03 · Clinical Social Work
SOCIAL WORKER · COUNSELOR · ADVOCATE
Listening is where the work begins.My work as a social worker begins with listening—not simply for what happened, but for what a person may be carrying beneath the surface.
Across crisis counseling, geriatric care, youth and family services, healthcare leadership, and advocacy, I have supported people during moments of uncertainty, transition, grief, conflict, and change.
I approach this work with compassion, cultural humility, curiosity, and a deep respect for each person’s dignity. Whether I am helping an older adult and their family navigate difficult care decisions, offering in-the-moment crisis support, working alongside a young person, or advocating within a complex system, my goal remains the same: to help people feel heard, supported, and less alone.
My Current Roles
My work spans older-adult care, crisis response, community-based youth and family services, and individual counseling. Each role calls for a different kind of support, but all begin with listening.
I support older adults and their families as they navigate care decisions, changing needs, and transitions. My background includes case management, discharge planning, and administrative leadership in social services—helping people understand their options while coordinating with the care team.
For over six years, I have provided in-the-moment emotional support and crisis counseling to people experiencing distress, fear, grief, and uncertainty. I listen, help people feel grounded, assess immediate concerns, and explore practical next steps with them.
I provide intensive, community-based counseling for young people ages 5 to 18. I work with youth and their families in the places where everyday life happens, supporting emotional regulation, communication, relationships, and family goals through individual and family sessions.
In one-to-one counseling, I make room for people to speak honestly about what they are carrying. We explore their concerns, recognize existing strengths, and work toward goals and changes that feel meaningful to them.
My Approach
I believe meaningful support begins with meeting people where they are. My approach is person-centered, strengths-based, culturally responsive, and grounded in careful listening. I recognize that people do not experience challenges in isolation; their relationships, identities, communities, histories, and access to resources all shape what they carry.
I aim to create space for honesty without judgment while also helping people identify practical next steps. Compassion is central to my work, but so are clarity, advocacy, accountability, and respect for each person’s right to make informed decisions about their own life.
A Public Commitment
Social work is built on trust. I include the NASW Code of Ethics here because visitors deserve to understand the professional values and standards that inform how I approach people, relationships, decisions, boundaries, cultural differences, competence, and accountability.
The Code is not simply a document for difficult moments. It is a living framework for practicing with care and integrity—especially when circumstances are complex and there is no easy answer.
Sharing the Code on this website is one way of making the values behind my work visible. It offers transparency about the profession I represent and a public point of reference for the care, respect, and responsibility people should expect from social work practice.
Read the NASW Code of Ethics ↗Areas of Experience
Crisis intervention and emotional support
Geriatric social work
Advance care planning
Grief, loss, and life transitions
Youth and family support
Community-based behavioral health
Healthcare advocacy
Care transitions and discharge planning
Immigrant-community support
Program development and social-service leadership
Across the Lifespan
My work has allowed me to support children, adolescents, adults, older adults, and families. Although their circumstances may differ, people across every stage of life share a need to be treated with dignity, understood within the context of their experiences, and included in the decisions that affect them.
My experience spans crisis services, skilled nursing and rehabilitation, community-based behavioral health, nonprofit programming, youth services, and organizational leadership. These settings have strengthened my ability to respond thoughtfully to both immediate needs and the larger systems influencing a person’s well-being.
Listening as Service
For over six years, I have served as a crisis counselor, providing structured, in-the-moment support to people experiencing emotional distress, fear, grief, uncertainty, and crisis.
That experience inspired my free Listening Sessions initiative for individuals affected by immigration enforcement, detention, removal, family separation, and the emotional uncertainty surrounding those experiences. These sessions are intended to offer a compassionate space where people may speak openly, feel heard, and receive brief emotional support without cost.
Learn About Listening Sessions ↗The Work I Am Growing Into
My professional journey continues to evolve through advanced clinical training, continued supervision, scholarship, and direct practice. I am especially interested in psychotherapy, grief and loss, end-of-life conversations, family communication, and culturally responsive mental-health support.
I view professional growth as more than acquiring additional credentials. It is an ongoing commitment to becoming more thoughtful, capable, ethical, and present in the ways I serve others.
At a Glance
Doctor of Social Work
Licensed Master Social Worker in New York and New Jersey
Over six years of crisis-counseling experience
Experience supporting people across the lifespan
Background in healthcare, behavioral health, nonprofit leadership, and community-based services
Fluent in Haitian Creole, French, and English