Levin Sibley-Schwartz 17 No. 6 Road 413-977-5045 (Cell) Leverett, MA 01054 413-549-1810 (Fax) www.levinschwartz.com levinschwartz@gmail.

com OBJECTIVE: A career that requires dedication to social justice, multiculturalism and that promotes positive social change. EDUCATION: Smith College, Northampton, MA 2009 - 2011 MSW: Master of social work University of Connecticut, STEP programs 2007 Macro Theories: Human Behavior in the Social Environment Human Oppression: The African American & Puerto Rican Perspective University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Winter 2001 Certificate of mediation and conflict resolution University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1996 - 2000 BA: Individual Concentration - Ethnomusicology School for International Training, Fortaleza, Brazil Fall 1999 Culture, Development and Social Justice WORK EXPERIENCE: Clinical Social Work Veterans Administration Medical Center 2010 2011 Specialized Inpatient PTSD Unit

Clinician for inpatient milieu therapy treating PTSD symptoms using ACT & exposure therapy. o Group leader interpersonal, in vivo exposure, goal setting, & family therapy groups. o Clinician for individual therapy sessions. o Psychosocial assessments, suicide-risk assessments, and diagnostic assessments. o Facilitate didactic classes: PTSD concepts; Anger management; Imagery-relaxation & music; Music and mindfulness; Music and ACT. Berkshire Children and Families 2009 - 2010 Specialized Assessment Team Conduct comprehensive Permanency Planning Assessments for the Department of Children & Families. o Work with children, foster families and collaterals to assess client needs. o Offer clinical recommendations in relation to the strengths and needs of child clients. Conduct Home Studies for families who are interested in adoption. o Assess clients history, accessing delicate, potentially triggering background information to assess a persons capacity to parent in the future. o Use the Home Study to inform recruitment and placement of a foster child and foster parent(s). o Coordinate all logistics: fingerprinting, CORI checks, medical records, physical safety standards of the home, and safety enhancement assessment. Healthy Families Program Group Leader: Men's Group Therapy Therapeutic men's group for clients in the Department of Children & Family system. o Topics include: Anger management; Communication, love & loyalty; Family in the modern era. Group Leader: Teen Parents Group Therapy Therapeutic teen parents group for clients in the Department of Children & Family system. o Topics include: Discipline techniques; Capacity building; Food and nutrition (WIC); Planned parenting; Building healthy relationships; Infant & toddler massage; Mental health awareness. Treehouse Foundation Group Leader: Adolescent Boys Group Therapy Adolescent boys group for adopted children. o Facilitate a bi-weekly, therapeutic music group for up to seven adolescent boys. o Provide a socialization experience for children with attachment disorders o Work to create a safe and healing environment.

Musician and Educator Private music instructor - The Fretted Instrument Workshop, Amherst MA 2002 - 2010 Teach 20-30 private music lessons a week. Mentor and empower each student to meet his or her personal goals as aspiring musicians. Host two recitals a year, on-line blog, and create opportunities for student performances. Musician - The Amity Front, LLC, Amherst, MA 2004 - 2009 Founding member of 5-piece music ensemble. Responsible for all managerial obligations. o Publicity, web media and fiscal responsibilities. o Liaison for all legal, licensing, royalties and third party involvement. o Coordination/facilitation of other group member tasks'. o Group mediator. Head Teacher, CAPACIDAD: Music & Arts Camp, Amherst MA 2002 - 2005 Created and facilitated the music for three summer performances focusing on multicultural and social justice education themes. Worked with children using conflict resolution, bias intervention, behavior management, creative leadership and educational/cultural group facilitation skills. Head Musician, Amherst College Theater Department Fall 2004 Marat Sade: director Manu Mukasa. Federal Work State Leader, AMERICORPS* VISTA 2001 - 2002 Work with Campus Compact to design and facilitate the training of all MA Americorps*VISTA members. o Building sustainable community partnerships; Advising, supervising and mentoring; Bringing social justice home; Making change happen: being a change agent in higher education. Public speaker for higher education service learning programs at national conferences. Coordinated student, faculty and service learning relationships with community partners. Supervised recruitment of future Americorps* VISTA members and coordinated student volunteers for community partner organizations. Community Service Learning Dept (CSL), UMass, Administratively contributed to the development of CSL. Increased the student enrolment by 33% and student programs from two to five. Served as a consultant to faculty and an advocated for CSL. Leadership trainings created to meet the needs of CSL student teachers: o Diversity and inter-cultural communication. o Facilitative and Situational Leadership. o Service-Learning Theory and Practice. Program Coordinator, (U-ACT) UMass, Systematically developed the infrastructure for a new academic organization: UMass Alliance For Community Transformation (U-ACT), Anthropology Department UMass Class teacher Grassroots Community Development, anthropology 397, 4cr honors. Designed and disseminated educational curricula and training materials for facilitators. Facilitated group meetings, coordinated all logistics for program events. COMMUNITY SERVICE: Soccer coach for 11-14 year-old girls team Volunteer as head coach for fall and spring recreational girls soccer team. Berkshire Hills Music Academy Work one-on-one with a student who has Williams Syndrome. Coach student on performance technique and composition. Perform at Best Buddies fundraising events. Grassroots Community Development Work with residents to improve family housing. Inter-Religious Project Tutor elementary children in their school systems.

TRAININGS: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), PTSD concepts, Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), intake interviews, diversity/multicultural concepts, Motivational Interviews (MI), Yalom group dynamics, mental status exam, differential diagnosis, capacity assessment, psychopharmacological treatments, PAI/MMPI2 testing, EMDR, assessment on dementia, seeking safety, nightmare re-scripting, TBI assessment, Grant writing, and HTML coding. Highlander Research Educational Center, New Market TN: Leading learning circles ACTIVITIES: Guitar, mandolin, cello, singing, percussion. Styles: Jazz, delta & piedmont blues, folk, rock, old time, bluegrass, Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian music. Soccer, cooking, hiking, yoga, writing, reading and composition