened for me because I
was involved in my community outside of my academic work.
