Monica A.

Advocate for children affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder and their parents and caretakers. Develop material that bring awareness to ASD and the traits of the condition. Cultivate skills and social abilities to enable those affected by ASD to achieve optimum development based on their ability. Challenge and inspire parents to increase their knowledge and understanding of the educational rights and needs of their children. Encourage positive thinking and parenting to create a healthy environment in the home, school, and other social settings for children with ASD.

Mentor individuals by fostering a spiritual relationship with God that inspires a healthy well-being. Craft educational material and presentation displays for outreach and individual needs based on research that is also guided by Scripture. Assist individuals in creating personal, developmental, and purpose oriented goals. Acting accountability partner to individuals to help them make better life choices. Encourage healthy routines, practices, and lifestyles that promote positive thinking. Facilitate family and group retreats to encourage spiritual development, self-awareness, and self-development.

Direct educational support for undergraduate college students with learning disabilities to achieve academic success. Assisted in developing consistent study and organizational skills to create self-efficacy in each student. Challenged and motivated students to sharpen their knowledge, comprehension skills, and understanding to navigate through society. Taught students different learning techniques to help comprehend reading and math equations. Completed daily/weekly field notes detailing activities, requests from students and assistance provided to students. Supervised individual educational goals and help each student stay on task. Established organization of learning resources and create a learning environment conducive to healthy studying.

Provided education opportunities to low income families in nutrition education and wellness using research based curriculum and teaching methods. Coordinate with local agencies to provide educational opportunities to teach in a group setting. Recruit adult and pregnant school age participants for programming. Collect required federal pre/post data and records from participants and volunteers. Document and submit federal records and reports to meet federal impact and outcome goals. Organized and facilitated public events and meetings. Recruited local, state, and federal nonprofit agencies, child care providers to provide educational opportunities for their community. Collaborate with local agencies, commissioners, councilmen and local board members to assist with securing program resources and funds. Participated in lifelong learning and professional development by attending trainings and continuing education courses. Enhanced program visibility through marketing and communicating program impacts to local stakeholders. Recruited, trained and utilized volunteers to assist in program marketing, data collection and program delivery.