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Human Development and Family Science

Our Graduates: Career Profile

 

Krista Felty
1998


HDFS Major

 

Additional Education: N/A

 

Job Title: Community Educator

 

Employer: Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge; Roanoke, VA

 

Position Description: Develop and present community based sexuality education programs in schools, youth behavior rehabs, after-school programs, etc.

 

Salary Range : $25,000 - $35,000

 

Previously Held Positions: Youth counselor for an after-school program; Roanoke, VA, Program Coordinator for the American Trauma Society, PA Division; Mechanicsburg, PA

 

Courses Found Most Helpful: Strategies of Family Intervention, Child Development, Human Sexuality, Families in America, Dynamics of Family Interaction, Social Psychology, Adolescent Development

 

How HDFS Helped to Prepare Her: “I learned how to develop family life education programs. Also, I've been able to apply just about every class I took to my job in some way.”

 

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