Frank McAlpin, Project Coordinator, Bushwick Academy of Urban Planning

Frank McAlpin is currently in his final year of graduate school for Social Work at Fordham University, specializing in global service. Frank earned his Bachelors degree in History and Education at Marquette Univeristy in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Last year he interned with the New York City Parks and Recreation Department with the Welfare-to-Work program, facilitating psycho-educational groups and providing individual counseling and case management. While in college Frank worked with the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin providing HIV/AIDS counseling and testing at various sites in the central city of Milwaukee. He also participated in an intensive service learning program in Cape Town, South Africa, studying at the Desmond Tutu Peace Center and working in a local NGO with street children. In Cape Town he provided counseling and support to marginalized youth, and specifically HIV/AIDS counseling, health education, LGBT outreach and sexual violence prevention. In addition to his work at Global Potential, he is currently a Resident Director at Fordham University Lincoln Center, providing counsel, guidance and support to undergraduate resident students.