Nina Griggs

Providing client-centered and trauma-informed support to youth experiencing homelessness, substance use and mental health challenges. Assessing individual needs, collaborative goal-planning and connecting youth with appropriate resources to promote independence and resilience. Maintaining youth safety using non-violent crisis prevention and intervention strategies, providing harm reduction supplies, and delivering on-site first aid when required.

Youth Worker - Directions Youth Services - Vancouver, CA

(2025-02)

• Providing client-centered and trauma-informed support to youth experiencing homelessness, substance use and mental health challenges.
• Assessing individual needs, collaborative goal-planning and connecting youth with appropriate resources to promote independence and resilience.
• Maintaining youth safety using non-violent crisis prevention and intervention strategies, providing harm reduction supplies, and delivering on-site first aid when required.

Research Assistant - Aelysia - Bristol, UK

(2025-02)

• Collaborating with academic institutions and companies on biological research and connectomics projects as a remote independent contractor.
• Notable work includes collaborating with Harvard Medical School to contribute to the Brain and Nerve Cord (BANC) Project.

Project Assistant - Heinze Lab - Lund, Sweden

(2023-02 - 2025-01)

• Proofreading neuron segmentation using the Flywire software to support researchers in assembling a connectome of Megalopta Genalis at Lund University.

Lab Manager | Research Assistant - UBC Social Cognitive Development Lab - Vancouver, CA

(2021-05 - 2022-06)

• Managing staff and projects at a developmental psychology research lab and its public community outreach counterpart at Science World.
• Training and collaborating with staff on research design and in recruiting and conducting research activities with families and young children.
• Communicating research goals and design clearly and concisely to research participants.

Out of School Care Leader | Sports Programmer - SPG Out of School Care Society - Vancouver, CA

(2017-09 - 2021-09)

• Fostering supportive, long-standing, professional relationships with children and parents.
• Planning and facilitating age-appropriate educational and physical activities for school-aged children.
• Responding effectively to behavioural and emotional challenges and facilitating conflict resolution.

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, Minor in Scandinavian Studies - University of British Columbia (2017-09 - 2022-05)