Amy Wilcox is a college counselor at ELLIS Preparatory Academy since September 2020, where Amy advises seniors on the admissions process and facilitates skill-based workshops. Amy also works as a Marketing Event Coordinator at CRC Insurance Services since September 2015, focusing on the development and strategy of the Women's Leadership Network. Previous experience includes providing community-based counseling at South Bay Mental Health and leading art therapy groups as an intern at Riverside Industries. Amy holds a Master of Social Work from Columbia University and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
English Language Learners & International Support (ELLIS) Preparatory Academy
Founded in 2008, ELLIS is the first public high school ever that expressly serves 16-21 year-old recently arrived immigrants. ELLIS strives to serve students academically as well as socio-emotionally as it prepares them for college and careers. Part of the Internationals Network for Public Schools (known for its success graduating English language learners as compared to NYC DOE averages), ELLIS academics are progressive - project and inquiry-based - and students present a portfolio at the end of each semester. All teachers are considered to be content AND language teachers, as all students are recently-arrived English Language Learners, and core classes fuse core content with language development.