Originally from Puerto Rico, I grew up in the low-income housing projects of New York City. I have worked in law for over 20 years. This includes experience as a refugee officer in Africa and South East Asia. 

As required by Outschool regarding I have significant expertise in conflict resolution and mediation. I have received mediation training as part of my legal degree and receive continuing education training in both mediation and conflict resolution to retain my legal licensure. I have participated in several mediations and alternative dispute resolution proceedings. I have provided training in conflict resolution and de-escalation at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. In 2020 I co-taught a class on mediation at the Univerity of Maryland, School of Social Work.   

Sources for the class include:

* Source material such as the US Constitution, Federalist Papers, and documents from the U.S. National Archive, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services resource library, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. 
* American Memory collection - historical collections for the National Digital Library, at the Library of Congress. 
* History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web. (n.d.). Retrieved January 08, 2021, from http://historymatters.gmu.edu.
* Edward Ball, Retracing Slavery’s Trail of Tears. Smithsonian, 2015.
* Immigration to the United States, 1851-1900: Rise of Industrial America, 1876-1900. U.S. History Primary Source Timeline: Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress. Library of Congress.