E D U C A T I O N
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY (San Francisco, CA)
Master of Social Work, May 2023. President of the Phi Alpha Honor Society. Specialization: "Individuals, Families, and Groups” track. Received the Phi Alpha Chapter Grant Award and the Grad State University Grant. Wrote a 119-page capstone thesis paper titled Creating Greater Safety in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Spaces. GPA: 4.0/4.0.
UC BERKELEY EXTENSION (Berkeley, CA)
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate for Counseling and Psychology Professions, 2020. GPA: 4.0/4.0.
OBERLIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC (Oberlin, OH)
B.Mus. in Technology in Music and the Related Arts (TIMARA), 2013. Received the Conservatory Dean's Talent Award for demonstrating outstanding talent and academic achievement, 2012-2013. Member of the Musical Union and the Contemporary Chamber Music Ensemble. GPA in major: 3.9/4.0. Overall GPA: 3.7/4.0.
OBERLIN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (Oberlin, OH)
B.A. in Visual Art (Concentration: New Media and Animation), 2012. Member of the Visual Art Honors Program “Senior Studio & Thesis.” Graduated in the 6% of my class to complete the five-year Double-Degree Program between Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music. Co-founder of the Digital Arts Mentor Program. GPA in major: 3.9/4.0. Overall GPA: 3.7/4.0.
Relevant Coursework: Social Group Work, Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Global Poverty, Social Case Work, Social Policy Analysis, Health Illness and Disordered Behavior, The Science of Happiness, Social Work Practice Methods, Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Ethnic and Cultural Concepts and Principles, Graduate Fieldwork Seminar, History and Philosophy of Social Welfare, Social Work Education and Professionalism, Abnormal Psychology, Psychology of Personality, Research Methods in Psychology, Introduction to Developmental Psychology, Introduction to Statistics, Principles of Economics, Creative Resistance, Introduction to African American Music, History and Literature of Music, Musics of the World, Senior Studio and Thesis, Workshop in Media and Music Technology, Medium as the Message, and Community Radio.
Additional Training: CA-State Sexual Assault Counselor Certification through Bay Area Women Against Rape. The 66-hour training included topics such as: trauma and trauma responses, intersectionality of gender/race/class/age/orientation/ability/documentation, counseling skills, oppressive systems, legal processes, harm reduction, reproductive health empowerment, and suicide intervention.
E X P E R I E N C E
Nov. 2021 — Present: CHRISTOPHER PATRICK WHITE LCSW THERAPY, Trauma Therapist and Clinical Social Worker (Oakland, CA)
Offer mental health therapy and social work services in a private practice setting.
Utilize Internal Family Systems, EMDR, expressive arts, music therapy, somatic therapy, mindfulness, transpersonal approaches, and other modalities to help clients heal from complex trauma and various mental health conditions including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, PTSD and Complex-PTSD, and attachment and developmental trauma.
Experienced in navigating complicated grief, somatic rupture, chronic pain and illness, addiction, recovery, life transitions, existential and end-of-life distress, suicidality, self-harm, intrusive ideations, and sexual and domestic violence.
Sep. 2022 — Sep. 2023: CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER, Integrative Therapy Intern (San Francisco, CA)
Within a hospital setting, offer therapeutic services including expressive arts, somatics, and transpersonal approaches to adult patients across oncology, ICU, cardiology, and surgical transplant departments.
Sep. 2021 — Aug. 2022: LIFELONG MEDICAL CARE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, Behavioral Health Intern (Oakland, CA)
Within an Integrated Behavioral Health setting, offered trauma-informed, client-centered, and confidential therapeutic services, case management, and advocacy to clients who have experienced chronic homelessness, complex trauma, and substance use disorders.
Carried a caseload of five clients each week, working in-person and remotely with people who have single and dual diagnoses, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, suicidal ideation, disabilities, and chronic illnesses.
Connected clients to resources, and supported them in navigating complicated systems including housing, employment, medical care, dental care, and mental health care.
In weekly supervision, received training on trauma-specific interventions to utilize with clients, including Internal Family Systems, Expressive Art Therapy, EMDR techniques, and Motivational Interviewing.
Participated in weekly didactic trainings on various interventions to utilize with clients, including grief counseling, DBT for psychosis, tobacco cessation, and suicide intervention.
Met weekly and collaborated with the team of LCSW’s, case managers, and property managers to problem-solve and advocate for the safety and well-being of our clients.
Utilized EPIC software for weekly session documentation and collaboration with other providers.
Feb. 2020 — Present: BAY AREA WOMEN AGAINST RAPE, CA-Certified Sexual Assault Counselor (Oakland, CA)
Offer trauma-informed, confidential counseling and client-centered advocacy to survivors of sexual violence and their support persons on a 24-hour crisis hotline.
Connect clients to resources for shelter and housing, low-cost and free therapy, legal aid, and domestic violence services.
