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Antonela Prifti

Boston,MA

Summary

A mission-driven, human services leader dedicated to breaking down barriers to success experienced by marginalized communities through: disability advocacy and youth empowerment, building strong partnerships, and developing innovative strategies that promote organizational efficiency.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Assistant Manager of Outreach and Enrollment

Partners For Youth With Disabilities
09.2021 - 08.2023
  • Managed outreach and enrollment across five programs promoting development and career readiness of youth with disabilities.
  • Developed community partnerships with funders, local agencies, and businesses and led bi-weekly meetings with partnering organizations.
  • Planned and executed community engagement and recruitment events including managing all fiscal responsibilities and associated expenses.
  • Supervised outreach coordinators, specialists,and interns and chaired Youth Leadership Forum committee composed of both internal employees and stakeholders.
  • Presented at state-wide conferences, led webinars and workshops on nation-wide online career mentoring platform for disabled youth.
  • Contributed to strategic planning and organizational development initiatives including: developing youth engagement strategies and innovative ways to address waitlist needs, re-designing intake process, and advocating for volunteers and youth seeking placement.

Match Suppport Specialist

Partners For Youth With Disabilities
11.2018 - 09.2021
  • Supervised caseload of over 50 mentorship matches, and provided individualized monthly match support, conflict mediation, and specialized training to volunteers.
  • Interviewed, screened and on-boarded hundreds of volunteers and youth and conducted needs assessments.

Academic Interventionist

Somerville Public Schools
09.2017 - 09.2018
  • Designed and administered learning assessments and curriculum for students with disabilities and taught academic intervention courses addressing gaps in learning and development and doubling test-scores.

Lead Teacher

Somerville Community Schools
11.2016 - 09.2018
  • Led over thirty after-school enrichment classes that promoted health and wellness initiatives and collaborated with school teachers and specialists to develop dynamic plans for assisting a diverse population.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Dual Degree: Public Health & Psychology

Univeristy of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst
05.2016

Skills

  • Program management, organizational development, event planning, budgeting, public speaking and presentation, marketing strategy, universal design, UX Design, grant writing, interviewing, data management,
  • Salesforce, Canva, SPSS, MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint

Certification

Creating Connections: Empowering Youth Adult Relationships, Mass Mentoring Partnership - Issued Aug 2021


Healing Happens, Trauma Informed Practices, Mass Mentoring Partnership- Issued Aug 2021


Diversity and Inclusion, YW Boston- Issued Jan 2021



Languages

Albanian
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Assistant Manager of Outreach and Enrollment

Partners For Youth With Disabilities
09.2021 - 08.2023

Match Suppport Specialist

Partners For Youth With Disabilities
11.2018 - 09.2021

Academic Interventionist

Somerville Public Schools
09.2017 - 09.2018

Lead Teacher

Somerville Community Schools
11.2016 - 09.2018

Bachelor of Science - Dual Degree: Public Health & Psychology

Univeristy of Massachusetts Amherst
Antonela Prifti