CUNY-IIE invites public school counselors across New York State to apply for its Fall 2025 professional learning workshop.
This opportunity is designed to support counseling practices with immigrant and multilingual students. Participants who complete the workshop requirements will receive a $200 stipend. The program includes two required synchronous sessions and approximately three hours of asynchronous independent work.
Workshop Schedule:
Session 1: Monday, November 24, 5:00pm - 7:00pm (via Zoom)
Session 2: Monday, December 8, 5:00pm - 7:00pm (via Zoom)
Participant Requirements:
Must be employed as a school counselor in a New York State public middle or high school.
Must be able to attend both synchronous sessions and complete all required activities.
Interested applicants should fill out this brief Google form by November 7, 2025.
The application form will close once we reach capacity. Please note that completing this form does not guarantee acceptance. All submissions will be reviewed in the order received, as long as space remains available.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Ivana Espinet at ivana.espinet@kbcc.cuny.edu or Emilia Fiallo at efiallo@ccny.cuny.edu.
Led By:
Ivana Espinet
Ivana Espinet is an Associate Professor at Kingsborough Community College, CUNY. She holds a Ph.D. in Urban Education from the CUNY Graduate Center and an M.A. in Instructional Technology and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.
She is originally from Argentina and her journey as an immigrant and mother of three bilingual children has shaped her research interests on the use of multimodal and collaborative methodologies to learn about the experiences of emergent bilinguals and their families in schools, as well as language education policies and practices.
Emilia Fiallo
Emilia Fiallo is an experienced educator specializing in English Language Arts and Bilingual Education. With over a decade of service in NYC public high schools, she has developed culturally responsive and inclusive curricula that celebrate the needs of multilingual and multicultural students.
She holds a Master of Arts in Bilingual & Bicultural Education with a Bilingual Extension from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Arts in English Secondary Education from Hunter College. As a tenured high school teacher, Emilia spent five years exclusively supporting newly arrived immigrant students in the NYC Department of Education, focusing on their social-emotional development to help them achieve academic success. Her work is shaped by her personal experience as a formerly undocumented youth from ages 9 to 29 in NYC. She believes that educators have tremendous power and influence over students' lives, and this power must be wielded responsibly to benefit all school community members.