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Non-Profit Consulting
College & Career Counseling
Workshops/Papers/ Presentations
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EDUCATION
1993 |
University of California at Berkeley
Ed.D. Educational Administration and Nonprofit Management
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1987 |
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Ed.M. Administration, Planning and Social Policy
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1975 |
Goddard College
M.A. Spanish and Women’s Studies
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1974 |
Roger Williams College/University Without Walls
B.A. Spanish and Women’s Studies
Certification, Spanish-Secondary Level
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1974 |
C.A.L.E. Language Institute, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Immersion Course (240 hours) for instructors of intensive Spanish
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AWARDS
2011 |
PNACAC (Pacific Northwest Association for College Admission Counseling)
“Sister Shawn Marie Barry Distinguished Service to Youth Award”, for “outstanding and faithful service to youth.”
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2009 |
“Counselors That Change Lives” award (from Colleges That Change Lives)
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2007 |
Ashoka Foundation Fellow Finalist
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2005 |
Recipient of NACAC’s (National Association for College Admission Counseling) annual “Human Relations Award,”
given to the individual who is ”instrumental in making postsecondary educational opportunities available to historically underrepresented students.”
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1993 |
John B. Muir Writing Award of the National Association for College Admission
Is Our Current Financial Aid Delivery System Failing to Meet the Needs of Low-Income Families
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EMPLOYMENT
2015 |
Co-organizer: Lilith 400: Young Leaders Program a program for emerging female leaders enrolled in Grades 10, 11, or 12.
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1996 present |
Consultant in university, graduate school, career and financial aid counseling
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1977 present |
Consultant to schools and nonprofit organizations
Expertise in:
- College/University Counselling
- Organizational Assessment
- Program Evaluation
- Strategic Planning
- Board Development
- Collaborative Ventures
- Critiquing of Grant Proposals
- Start-Up Organizations
- Marketing Audits
- Specialty Areas: Education, Environment, Sustainable Communities,
Health, Youth, Women, Hispanic, Native American/First Nations,
especially Recruitment and Retention of Native American students.
Clients include:
United States:
- Phillips Academy, Andover
- The Hotchkiss School
- Macalester College
- Grinnell College
- Santa Fe and New Mexico Community Foundations
- LightHawk
- Coffee Kids
- New Mexico Environmental Law Center
- SIPI (Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute)
- Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Talent Search
- Yavapai-Apache Education Office
- Seeds of Change
- AISES (American Indian Science & Engineering Society)
- New Mexico Community Development Loan Fund
- The 13th Regional Corporation An Alaska Native Corporation
- Desert Academy
- Wasatch Academy
- Hawaii Department of Education
- Assistance League of Albuquerque
Canada:
- BC Ministry of Advanced Education (Evaluation of Aboriginal Training for Employment Program (ATEP)
- Rundle College (AB)
- Webber Academy (AB)
- Lester B. Pearson College, United World College of the Pacific (BC)
- University of Victoria (BC)
- Fraser Academy (Vancouver, BC)
- Mulgrave School (West Vancouver, BC)
- Stratford Hall School (Vancouver, BC)
- Southridge School (Surrey, BC)
- Crofton House (Vancouver, BC)
- Bishop Strachan School (Toronto, ON)
- Vancouver Whitecaps Soccer Showcase (Girls, Grades 911)
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2011 2012 |
Director of University Counselling, St. Michaels University School, Victoria, BC
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2007 2011 |
College Counselor for the Simon Family Foundation Scholars (New Mexico)
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1997 2010 |
Founder, Executive Director, Assistant Director (200910) College Horizons
Pre-college program for Native American students
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2003 2009 |
Founder and Director Graduate Horizons
Pre-graduate school program for Native Americans
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2001 2003 |
College Counselor (part-time) Desert Academy, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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1996 2000 |
Native American Preparatory School (part-time)
Consultant (19982000)
Director of College and Career Counseling (19961999)
Director of Admission and Financial Aid (19961998)
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1994 1996 |
Hawaii Preparatory Academy
Director of Admission and Financial Aid
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1993 1994 |
The Gila International Center of Diversity (nonprofit arm of Seeds of Change)
Executive Director
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1992 1994 |
Founding Executive Director Southwest College Horizons
a nonprofit organization to help rural low income students go on to college
Founding Executive Director and creator of the Earth Bridge Project
a pre-college, intercultural environmental leadership program for low-income rural youth
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1987 1990 |
Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Director of College Counseling & Teacher of Senior Humanities
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1987 |
A Better Chance, Boston, Massachusetts
Researcher and Program Assistant
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1986 1987 |
Harvard College Admissions Office
Interviewer and staff member
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1977 1986 |
Verde Valley School, Sedona, Arizona
Director of ESL program
College Counselor
Director of Admission and Financial Aid
Assistant Director, Mexico Field Trip Program
Coordinator, Minority Students
Faculty Representative, Board of Trustees
Teacher of Spanish, French, and E.S.L.
