College and Career Counselor

Keegan L. Woyurka

**** ******* ******, ************, ** 19127

610-***-**** *********@*****.***

Passionate about educational equity and educational justice. Experience includes navigating different ways the current educational system can allow students to realize their potential regardless of socioeconomic status and/or other outside factors. EDUCATION

AUGUST 2013- MAY 2016

Millersville University, Millersville, PA

B.S in Speech Communication, Communication Studies AUGUST 2012- MAY 2013

La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA

Began pursuing B.S in Journalism before transferring WORK EXPERIENCE

LUCY Outreach, College & Career Coordinator, Camden, NJ SEPTEMBER 2018- PRESENT

● Guide and assist Camden youth ages 12-19 through the college preparation process which includes college exploration, completing financial aid documents, ensuring that the youth are choosing a fit college for both them and their family, and organizing campus visits.

● Guide and assist Camden youth in finding a job or career that interests them and equipping them with skills to succeed.

● Provide College and Career programming twice a week to youth who attend LUCY regularly and fit the age range for this program.

● Organize & attend various college events such as campus visits, career fairs, FAFSA workshops, scholarship fairs, etc.

● Recruit youth to participate in LUCY’s College and Career Prep Academy.

● Work closely with school counselors, social workers, counselors, and families of youth to ensure support, collaboration, and quality programming.

● Oversee interns and weekly service students who volunteer for the College and Career Program.

College Possible,AmeriCorps Senior Coach, Philadelphia, PA AUGUST 2016- AUGUST 2018

● Served two years as an AmeriCorps member at George Washington High School (Phila.)

● Served as a mentor to respective senior cohorts at George Washington High School in Philadelphia. Served 90 students collectively in GWHS.

● Led student recruitment to ensure complete junior and senior cohorts within the school.

● Provided preparation sessions centered around applying to colleges, college and social fit, financial aid and completing respective financial aid forms including verification, and connected students with various supports on campus and at home.

● Attended and organized campus visits.

● Worked closely with admissions counselors, school counselors, social workers, and school administrators.

● Participated in College Prep talks and FAFSA Completion Nights throughout the School District of Philadelphia.

Center for Community Peacemaking, Community Outreach Intern, Lancaster, PA MAY 2016- AUGUST 2016

● Assisted with social cases of restorative justice, managed CCP’s various social media outlets.

● Sat in on juvenile court hearings between youth victims and counterparts, and vice versa.

● Assisted and shadowed mediations between victims and their counterparts. SKILLS

● Four years of experience working with youth from underrepresented and marginalized communities in the college access and success field.

● Trauma-Informed-Care Lense.

● Strong interpersonal communication, public speaking skills.

● Strong advocacy skills.

● Expertise in all aspects of the financial aid spectrum.

● Extremely strong relationship-building skills.

● Strengths-based work style.

● Excellent leadership skills.

● Well-versed in Microsoft Office, Naviance, Salesforce and Genesis educational databases.

● Passionate about work in the college access and higher education fields.

● Excels as a member of a team and individually.

● Adaptable and flexible.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

- Joseph House, Community Volunteer, Camden, NJ

FEBRUARY 2019

- Chosen 300, Community Volunteer, Philadelphia PA JANUARY 2018

- Special Olympics, Community Volunteer, Villanova, PA NOVEMBER 2016, NOVEMBER 2017

- Philadelphia ASPCA, Community Volunteer, Philadelphia, PA MAY 2017

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