Christiana Castillo

Youth Services Coordinator

Sep 2018 - Present

• Act as an advocate for girls on school, community, interpersonal, and family issues.
• Develop, coordinate, and implement developmentally appropriate activities and workshops for young women.
• Document and update information for grant use.

Teaching Artist

Nov 2017 - Present

• Develop and teach engaging writing workshops that value student's voices in the writing process.
• Respond to student writing and assist students in revising their work for publication.
• Transcribe and format student work for professionally printed school publication.

Co-Founder and Director

Sep 2017 - Present

• Develop and facilitate peace education curriculum.
• Trains Peace Culture staff and volunteers.
• Applies for grants to secure the longevity of Peace Culture.

Activity Leader

May 2016 - Aug 2018

• Created various lesson plans to empower students academically, emotionally and physically.
• Tutored students and served as a positive role model.
• Engaged students through enrichment and recreational activities after school hours.

Urban Garden Associate

Jun 2017 - Sep 2017

• Provided participating early childhood center gardens with basic gardening support, including planning guidance and hands-on technical assistance.
• Assisted early childhood garden sites with curriculum and activity support, including training parents and teachers on age-appropriate garden activities.
• Coordinated outreach and engagement activities with early childhood centers connecting them to resources.

Student Assistant

Jan 2017 - Aug 2017

• Curated peace and conflict oriented lesson plans for partners of CPCS.
• Researched, created and posted content to the CPCS website.
• Received the National Campus Compact Mini Grant to institute a fifteen-week peace education program "Peace Culture" to fifty diverse students at Dickinson East Elementary School.