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1977 1978 |
Coconino County Public Schools, Flagstaff, Arizona
Founder and Coordinator, Sedona Community Schools Program
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1976 1978 |
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Instructor, Spanish Immersion Program
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1976 1978 |
Yavapai Community College, Clarkdale, Arizona
Instructor, Spanish and French
Instructor and designer of course on Women in Literature
Faculty Representative, College Senate
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1975 1977 |
Yavapai-Apache Tribal Education Program, Middle Verde, Arizona
Coordinator/Instructor E.S.L. and G.E.D. Preparation Programs
Instructor, Native American Literature and Culture
Author of annual grant proposals & Program Evaluator
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1973 1974 |
South End Neighborhood Alliance, Boston, Massachusetts
Instructor of E.S.L. in the Adult Education Program
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1971 |
Chan Kom, Yucatan, Mexico
Teacher of E.S.L. and Spanish in a Mayan village
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES
1986 present |
Presenter for national and regional conferences including:
- Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS)
- National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
- The College Board
- Overseas Association for College Admission Counseling (OACAC)
- Pacific Northwest Association for College Admission Counseling (PNACAC)
- Rocky Mountain Association for College Admission Counseling (RMACAC)
- Montana Post Secondary Education Opportunities Council (MPSEOC)
- Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA)
- Higher Education Consultants Association (HECA)
- Secondary School Admission Test Board (SSATB)
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
- National Indian Education Association (NIEA)
- Society for the Advancement of Chicano/Latino and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
- Recruitment and Retention of Native American Students to College (RETAIN)
- Gifted and Talented Education for Native People
- Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE)
- National College Access Network (NCAN)
- The Bioneers
Topics include:
- Canadian Universities vs. U.S.: Advantages and Disadvantages
- Student Financial Aid
- Selective College/University Admissions
- Pre-College and Graduate School for Native and Low Income students
- Recruitment and Retention of Native American Students
- Intercultural Communication: Building Ally Relationships
- The Earth Bridge Project: An Intercultural Environmental Leadership Program
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1989 1990 |
Council for Advancement and Support of Education
Commission on Student Recruitment and Retention
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1989 1990 |
National Association of College Admission Counselors
Admissions Practices Committee
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1989 |
Western Regional College Board
Faculty Member, Summer Admissions Institute
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1988 |
Rocky Mountain Association of College and Admissions Counselors
Organizer of Annual Meeting: “The Multicultural Perspective”
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1986 & 1987 |
National Association of Independent Schools
Faculty Member, Summer Financial Aid Workshops
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WRITING
2014 |
International Eye: International Student Flow To and From Canada.
National Association for College Admission Counseling Journal, Summer
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2001 |
Native American Students A Counselor’s Perspective.
Journal of College Admission. Spring 2001.
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1994 2001 |
Contributor and Founding Editor: Annual College Guide for American Indians.
Winds of Change Magazine. American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
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1993 |
Is Our Current Financial Aid Delivery System Failing to Meet the Needs of Low-Income Families? National Association for College Admission Counseling, in Achieving Diversity: Strategies for the Recruitment and Retention of Traditionally Underrepresented Students.
Recipient of the John B. Muir Writing Award.
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1992 |
Access or Deterrence? Student Financial Aid and Low-Income Chicanos/Latinos.
Special Edition: Chicanos in Higher Education. Journal of the Association of Mexican American Educators.
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1987 |
A Financial Aid Officer’s Primer, the Student Financial Aid Services Committee of the National Association of Independent Schools.
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1975 |
Companeras de America (master’s thesis), a 250-page anthology of contemporary women’s writings, translated into Spanish.
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Interests: cycling, yoga, sea kayaking, backpacking, cross-country skiing, running, mountain biking, international cuisine, health, music, and travel.
Certificates: Wilderness First Responder; American Heart Association CPR.
Fluent in Spanish, conversant in French and I also speak some Italian. I have visited over 30 foreign countries and have lived in four. I have made on-site visits to about 1000 colleges, universities, and secondary schools.
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