Guide clients with safety planning and self-care techniques.
Serve adults from various populations, including BIPOC survivors, seniors, low-income and unhoused survivors, and members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community.
Submit caller reports for program development and grant writing purposes.
Sep. 2020 — Present: SELF-EMPLOYED, Music Educator (Oakland, CA)
Teach lessons in guitar, electric bass, voice, piano, songwriting, and music technology.
May 2017 – Aug. 2020: ROCK BAND LAND, Lead Teacher (San Francisco, CA)
Designed and taught expressive arts classes for children (ages 3-14) in groups of 10-25.
Nurtured social skills development through facilitating artistic collaboration among groups.
Provided caretakers with detailed student achievement reports and suggestions for at-home practices to foster self-expression and creative growth.
Built relationships with my students and their families, and became intimately familiar with my students' behavioral, emotional, and social needs.
Trained and onboarded seven new teachers in support of scaling enrollment from 40 to 90 children served each week.
May 2015 – Aug. 2019: ACHIEVEMENT FIRST PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, Visual Art Content Specialist (New York, NY)
Assessed 10 visual art teachers’ effectiveness in producing student achievement gains by reviewing student work as part of the school's Teacher Career Pathway.
Viewed student artwork of 10 to 12 scholars per teacher, and graded them using teacher-designed rubrics.
Rated teachers on the two main aspects of the portfolio (written assessments and skills assessments) on rigor and alignment to school-wide curriculum.
Assessed whether or not students were being graded fairly by the teachers according to their grading rubrics, and how students could be better set up for success by the curriculum.
June 2016 – Feb. 2018: THE CHAIKUNI INSTITUTE, On-site Volunteer (Iquitos, Peru)
Filmed and produced a series of virtual reality (360°) educational and promotional videos for The Chaikuni Institute, a Peruvian non-profit NGO dedicated to Indigenous rights, permaculture education, and environmental justice in the Amazon Rainforest.
Worked closely with a group of Indigenous Shipibo healers to film and record their medicine songs and interviews for the series.
Awarded an “Awesome Without Borders” grant from the Harnisch Foundation for this project.
Co-directed and co-produced "Songs of the Vine," an award-winning VR documentary that has been an official selection at over 10 film festivals around the world, including the Encounters Film Festival and Raindance Film Festival.
May 2017 – Jan. 2018: THE KITCHEN SISTERS, Production Intern (San Francisco, CA)
Provided creative assistance to The Kitchen Sisters, a Peabody Award-winning radio production team affiliated with NPR.
Worked on stories for “The Keepers,” their new podcast project about archivists, collectors, and historians.
Transcribed interviews and found archival recordings and music beds for various episodes.
In Pro Tools, edited and cataloged interviews from Susan Rogers (sound engineer for Prince's Purple Rain) and Ibrahima Seck (Academic Director of the Whitney Plantation Slavery Museum).
Helped produce soundscapes and stories for “Levee Stream,” a site-specific street corner pop-up radio station-installation commissioned by Prospect New Orleans, a city-wide exhibition and festival celebrating the history and culture of New Orleans.
Jan. 2017 – Sep. 2017: WOMEN'S AUDIO MISSION, Volunteer Mentor and Studio Intern (San Francisco, CA)
Interned and volunteered with Women's Audio Mission, the first women-built and women-run non-profit professional recording studio in the world.
Assisted in teaching classes, workshops, professional music and podcast recording sessions, events, concerts, and fundraisers.
Supported WAM's vision to amplify historically-excluded voices in media, particularly of WOC, women, trans, and non-binary people.
Mentored for “Girls on the Mic” after-school classes at various public schools around San Francisco and Oakland, which teach middle and high school girls how to record sound, make podcasts, computer program, build circuits, and produce music.
Aug. 2014 – June 2015: LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL, Creativity Lab Instructor (Oakland, CA)
Served BIPOC and low-income youth.
For K-8 grade students, created and taught “making/DIY” and creative technology curricula for the after-school program.
For 9-12 grade students, created and taught “life skills” curricula, covering nutrition, healthy cooking, financial literacy, résumé and cover letter writing, job interview skills, and the college application process.
Taught approximately 200 students across 10 classes each week.
June 2014 – Aug. 2014: GALILEO LEARNING, Video Game Design Instructor (Oakland, CA)
Taught middle school children how to conceptualize, design, and create their own 2D and 3D video games with the software Multimedia Fusion 2 (grades 5-8).
Managed classrooms of up to 22 students.
Utilized project-based learning involving tutorials, discussions, and group projects.
Fostered collaboration among my students, so that they all brought home a final group project - a fully realized video game demo - by the end of the week.
Set up and managed a class of up to twenty campers.
Interacted with parents in a professional and friendly manner.
Helped cultivate an emotionally safe space for children to freely share their ideas, and taught children to view their setbacks as opportunities to grow intellectually.
