Mental Health Student Success

John Griffin

***-** ***** ******, *********, NY *1413 845-***-**** ****.*.*******.***@*****.***

Experience

LaGuardia Community College, Queens, NY 2019- Present

Student Success Mentor

●Taught incoming freshmen college computer skills and strategies for success

●Assisted students in registering for class and planning for degree completion

●Created spreadsheets to track student progress and support struggling students

College Way 2020- Present

Lead Facilitator

●Design curriculum around restorative justice principles for incarcerated adolescents

●Visit students at Crossroads Juvenile Facility with educational resources and lesson plans

●Encourage students in custody to persist and plan for their future

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Parole Preparation Project, Harlem, NY 2019- Present

Organizer and Mentor

●Worked with people on parole to develop strategies to remain free

●Gave parole officers and judges with perspective on supporting people in the community

●Assisted people in danger of failing parole with accessing services

●Collaborate with Political figures on incarceration, Parole, sentencing, second chance for offenders

Education

City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Bachelor of Arts in Deviance, Crime and Culture Expected 2023-24

City University of New York, LaGuardia Community College

Cultured Associates of Science in Human Service-Mental Health, Earned 2021

Skills and Interests

Public speaking, teaching, mentoring and assisting First Year Seminar; advocating for education, mastering new technology for teaching and learning Microsoft, MINT-Motivational Interviewer.

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