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Course: SPHG 722: Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating Public Health Solutions

Collaborated with academic, clinic, and community partners on a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-funded Maternal Health Community Implementation Project to identify equitable implementation strategies for an outpatient hypertension bundle with pregnant parents in Chatham and Caswell Counties, NC Co-facilitated community-based participatory efforts to garner patient perspectives on Respectful Care and inform delivery strategies of the outpatient hypertension bundle service in Piedmont Health Services Clinics

Manage recruitment of parents of extremely preterm newborns for the TEMPO study (Therapist Education and Massage for Parent Infant Outcomes) aimed to improve infant physiological development & maternal mental health Conduct and analyze 30 in-depth qualitative interviews and quantitative data using STATA and Dedoose software Facilitate a focus group discussion with 5 TEMPO interventionists to determine facilitators and barriers to implementing a therapist-led program in NICU settings

Led the co-creation of an Equity Impact Assessment (EIA) for implementation support tools based on key tenets of community engagement, racial equity, and human-centered design thinking for the Impact Center at FPGAdvanced equitable implementation support tool development for the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program system of evidence-based parenting and family support strategies to improve child well-being in NCEvaluated the feasibility and utility of employing the Equity Impact Assessment by Implementation Specialists for the redesign of the Implementation Capacity for Triple P Simulation Lab

Capital Area Food Network (CAFN) is a community-led non-profit focused on increasing food security and supporting sustainable local food and farm systems. As the Development and Strategy Associate through AmeriCorps VISTA for Wake County's food policy council, I: Facilitated organization-level strategic planning for a county-wide nonprofit food council with goals to ground systems work in sustainability, racial equity, and local policy engagement Collaborated with local government, nonprofits, and community partners to build organizational capacity and coordinate regional projects combatting food insecurity and malnutrition in Wake County, NC

Ensured the daily safety and well-being of approximately 30 campers while providing childcare services in a daily summer camp. Organized, led, and supervised age-appropriate activities for children throughout Portland, Maine and surrounding areas. Served as an efficient team member with co-counselors to facilitate large-group instruction and instill YMCA values of honesty, respect, responsibility, and caring.

Conducted fifteen surveys and interviews with regional fatherhood programs to determine consistency and compliance with the North Carolina Perinatal Health Strategic Plan: 2016-2020Led the literature review process on national fatherhood initiatives and social determinants of perinatal health to develop policy recommendations for the NC Division of Public Health on improving birth outcomes across NCDeveloped policy recommendations and created a program database for the NC DPH to further improve fatherhood initiatives/programs and birth outcomes within North Carolina.

Educated classes of approximately 15 elementary-aged students on science-related topics in a daily after school program. Prepared and carried out lesson plans; attended to the learning, social, and developmental needs of children while conducting various activities.

Qualitatively analyzed equitable implementation strategies of the National Program of Congenital Heart Disease, charged with coordinating the referral, transfer, and treatment of uninsured youth across all 24 jurisdictions in Argentina Produced a report for senior staff on how civil society organizations and national government-led programs ensure equity-based program strategies for pediatric congenital heart disease cases across the countryPrepared, supervised, and assisted weekly art classes through the non-profit Fundación Garrahan for pediatric patients at Casa Garrahan, a home for patients and families receiving medical treatment in Buenos Aires, Argentina.