KARLA A. AGUILAR PALACIOS
Address ***** ***** **** ** ****** spring MD, 20906
Phone: 301-***-****
Email: ****************@*****.***
EDUCATION
Albert Einstein High School:
Highschool Diploma - 2013, GPA 3.7
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland: Bachelor of Science, Political Science – Present
SKILLS
• Bilingual in English and Spanish
• Computer Skill
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and tight
deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Adaptability
• Costumer service
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Excel
EXPERIENCE
Latin American Youth Center. Washington, DC
Case Manager. July 2023 – Present
• Connected youth to resources in Washington
• Monitor and updated youth Case Plans when having Case Managing meetings
• Tracked youth outcomes and engagement in LAYC’S Efforts-to Outcome (ETO) database and Montgomery County’s Homeless Management Information System.
Mary’s Center. Washington, DC
Family Support Worker. Sep. 2022 – July 2023
• Provided weekly, bi-weekly and monthly home visits to ensure child is safe and healthy.
• Performed developmental screens on infants up to age five
• Facilitating access to community resources for example: education, housing, and childcare.
• Translated documents presented to families
Latin American Youth Center. Washington, DC
Bilingual Outreach Specialist. Jan. 2022 – Sep. 2022
• In charged of disbursement of pandemic economic relief found to eligible DC residents.
• Reviewed applications for eligibility, conduct virtual outreach and follow-up and approve or reject applications.
• Communicated with eligible applicants requiring additional documents or information for verification.
• Attended google meetings about program and communicated issues or applicants’ information via Slack Search for common ground, Washington, DC
Intern. Aug. 2020 – Dec. 2020
• Organized and supported meeting and workshops.
• Prepared notes from meeting and supported incorporating input from various staff members.
• Assisted the Digital Peacebuilding Advisor with emerging digital peacebuilding partnership and capacity building strategy for the organization.
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United We Dream. Washington, DC
Intern Translator: Aug.2018 – Nov. 2018
• Answer telephones and give information to callers, take messages and transfer calls to appropriate individuals.
• Translate newspapers and messaged that were sent to Spanish communities.
• Provided verbal summaries of non-English documents for immediate use.
• Provided cultural input to speakers to help parties who did not speak similar languages communicate with and understand one other.
Academia Europea. San Salvador, El Salvador
Language instructor. Jan. 2017 – May. 2017
• Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• Initiated, facilitated and moderate classroom discussions.
• Plan, evaluated and revised curriculum, course content, course material and methods of instruction.
• Maintained student attendance records, grades and other required records.