Practice & Leadership

Clinical and leadership practice behind my evaluation work.

My evaluation work is informed by clinical practice, immigrant-serving program leadership, university-based teaching and research, and long-term systems work across social work and mental health settings.

Clinical Practice

Staff Therapist — The Jewish Board

New York, 2025–present. Trauma-informed individual, group, and family psychotherapy with immigrant women and families.

Immigrant Women’s Services

Albanian American Women’s Organization — Program Manager & Deputy Director

Served Albanian American women across the tri-state area through programs addressing domestic violence, acculturation, integration, family stability, access to services, and community support.

Program Leadership

Director — Think Ahead Programme

University of York, UK, 2016–2018. Led a government-funded, NHS-embedded national social work programme focused on adult mental health practice and workforce development.

Forensic Evaluation

Forward With Dignity — Founder

Attorney-retained psychosocial evaluations and consultation for asylum, VAWA, T visa, U visa, and hardship cases — grounded in CIAS and trauma-informed practice.

Systems Oversight

Associate Analyst of Quality Assurance — NYC Department of Youth and Community Development

Monitored community-based programs, reviewed documentation, and assessed agency compliance and performance in services touching mental health, domestic violence, and community support.

Prevention Work

Associate Analyst, Prevention — NYC Department of Homeless Services

Worked within a city prevention setting supporting vulnerable families and contributing to planning and service delivery in a large human services system.

Why it matters

Practice makes the writing stronger.

For referral partners, the important point is not the résumé itself. It is that the evaluations are grounded in real clinical, community, and institutional experience — with immigrant families, women, trauma, systems, and interdisciplinary practice.

Next step

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Petal path: Practice → Body