Sept. 2013 – June 2014: CARL B. MUNCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, After-School Teacher (Oakland, CA)
Taught BIPOC and low-income youth (grades 3-5) STEM and expressive arts classes.
Developed original curricula to foster computer skills and digital arts literacy among students.
Served 50+ students each week in the after-school program.
June 2013 – Aug. 2013: CAMP EDMO, Animation/Graphic Arts Instructor (Alameda, CA)
Taught children the fundamentals of stop-motion animation, sound design for film, and movie-editing and production in iMovie (grades 2-4).
Worked with a new group of approximately twenty-four children every week, and in teams of three, had them complete their own animation to take home by Friday.
Instilled the importance of communication and teamwork by encouraging cooperative problem-solving, and assisted in conflict resolution among the children.
Designed and taught an after-hours graphic design enrichment course for middle schoolers, teaching them how to use Photoshop to create their own movie posters, cover art, special effects, and manipulated images (grades 5-8).
Jan. 2013 – June 2013: OBERLIN CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGICALLY ENHANCED TEACHING, Digital Arts Mentor (Oberlin, OH)
Designed and taught free, public workshops for underserved and low-income adults focused on building creative technology skills and increasing computer literacy.
Collaborated with the public library to promote training services through program literature distribution and information sessions.
Sept. 2010 – June 2013: TECHNOLOGY IN MUSIC AND THE RELATED ARTS DEPARTMENT, Departmental Assistant/Student Teacher (Oberlin, OH)
Assisted the TIMARA Professors with public relations development, social media/networking, and video documentation of events.
Solely responsible for writing all articles promoting and advertising TIMARA-related news on their website, and reported directly to the chair of the TIMARA Department.
Taught Oberlin students how to use various arts-based computer programs, as well as fundamentals in music composition and recording, music theory, sound design for film, film editing, and sound mixing, mastering, and processing.
Met with students on a weekly basis in individual lessons to oversee their progress with music, animation, and film projects, and helped them solve technological and conceptual problems.
June 2012 – Aug. 2012: COMPOSITION & COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES DEPARTMENT, UVA, Assistant to Professor Judith Shatin, Ph.D. (Charlottesville, VA)
Worked for composer and sound artist Dr. Judith Shatin, Director and Founder of the Virginia Center for Computer Music at the University of Virginia.
Oversaw DVD and CD promotion, office management, audio file organization, concert and event scheduling, music distribution and marketing, public relations development, social media networking, and coordination with various museums and contemporary music radio stations around the world.
June 2012 – Aug. 2012: ECOSONO, Assistant to Professor Matthew Burtner, Ph.D. (Charlottesville, VA)
Provided support to Dr. Matthew Burtner, Founder and Director of EcoSono, a nonprofit environmental arts organization associated with University of Virginia's Composition and Computer Technologies Department.
Independently created hundreds of sound recordings of various recyclable materials, and batch processed them for a large-scale soundscape as part of an opera/theatre project using Avid Pro Tools.
Organized, labeled, and processed hundreds of pre-existing sound files to optimize Dr. Burtner's work flow.
June 2012 – Aug. 2012: EXPRESSIVE MACHINES MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, Lab Assistant (Charlottesville, VA)
Interned with Ph.D. students affiliated with University of Virginia's Composition and Computer Technologies Department, who design and build musical robot instruments.
Kept the robotics lab organized and clean, and assisted with robot testing and deconstruction.
Jan. 2012: PRAGUE FILM SCHOOL, Winter Resident (Prague, Czech Republic)
Studied “Sound Design for Film” at the Prague Film School with a group of 10 Oberlin film and TIMARA students, led by Professor Peter Swendsen, Ph.D.
Collaborated with other animators and directors on various film projects as an animator, sound designer, actor, and cinematographer.
Created three short films independently, including The Lovely Adventures of a Lone, Lost Alien (2012, claymation, 5'), Seize (2012, stop-motion animation, 8'), and Praha (2012, live action, 12').
Sept. 2010 – Jan. 2012: AFRICANA STUDIES DEPARTMENT, Volunteer Youth Tutor (Oberlin, OH)
Tutored local Black youth in math, science, and English.
Assisted with homework help and standardized test preparation.
Mentored two tutees per semester, meeting once a week with each individually.
Coached tutees in the college application process.
S K I L L S
Crisis counseling, advocacy, case management, teaching, classroom management, sound design, audio production, field recording, interviewing for radio, departmental support, film production/editing, animation, social media marketing, music composition, and database/file management. Familiar with Apple and Microsoft operating systems. Dedicated and quick to learn new skills, whether digital or analog. Licensed driver with own car.
Proficient in the following computer programs: Avid Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office Suite, Ableton Live, Audacity, Amadeus Pro, SPEAR, iStopMotion, and iMovie.