Educator. Group Facilitator. Advocate.

🔹 About Me

I bring trauma literacy, cultural fluency, and community-rooted experience into every room I teach in—whether it’s on a college campus, in an individual or group ESL class on Zoom, or in a support circle supporting trauma survivors through their healing.

Felizia Hunt, founder of Creative NYing LLC (dba Lizia Intervention & Voice Etc.) is a trauma educator with over 20 years of teaching experience, spanning higher education, mental health settings, and community organizing. Her classrooms are grounded in lived experience and trauma science. She holds a Master’s in Human Services Counseling: Crisis Response & Trauma, has multiple certifications, and continues to participate in, post-graduate academic study.

🔹 Teaching & Education Highlights

Academic Specialist, Open English — taught over 2,500 Spanish-speaking adults worldwide through the #1 online English learning platform
ESL Instructor for Children in China — taught 100+ students through EF Kids using structured, immersive curriculum
Adjunct Faculty, College of Coastal Georgia — designed and taught Creative Writing & Publishing with LIVE writing labs
Certified Test Scorer, Pearson Education — evaluates state-standardized essays (Grades 4, 7, 9, and 10) with calibrated, holistic scoring
Homeschool Educator — created full academic curriculum from Pre-K through high school; student scored in the 96th percentile nationally in Language Arts & Writing SATs

🔹 Trauma-Informed Mental Health & Education

Group Facilitator & Intake Specialist (Inquire About Location)
Led psychosocial intakes, conducted crisis assessments, and created/led domestic violence and women’s resilience groups under clinical supervision
Remote Crisis Counselor, 988 & Lifeline
Provided immediate, trauma-informed support to callers across the U.S.
Director of Community Engagement, (Inquire About Organization)
Wrote proposal that helped secure crisis response funding approval from the NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH)

🔹 Speaking, Teaching & Campus Impact

With intersectional identity as a spoken word artist and trauma educator, I’ve brought my teaching skills to countless campuses across the country, including:

University of West Georgia – Women’s History Month Speaker
Fort Valley State University – Dimensions of Spoken Word (Theatre class)
Washington & Jefferson College – Featured Speaker
West Virginia University – Guest Workshop
Austin-Peay State University – Featured Speaker
FAASA, NAASLC, NBGSA, ABCC Conferences — Youth advocacy and cultural leadership trainings
Malverne High School — Youth advocacy and career training in performing arts

I also proudly served as Past President of the NYS NAACP Youth & College Division, and currently sit on the Advisory Board of my local Economic Opportunity Commission (EOC), advocating for access to resources for vulnerable populations.

🔹 Policy + Public Engagement

In 2024, I spoke at the NYS Interagency Gender-Based Violence Policy Listening Session in NYC, where I delivered survivor-centered and professionally-informed trauma insights to the following agencies:

NYS Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (OPDV)
NYS Office for Victim Services (OVS)
NYS Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)
NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS)

🔹 Teaching Philosophy

I believe learning should be lifelong, relevant, and energizing. I design environments that are safe and intellectually alive.

Whether I’m teaching about the neurobiology of trauma, compassion fatigue, poly-victimization, or even somatic pain, I ensure each student is equipped with the tools to succeed–and this includes prioritizing their safety.

My approach is student-centered, trauma-informed, and rooted in real-world application. We discuss, what does this look like in real life?

I bring flexibility (within reason), relevance, and emotional clarity to every session. We laugh, we explore, and we stay on task. My students consistently report 90–100% satisfaction on evaluations, and many say they’ve learned more with me than in years of traditional instruction. I don’t just deliver curriculum—I create healing-centered spaces where students can show up fully and actually grasp the material they engage.

🔹 Credentials & Highlights Summary

Education & Credentials

M.A. in Human Services Counseling: Crisis Response & Trauma
Post-graduate work in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Graduate Certificate in Pastoral Counseling
B.S. in Behavioral Science: Community Health
ESL Teaching Certifications: TEFL (50hr) & TESOL (120hr)
Certified Pearson Test Scorer – Grades 4, 7, 9, and 10

Mental Health & Trauma Training

988 & Lifeline Crisis Counselor Certification (Vibrant Emotional Health/ SAMHSA)
Essential Skills in Crisis Counseling – National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Suicide Prevention & Risk Assessment (PAIR, CALM, C-SSRS)
Telehealth for Mental Health Professionals – PESI, Inc. (Required training)
Mandated Reporter (NYS OCFS)
Victim Advocate Level 1 – U.S. Dept. of Justice (IPV, Hate Crime, Combat, etc).
Mobile Crisis Team SOPA
NYS Family Peer Advocate (Credential pending)
Crisis Response & Trauma Care 101 – Crisis & First Responder Skills (Light Univ.)
Crisis Response & Trauma Care 201 – Acute Stress, Grief, & Trauma (Light Univ.)
Crisis Response & Trauma Care 401 – PTSD & Combat Stress(Light Univ.)
Crisis Response & Trauma Care 501 – Complex Trauma, Disaster & Emotional-Spiritual Care (Light Univ.)

Specializations & Teaching Focus

Domestic Violence & Post-Separation Abuse (Coercive control, TFDA)
Trauma Literacy and Trauma Recovery
Creator of Type II Family Violence™ and Insta-Abuse™ frameworks
Group Facilitation: DV Prevention & Women’s Resilience Support Groups
Creative writing & performing arts as catharsis
Student-centered, trauma-informed pedagogy
Culturally competent trauma education
Consistent 90–100% student satisfaction on teaching evaluations
Taught 2,500+ adult ESL learners in Latin America and other locations
Former Adjunct Faculty in Continuing Education with own curriculum
Experienced in homeschool, higher ed, and international instruction
Comfortable and competent at Spiritual Integration in trauma recovery
Coaching + community learning focused on trauma-informed themes

🔹 Let’s Work Together

I’m currently accepting teaching, training, and partnership opportunities.

📧 Email: Felicia[at]FeliciaHuntMA[dot]com
🌐 Location: Metro NYC / Has Ties to Metro ATL
🗣️ CV and references available upon request