Simone E. Muschett

About Simone E. Muschett

Simone Elise Muschett was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Growing up as a young woman of color presented many challenges for her as she pursued academic and career goals. From High School and beyond, Muschett faced alarming obstacles that forced her to mature beyond her years. As a result of overhearing faculty members in her high school express to at risk students “they are bad for our statistics,” Muschett decided to dedicate her life to developing at risk youth. Determined to become the positive adult that encourages students, Muschett became a mentor for a campus mentoring club at SUNY Albany. Her dedication to this club lead to her founded The World Within Reach after school program at Albany High School. Confident that she can make an impact, Muschett served as an Americorps Teaching Fellow her first 2 years out of college. During this time, Muschett acquired a Master’s of Arts in Teaching from Relay Graduate School Education and discovered a passion for counseling students grappling with trauma, poverty, abuse or neglect. Muschett created behavior incentive plans and coordinated trips to correctional facilities to intervene the lives of students on the wrong path. In 2015, Muschett Co-Founded a mentoring youth based non-profit, Youth of Order, where she developed organizational structures, created materials for character building workshops and paired students with mentors in the community to promote an “ it takes a village mindset” in Brooklyn. Currently, Muschett holds a dual certification in General and Special Education while teaching High School Literacy in Brooklyn, NY. She continues to mentor her students, old and new. As a result of Muschett’s continued effort to develop the whole child she is pursuing a Masters in Social Work from LIU Brooklyn and aspires to build her own residential alternative school in the near future.Specialties: Mentoring, Youth Development, Career Coaching

Experience

1. Founder & President

   Resilient Young Minds Inc

   Jul 2017 — Present · Brooklyn, NY, US

   Resilient Young Minds (RYM) Incorporated aims to cultivate the minds of at risk youth ages 13-17 into resilient ones. RYM strives to enhance the ability of adolescents to achieve self-efficacy despite difficult or traumatic experiences through mentor advisement, peer support groups, personal development workshops and enrichment. RYM promotes the evolution of healthy young minds, bodies and souls.

Education

• University at Albany

  Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

  2010 — 2013

• Medgar Evers College, CUNY

  Transferred, Psychology

  2009 — 2010

• Tulane University

  Doctorate of Social Work -DSW, Social Work

• Relay Graduate School of Education

  Master's of Arts Degree, Secondary Education and Teaching

  2013 — 2015

• LIU Brooklyn

  Master of Social Work - MSW, Child and Family Welfare

  2016 — 2019