CAMBA Staff and Contact info

CAMBA Staff and Contact info
Arsonia Manbode
Director
ArsoniaM@camba.org
Jahziel James
Advocate Counselor
JahzielJ@camba.org
Ebony Liriano
Advocate Counselor
EbonyL@camba.org
Maya Lord-Dagostino
Advocate Counselor
Mayal@camba.org
Toni McNeil
Advocate Counselor
ToniM@camba.org
Tamara Schomberg
Advocate Counselor
Tamaras@camba.org
CAMBA Learning to Work Program is located at Brooklyn Academy Transfer High School. Transfer Schools are small, academically rigorous, full-time high schools designed to re-engage students who have dropped out or who have fallen behind in credits.  We cater to the social and academic needs of students, and strive to provide a holistic education for those students who have had difficulty reaching their academic goals previously.

Learning to Work (LTW) is an in-depth job readiness and career exploration program designed to enhance the academic component of Brooklyn Academy High School.  The goal of LTW is to assist students in overcoming obstacles that impede their progress toward a high school diploma and lead them toward rewarding employment and educational experiences after graduation. LTW offers academic and student support, career and educational exploration, work preparation, skills development, and internships.

The LTW initiative is not a separate program; rather, it is an integral component of the academic program at Brooklyn Academy HS. 
Advocate Counselors 
Working with our advocate counselors, students will improve their sense of identity, communication skills and self reliance. Moreover, we work with students to "break through barriers, and assist student with advocating for themselves.

Advocate Counselors:
  • Assist at risk young adult students to eliminate barriers to education and employment. 
  • Assist students in attaining their goals by identifying and locating community resources for students."
  • Make referrals to appropriate services both within and outside CAMBA."
  • Offer one on one conferences with students to assess their academic and social needs.
  • Provide post-secondary exploration by exposing students to the following opportunities: College visits, College/Career Fairs, financial aid and small personalized classroom presentations with college/vocational staff to best prepare them for life after high school.
  • Provide workshops on Life Skills; College Exploration, Work Readiness, scholarship opportunities and career exploration. Our students will always feel welcomed, accepted and shown that they have the ability to accomplish anything that they desire. 
Internship Developer/Job Developer
  • Develop internship sites in order to provide Brooklyn Academy students with rewarding work readiness experience, and skills.
  • Guide interns to maintaining appropriate work ethics.
  • Assist students with constructing resumes, or updating.
  • Place students who have shown interest into internship opportunities. 
  • Provide weekly work readiness seminars for interning students.
  •  Interns are provided counseling on work ethics, attendance, academic progress, and topics beneficial to students's internship growth, and career aspirations. 
Social Worker
  • Provide Brooklyn Academy students with individual and or group counseling.
  • Students are provided supportive services which assist them to breaking through barriers that may impede their progress.
  • Counsel students in behavior, educational progress, family dynamics, mental and physical health.
  • Provide resource referrals internal and external for students and their families. 
CAMBA Inc.

Mission Statement
CAMBA is a non-profit agency that provides services that connect people with opportunities to enhance their quality of life.

Who We Are 
 Founded in 1977, CAMBA is a non-profit agency that connects people with opportunities to enhance their quality of life.

For more information about CAMBA, please click here.