Evelin Espino
El Sobrante
Summary
Compassionate youth advocate with experience providing mentorship, emotional support, and educational advocacy for adolescents and families. Skilled in trauma-informed care, relationship-building, de-escalation, and collaborating with community partners to support youth well-being and personal growth. Passionate about creating safe, supportive environments and supporting individuals through behavioral and emotional challenges.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Education Engagement Advocate
RYSE Youth Center
Richmond
07.2023 - Current
- Managed caseload of youth participants, delivering trauma-informed emotional support, behavioral guidance, and tailored goal planning to enhance personal development.
- Utilized verbal de-escalation and conflict-resolution strategies to effectively support youth facing emotional distress and behavioral challenges.
- Collaborate with families, educators, counselors, and community providers to coordinate educational and wellness support services.
- Facilitated therapeutic and recreational programming that promoted healing, self-expression, coping skills, and increased community engagement.
Near-Peer Ambassador
Richmond Promise
Richmond
06.2019 - 08.2021
- Advised scholarship-receiving high school seniors on college transition through checklist workshops and one-on-one conversations.
- Conducted outreach services through phone calls, increasing retention of students renewing scholarships.
- Facilitated lesson plans for 15 middle school students to stimulate creative and academic thinking.
Undergraduate Student Researcher in the Humanities
UROC-H Scholar/Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship Recipient
Merced
01.2020 - 07.2021
- Conducted research focusing on how different communities in the Bay Area have mobilized to lead protests and create initiatives pertaining to the environmental and climate injustices they face.
- Collected and analyzed data through LexisNexis and NewsBank to explain how factors like race, class, and income contribute to environmental racism in underrepresented communities, and how this affects climate and environmental justice.
- Presented final project at conferences such as the California Sociological Association, Pacific Sociological Association, and University of California, Merced Undergraduate Research Symposium.
- Facilitated communication with community choice aggregation programs to enhance understanding of local environmental initiatives.
- Coordinated data organization in Excel, improving accessibility and efficiency for subsequent analysis.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology
University of California, Merced
Merced, CA01-2022
Skills
- Client advocacy
- Case management
- Needs assessment
- Strategic planning
- Workshop coordination
Languages
Spanish
Professional
Timeline
Education Engagement Advocate
RYSE Youth Center
07.2023 - Current
Undergraduate Student Researcher in the Humanities
UROC-H Scholar/Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship Recipient
01.2020 - 07.2021
Near-Peer Ambassador
Richmond Promise
06.2019 - 08.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology
University of California, Merced