Vanessa Llamas, MAEd, PPS 🌻

School Counselor-in-Training

Costa Mesa, California, United States

About

Hello! I'm an MAEd student in School Counseling en route to obtaining my PPS credential, eligible for an intern credential upon an offer of employment from a school district. I have experience: - Working with diverse student populations, both as someone with lived experiences and who practices cultural humility. - Leveraging my Spanish skills to enable accessibility to resources and close achievement gaps in my communities. - Coordinating a dual enrollment program and CTE pathways. - Co-creating academic plans with students with academic, social, and emotional needs. - Managing a caseload of students for short-term counseling and referring as needed. - Facilitating small groups (e.g., self-advocacy). - Teaching classroom lessons on college and career readiness (e.g., study habits) and SEL (e.g., inclusion). - Implementing data-informed and evidence-based practices to develop school counseling programs. - Navigating Aeries, a student information system, as a tool to perform school counseling tasks. - Collaborating with ASCA-aligned school counselors and other education stakeholders at schools with RAMP status. - Advocating for students at COST, IEP, and other related meetings. - Presenting at an ASCA Annual Conference (e.g., Support Neurodivergent Students). - And much more thanks to all my amazing supervisors! Please feel free to connect or message me! I look forward to hearing from you! - Vanessa (She/Ella)

Experience

  • Senior College Student Assistant at Huntington Beach High School at Huntington Beach Union High School District
    May 2026 - Present · 2 mos

  • Tutor at Firefly Tutors Presented By A+ In Home Tutors
    Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

  • Counseling Intern at Southern California University of Health Sciences
    Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

  • Tutor at Tutor Hero
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

  • Santa Ana Unified School District (Santa Ana, California, United States · On-site)
    • School Counseling Fieldwork Intern at Muir Fundamental Elementary School
      Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    • School Counseling Fieldwork Intern at Century High School
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

    • School Counseling Practicum Student at Century High School
      Mar 2025 - May 2025 · 3 mos

      Completed 20 practicum hours under the direct supervision of Mireya Vázquez, M.S.