Pre-Doctoral Practicum Trainee at The Jane Pauley Community Health Center (2024-01 – Present)
Supervisor: Dr. Sarah Adams-Detweiler, Ph.D., HSPP
- Gained experience working in an integrative care and community health center environment
- Continuing to develop clinical interviewing skills and conducting intake sessions
- Practical experience in administering and scoring cognitive, mood, personality, and neuropsychological assessment batteries: WAIS-IV, DKEFS, BAI, BDI, MMPI-3, ABAS-3, PCL-5, and Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)
- Continuing to develop skills in report writing and writing prior authorization forms for insurance
- Gaining practical experience in professional development through individual and group supervision
Intern at A.J.B. Counseling & Psychotherapy (2022-01 – 2023-12)
Supervisor: Adam Biec, M.A., LMHC
- Had weekly sessions with other interns, gaining practical experience in counseling and psychotherapy
- Gained experience working on a panic support line, supporting clients through panic attacks as an emotional support companion
Research Assistant at University of Indianapolis (2023-01 – 2024-12)
Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Stapleton, Ph.D., HSPP. Working in a collaborative team, currently working on a phenomenological study on Nepali immigrant youth and their experiences of racial discrimination in the United States and how they discuss these experiences
- Developing skills in semi structured interviewing, thematic coding, and phenomenological method
Research Assistant at University of Indianapolis (2022-01 – 2023-12)
Supervisor: Dr. Stephanie Rudd, Ph.D., LCSW, LCAC. Working with a collaborative team, developing a qualitative study on self-awareness as a first step towards critical consciousness and anti-oppression learning
- Conducted interviews with participants using Charmaz's grounded theory and co-constructed interviews
Volunteer and Organizer at Indianapolis Liberation Center (2021-01 – Present)
- Collaborated on creating campaigns to end police brutality, end gentrification and anti-homeless legislation, and anti-war/militarism both domestically and internationally
- Helped support union efforts, combat anti-trans and broader anti-LGBTQ legislation and supporting those who are incarcerated
- Gain and develop skills in public speaking, outreach, campaign coordination, graphic design, data entry, and organization, article and speech writing and office/retail management
- Conducted and assisted with implementing popular and political education events
- Assisted building collational and organizational relationships with other organizations in the city
Student Outreach Ambassador at IUPUI Office of International Affairs (2019-04 – 2020-05)
- Temporality oversaw professional social media messaging through content development, follower engagement and by leveraging research
- Handled 32 calls per month to address student & faculty inquiries and concerns
- Assisted and communicated with students with their interests in study abroad and consistently followed up with them to help them achieve their study abroad goals
- Participated in outreach functions to promote study abroad across the student body
Social Justice Scholar at IUPUI Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (2019-08 – 2021-05)
- Educated fellow students about strategies for promoting social change across campus
- Strengthened base and presented a united front in opposition to institutional issues
- Promoted programming and events to advance critical discussions around current social issues and current events
