ernesto valencia curriculum vitae
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ErnestoF.Valencia(602)487-7171 | [email protected]
Education_____________________________________________________________________
2013 – 2015 M. A. Social Justice and Human Rights Arizona State UniversityPhoenix, AZ
Applied Project: Perceptions of Success of Emerging Adults Aging Out of Arizona’s Child Welfare System. Chair: Dr. Natasha Mendoza
2010 - 2012 B. A. S. Pre-Professional Studies Arizona State UniversityPhoenix, AZ
2010 - 2012 Certificate Philosophy, Rhetoric, and Literature Arizona State UniversityPhoenix, AZ
2008 - 2010 A. A. S. Paralegal Studies Everest College PhoenixPhoenix, AZ
Research Areas________________________________________________________________
2014 – Present Principal Investigator, Perceptions of Success of Emerging Adults Aging Out of Arizona’s Child Welfare System. Applied Project Research. Arizona State University.
Fall 2013 Research Assistant with Dr. Michelle Tellez as Principal Investigator, Violence Against Women and Children on the U.S. Mexico Border. Arizona State University.
Fall 2011 Research Assistant with Dr. Luis Plascencia as Principal Investigator, Statistical Data on Sheriff Arpaio’s Immigration Work Place Raids, and 287(g) Abuses for Racial Profiling.
Arizona State University.
Practice Experience____________________________________________________________
Fall 2014 Internship as Volunteer Mentor/Principal Investigator, What Relationships, if Any, Exists Between Youth Aging Out of Foster Care and the Sex Trafficking Industry. The Phoenix Dream
Center.
Fall 2009 Internship as Paralegal. Co-Legal Researcher and Writer with Leonard Sominsky Esq. as Principal Legal Researcher and Writer, Proided Support for Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy, Employment Law, Wills & Trusts, and Family Law. The Law Office of Leonard Sominsky.
Honors, Fellowships, and Scholarships____________________________________________
Fall 2013 Awarded Research Fellowship for Research Assistantship to explore Arizona State UniversityViolence Against Women and Children on the U.S. Mexico Border. Phoenix, AZ
Fall 2012 RAC University Grant Arizona State UniversityPhoenix, AZ
Spring 2012 RAC University Grant $1,500 Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ
Fall 2011 RAC University Grant $1,500 Arizona State UniversityPhoenix, AZ
2010 Magna Caum Laude (3.65 GPA) Awards for Academic Excellence Everest College PhoenixPhoenix, AZ
2009 Awarded Maricopa County Bar Association’s Paralegal Division Everest College PhoenixScholarship Phoenix, AZ
2009 Awarded Jason Schechterle Scholarship Everest College PhoenixPhoenix, AZ
Community Advocacy and Service________________________________________________
Fall 2012 Spokesman and Advocate for Aid to Adoption for Special Kids. Participated in training panels and videos to enhance placement and interpersonal case worker relations with children in the Arizona
foster care system.
2004 – 2006 Camp Counselor and Life Skills Trainer for Phoenix Inner-City Kids Ministry.
1997 – 2002 President, Board of Directors and Advocate for Families Against Drunk Driving, Drugs and Discrimination.
1991 – 1992 Spokesman and Advocate for Mothers Against Gangs.
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