Resilience
Alondra Guzman is an experienced professional currently serving as a Children's Legal & Medical Advocate at Resilience since April 2022, while also working as a Bilingual Clinical Informatics Specialist at Oak Street Health since May 2020. Prior to these roles, Alondra held multiple positions at Beloit College, including Office Assistant, Resident Assistant, and Pearson's Building Manager from August 2017 to March 2020. Alondra's career began at Starbucks, where tenure lasted from October 2014 to August 2017 as a Barista. Alondra holds a Bachelor's of Arts degree in Health & Society from Beloit College, earned in 2020.
Resilience
Resilience (formerly RVA) is an Illinois not-for-profit organization made up of many individuals with two primary goals: to assure that survivors of sexual assault are treated with dignity and compassion; and to affect changes in the way the legal system, medical institutions and society as a whole respond to survivors. Resilience focuses on both social service and social change. Through our presence in Chicago area emergency rooms, we provide nonjudgmental emotional support to victims of sexual violence, enabling them to become survivors. By providing basic legal and medical information, and referrals to other service organizations, we help the survivor make informed decisions. We also offer survivors continued support through telephone follow-up and our staff of counselors and legal advocates. Through these services, we enable survivors to regain control over their lives as quickly as possible. Through our work with the Chicago Police Department, the Cook County State's Attorney's Office and other area institutions, we strive to improve the treatment of survivors as a group in our society. Resilience offers three distinct program areas: Counseling (individual and group), Advocacy (legal and medical) and Education & Training.