Wendy Chen

Advocator for Higher Education, Educational Equality, and Ending Educational Disparities in Underfunded Schools. School Counselor in progress and Graduate Assistant for Educational Opportunity Program.

M.S. 839 Outward Bound Middle School Brooklyn, NY
School Counseling Intern Sep. 2022-Present
● Liaison between parents and the counseling team by providing parents with updates regarding their child's progress
for counseling sessions without breaking confidentiality
●Facilitate and lead 5 open and close counseling groups using psychoeducation methods
● Monitoring and supporting students that are at risk with weekly social emotional learning sessions
●Creating 4+ lunch buddy groups to help students make long lasting friends and integration to the school community
●Part of the crisis team that helps implement restorative justice in peer mediation groups
●Guide students to explore and apply to high school throughout the 5 boroughs in NYC
●Collaborate with students and staff to train others in peer mediation and restorative justices groups
New Explorations into Science, Technology, and Math High School (NEST+m) New York, NY
College Counseling and Guidance Team Intern Sep. 2022-Present
● Strategically work with 194 students on post secondary education and career exploration
● Co-host college workshop presentations for 9th-12th graders
●Expert in providing over 100 students with 1:1 consultation on applying to financial aid and scholarships
●Writing passionate and personable recommendation letters for 11th and 12th graders
●Translate in Mandarin for parents to better understand the college process and financial aid package breakdown
●Organizing and collaborating with director of college advising in bringing college awareness to students from K-12
through college events, presentations, and scavenger hunts
● Collaborating with other interns and counselors in Respect For All Week by creating events that promote up-stander
behaviors, anti-bullying, and kindness
IEOR Columbia Engineering School New York, NY
Career Placement Graduate Intern Jan 2022-June 2022
● Coaching 10+ students on mock interview techniques and resume building skills in order to effectively obtain new
employment
● Assisting graduate international students with understand how to apply for OBT and other work related
visa
● Manage large sets of data by organizing them to presentable excel sheets and other microsoft docs, to help
staff and prospect students better understand the impacts of the career center
● Posted over 200 job applications on our Vmock system, to spread job opportunity resources to all students
Dean Hope Center For Educational and Psychological Services
Teachers College Columbia New York, NY
Secretary Assistant Oct. 2021 – Sept.2022
● Advising new patients with referrals, applications, and billing processes
● Assisting doctoral and graduate students with psychological testing kits and organizing their patients’
case files
● Collaboration with staffs to install new technology and policies in order to improve services at the center
● Setting up a new categorization system for more efficient and accuracy in the material lending

Education Opportunity Program (EOP) Stony Brook, NY
Graduate Assistant/ Writing,Psychology, Sociology, Statistics Tutor/ June. 2019 – Aug. 2021
Resident Assistant/ Teaching Assistant/ Success Coach
● Motivate collaborations among 30 resident assistant and teaching assistant staffs through team building workshops
● Facilitated recitation course for incoming EOP students and helped acclimate 28 students to the college environment
● Coordinate with EOP advisors, Professors, and Major Department coordinators with scheduling and virtual learning
● Mentor 2-5 Students on a weekly basis to monitor academic progress and refer different resources on campus

Ed.M Candidate in School Counseling at Columbia University