Karis Herndon

• Collaborated with teachers to integrate educational activities into residential life.
• Fostered relationships with residents and worked with new residents to optimize acclimation and ease transition to new living environment.
• Instructed staff and residents regarding routine procedures to maintain sanitary and healthy environment.
• Communicated with students' parents and guardians, while many were involved with Child Protective Services and/or on probation.
• Provided guidance, counseling, and support to residents in need of assistance.
• Conducted regular inspections of properties to ensure safety standards were met.
• Organized community events such as holiday parties, potlucks, movie nights.

• Provided detailed information about academic programs and campus resources.
• Due to my fluency in two other languages, I was in charge of tours and enrollment processes for families whose first language was not English.
• Collaborated with faculty to enhance student outreach initiatives.
• I attended conferences and assemblies to bring in other student prospects from around the country.

Open Door Foundation was our number one outreach program during our time serving in Romania. In Bucharest, Romania, the Nazarene Church runs a safe house for survivors of human trafficking. We take care of education for the mothers, purchase necessities for the infants that come with them, and give them the best opportunity for a better life.