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work experience

May 2020 - May 2021

Program Development Manager (Part-time) | Empowering Counseling Program

 

May 2020 - Feb 2021

Communications, Leadership, and Art Instructor | After School Matters

Community-based after-school program: Law Under Curious Minds.

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Aug 2019 - May 2020

Clinical Social Work & Community Engagement Intern | Empowering Counseling Program

Community-based after-school program: Law Under Curious Minds.

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Jan 2020 - May 2020

Events Coordinator (Part-time) | Rogers Park Business Alliance

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May 2019 - May 2020

Sustainability Program Assistant & Glenwood Sunday Farmers Market Assistant Manager (Part-time) | Rogers Park Business Alliance

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Nov 2018 - Jan 2020

Administrative Assistant & Graphic Designer (Part-time) | Rogers Park Business Alliance

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Jan 2019 - May 2019

Clinical Records Technician | Community Counseling Centers of Chicago (C4)

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 2019 - May 2019

CEW Community Outreach Intern | Hamdard Center for Health & Human Services

CEW (Creatively Empowered Women) Design Studio is a Chicago based art therapy social enterprise working with refugees and immigrant women of diverse ethnic backgrounds. 

education

EDUCATION

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Loyola University Chicago | Anticipated May 2021

Master of Social Work specialty in Leadership and Development in

Social Services, sub-specialty in Migration studies

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Loyola University Chicago | 2017 - 2020

Bachelor of Social Work, Minor in Women's and Gender Studies

Graduated Cum Laude

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Oakton Community College | 2013 - 2016

Associate's Degree in Graphic Design

Graduated with Honors and as a President Scholar

Research and teaching assistantships​

 

Sep 2020 - May 2021

Graduate Research Assistant | School of Social Work, Loyola University Chicago

GRA of Dr. Abha Rai, Ph.D., MSW whose research focuses on gender-based violence, DV, and IPV within South Asian and East/Southeast immigrant and migrant communities.

 

Jan 2020 - May 2020

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant| Women's and Gender Studies, Loyola University Chicago

TA of Dr. Héctor García Chávez WSGS 380/ 480 course in Queer Theory

capabilities

SOFTWARE EXPERTISE

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Asana

Adobe Creative Cloud Apps: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat DC, Lightroom

Google Suite: Gmail, Drive, Meet, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Hangouts, Classroom

Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OneDrive, Teams

Website Builder: Squarespace, Wix

Social Media Marketing & Management: Hootsuite, Buffer, Canva, Mailchimp

Qualtrics

Sakai

Zoom Video

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proficiency

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Participatory Community-based Practices

Street-based Social Work Framework

Individual & Group Sessions

Capacity Building

Program Development

Graphic Design & Content Marketing

Social Media Content Development

Branding & Identity

Creative Strategic Planning

Comprehensive biopsychosocial & needs assessments

Counseling

Fundraising

Case Management

Event Planning

Crisis Interventions & Safety planning

Languages:

  • Fluent: Hiligaynon

  • Intermediate: Tagalog

  • Beginner: Español

there's more!

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES, MANUSCRIPTS IN-PROCESS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS

 

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MEDIA & RECOGNITIONS

 

March 2021, ​Anchor, Breaker, Google Podcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, Spotify

  • Interview with my Mom: Interview with my mom, Marie: Battling the Cold and Leaving to Get the Fortune (Short & Extended Version)

Nov 2020, StoryCorps

(Available at https://bit.ly/2MCrygR)

  • Women's and Gender Studies (WSGS) Alumni Profile Feature

Aug 2020, Loyola University Chicago Women's and

Gender Studies (WSGS) Department

(Available at https://bit.ly/3nlVQ47)

  • Featured for Redesigning Empowering Counseling Program Website

Feb 2020, Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work Facebook

(Available at https://bit.ly/38hTVt7)

  • Featured Volunteer

July 2017, National Veteran's Art Museum, Transmissions Vol. 3, Issue 2

  • Finalist of the 2016 College & High School Photographer’s Forum

November 2016, Photographers Forum - Magazine for the

Emerging Professional

(Available as a hardcover book - https://bit.ly/397fnAh)

  • Featured with Honor, Photo: Weasel

2014, VSCO Grid - A curated gallery of original imagery

(Available at https://bit.ly/391ipWA)

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presentations

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  • Malazarte, N. (2021, April). Queer Settlement: A Question of Assimilation of Bakla Migrant Bodies. Invited by Dr. Diana Franco DSW, LCSW-R(NY), LCSW(NM) to present in SOWK 731 Social Work Practice with Immigrants and Refugees. Chicago, Illinois.

  • Watson, H., Miller, K.M., Johnson, J., Miller, E., Malazarte, N., & Tyson McCrea, K. (2021, March 3). Understanding Empowering Counseling Program’s value to communities within Chicago Housing Authority (CHA): A partnership to provide mental health supportive services to CHA residents. Invited by The Michael’s Organization. Chicago, Illinois.

  • Rai, A., Sharma, R. & Malazarte, N. (2021, March). Promoting Healthy Relationships: A Conversation. Presented at this event organized by CHANGE, the Office of International Programs, Apna Ghar, and the School of Social Work Loyola University Chicago.

  • Miller, K.M., Watson, H., Malazarte, N., Matthews, C., Miller, E., McGary, T., Wronowski, T., Prince, L., & Tyson McCrea, K. (2020, November). Law Under Curious Minds Youth Advocates: A Black and Latinx youth-centered virtual public investigation of the impact of COVID-19 in Chicago. Paper presented in, Children’s Rights in the Time of COVID-19 Symposium conducted at the Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, November 16, 2020.

  • Malazarte, N. M. (2020, March). Decolonizing Bakla: Filipino/a/x Queer Expressions. Invited by Dr. Héctor García Chávez to discuss the meaning of Bakla and the importance of countering the colonial Bakla trope and transform it through a decolonial lens.

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opinion piece

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  • Challenging "Kababae Mong Tao" Culture: Victim Blaming is Problematic.

Jan 2020, The Alumni Insider: A WSGS Newsletter

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