Career Roundtable Industry Expert Bio: Social Services
Introducing: Lourdes Zelaya
Title: Assessment Advisor
Lourdes Zelaya has worked with diverse client groups in both academic and community settings. Prior to working as an Assessment Advisor at George Brown College she has worked in the social service field for over 5 years. When she returned from the JET program in 2005, her career path began at the YMCA working as a Language Assessor for newcomers to Canada and transitioned to Resource Specialist supporting individuals in search of employment. Interest blossomed in this area and moved on to work as a Mentoring Counsellor at Skills for Change, coordinating mentoring partnerships for internationally trained teachers and students taking LINC (Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada) classes. In her current role as an Assessment Advisor she evaluates essays for admission/placement testing, administers an English language assessment, and advises students on their testing results.
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