CANDACE


EDUCATION
December 2011 (Expected graduation date) Our Lady of the Lake University; San Antonio, Texas
• Master of Social Work (CSWE- accredited)

May 2009 Our Lady of the Lake University; San Antonio, Texas
• Bachelor of Social Work
HONORS AND AWARDS
• Our Lady of the Lake University, Presidential Scholarship, 2005-2009
• Recipient of AmeriCorps Stipend for Service, 2006
• Alpha Chi Honor Society Inductee, 2006- 2009
• Court appointed- sworn in by judge, 2009

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Coordinator- Physical Activity Partnership for Girls Grant
Girls Scouts of Southwest Texas (GSSWT)
June 2009- current

Liaison representing the GSSWT with the Institute for Health Promotion Research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. This community- based participatory study focuses on childhood obesity prevention in Westside San Antonio girls.

• Responsible for supporting the implementation of two research projects focusing on obesity prevention and health promotion
• Assists in designing and implementing a plan for data collection and analysis
• Budget
• Organizer Community Retreat
• Recruitment and retention of study participants and troop leaders
• Collecting data and community outreach
• Allocating federal grant funds and preparing grant reports
• Reporting to meet federal guidelines
• Study participant recruitment







Project Coordinator- Go Girl Go !Grant
Girls Scouts of Southwest Texas
August 2007-May 2009

Program Specialist for a collaborative grant funded by the San Antonio Sports Foundation which focused on increasing physical activity and self esteem of economically disadvantaged youth ages 5-17 years old.

• Monitoring grant funds and preparing biannual grant reports
• Volunteer recruitment and training
• Created age appropriate curriculum and programs for participants
• Created in-school collaboration with Sidney Lanier High School and Tafolla Middle School
• Training college interns
• Created “Girl-talk,” A life- skills curriculum for at-risk youth girl scout participants

Child Advocate (Practicum Field Placement)
Child Advocates San Antonio
July 2009- December 2010
Court appointed advocate for children involved with the child welfare system, diagnosed with either a cognitive disability or mental illness. Utilized knowledge of social work models, techniques and theories to guide my understanding, assessment and recommendations for the clients served.

• Conducted process recordings with all involved parties
• Presented updates and recommendations on clients needs in Child Protective Services family group conferencing sessions
• Conducted needs assessments for each client
• Supervised child protective services visitations
• court reports

Academic Mentor
AmeriCorps- City Year
August 2006-August 2007
Served as an OLLUServes AmeriCorps member where I worked as a mentor to girls in kindergarten through fifth grade at J.T. Brackenridge Academy.

• Mentoring (K-5) at-risk youth
• Tutoring and homework help
• Curriculum planning and implementation

Case Manager
Homeless Shelter of Strafford County, NH
January 2003- May 2005
Weekend and overnight support staff for seasonal residential family shelter.

• Case management- conduct needs assessments, eco mapping
• Service referrals and followed up with clinents to ensure satisfaction with resources
• Creating and implementing Life skills & Parenting educational programs for parent and child residents
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND AFFILIATIONS
• Completed “ Data Collector & Anthropometry protocol Training”, UTHSCA, October 2010
• National Council of La Raza
• Back to school Health fair- Presenter Marketing
• Westside YMCA Health Fair Presenter
• Childhood Obestity Awareness Austin
• Trained In the Administration of “Group Survey, Interviewer Administered Self-Administered Physical Activity Checklist (SAPAC), Accelerometer distribution & retrieval (Actigraph GT3x), Group Survey (Demographics, Psychosocial, Media), Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (TANITA SC-331S), Cardiovascular Fitness-Modified Step Test & blood pressure administration”, UTHSCA, October 2010
• Completed “Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI) Program in the Protection of Human Subjects in Research”, UTHSCA, August 2010
• Completed “ Transitioning Youth Initiative (TYI) Assessment Tools Training”, CASA, October 2010
• Completed “Scott & White Life on the Home Front Training”, Laurel Ridge Treatment Center, October 2010
• Completed “ It’s Elementary: Talking about Gay Issues in School”, Cassey Family Network, September 2009
• Completed 33 hours of Court Appointed Special Advocate Training”, CASA San Antonio, July 2009
• Texas Conference For Women, 2008-2010