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Alameda, California, United States

- Provide culturally sensitive and trauma-informed therapy to teens, pre-teens, and adults using TEAM-CBT model.- Facilitate group therapy for anxiety, depression, and various mental health topics.

Lafayette, California, United States

- Responsible for operations of mental health services and Wellness Center at public high school.- Provide drop-in & longer-term counseling and crisis intervention to culturally diverse adolescents and young adults ranging from ages 13-18 years old at school wellness center.- Clinically supervise MSW students and manage MSW/MFT intern client caseload.- Identify needs & strengths and create intervention plans for clients facing abuse/neglect, substance use, relationship issues, eating disorders, suicidal ideation, anxiety, depression, and social isolation.- Provide direct crisis response interventions (e.g., suicide assessment, CPS/SRO consultation, etc.).- Collect data and assess current needs to inform wellness program and social-emotional climate.- Collaborate with School Counselors, Special Education, School Psychologist, Nurse, Teachers, and Administration on Student Resource Team to case manage high need students.- Conduct Brief Interventions for students caught using alcohol or drugs on campus.

Oakland, California, United States

- Oversight and approval annual budget, major financial decisions and strategic organizational goals.- Participated with staff and leadership in strategic planning and visioning meetings and key events.

- Provide drop-in & longer-term counseling and crisis intervention to culturally diverse adolescents and young adults ranging from ages 13-18 years old at school wellness center.- Provide direct crisis response interventions (e.g., suicide assessment, CPS/SRO consultation, etc.).- Conduct Brief Interventions for students caught using alcohol or drugs on campus.

Oakland, California, United States

- Provided 1:1 weekly counseling to culturally diverse children ranging from ages 6-10 years old.- Assess home, school, personal and other ecological factors affecting student learning through individual and classroom observations, family meetings, and review of school records.- Advocated for clients at coordination of service (COST), student success (SST), and IEP meetings.- Facilitated weekly boys group focused on social skills and leadership development.- Developed and taught interactive social emotional learning (SEL) to kindergarten and first grade classes on topics including: feelings, mindfulness, empathy, and positive choices.

San Jose, California, United States

- Facilitated workshops and overnight camps with high school students designed to educate about discrimination and privilege and encourage empowerment and social activism.- Designed interactive educational content about institutional racism, sexism, and homophobia.- Oversaw the participation and safety of 60-80 high school students in overnight camps.

San Francisco Bay Area

- Coached individuals to explore and identify sustainable career paths based on client passions, personal values, and skills; and developed accountability plans for agreed-upon goals and timelines.- Developed curriculum to support mindfulness, career development and personal accomplishment.- Facilitated interactive group workshops on mission statements, core values, and more.

Oakland, California, United States

- Educated and supported older adults and Medicare recipients on health insurance issues.- Counseled clients to advocate for healthcare needs and assisted with outreach to client systems.- Made referrals for issues outside the scope of HICAP program (housing, food, legal, etc.).- Worked with healthcare providers and family members to advocate for clients’ interests.

San Francisco, Ca

- Consult with wide range of pharmaceutical manufacturers on FDA advertising and promotional regulation, anti-kickback statutes, compliance programs, employee investigations, PhRMA Code, Sunshine Act, and state marketing and disclosure laws. - Areas of expertise include: pharmaceutical legal affairs, healthcare compliance, promotional review, medical & scientific review, state & federal reporting, policies & standard operating procedures, codes of conduct, live training, e-training modules, live salesforce monitoring, systems & transactions audits, employee investigations, project management.- Clients have spanned smaller biotech to Fortune 500 companies including: Baxter International, Baxalta US, Astellas Pharma, and Ipsen.

New York, Ny

- Contributed to launch of new product. Key activities include counseling on label negotiations, promotional review, medical and health economics review, and counseling on HCP and patient programs.- Collaborated with co-promote partner on drug commercialization and legal support activities.- Counseled on patient recruitment activities for clinical studies, including negotiation of informed consent forms.

Brisbane, Ca

- Legal representative on key decision-making bodies including Leadership, Compliance, and Promotional Review Committees.- Lead counsel on commercial, medical and promotional activities for entire company portfolio of four products.- Collaborated in the development of patient support programs including co-pay assistance, coupons and starter therapy programs.- Developed corporate compliance program, which entailed: drafting and implementation of policies/SOPs, creation and delivery of trainings, development of controls for high-risk activities, and garnering cross-functional support for such activities.- Trained U.S. employees, global affiliates, senior management, and external vendors/consultants on company policies, laws and regulations.- Conducted internal investigations of employee misconduct.- Led internal teams and outside vendors to comply with state disclosure laws and prepare internal processes and systems for Federal Sunshine Act.

- Implemented and monitored compliance with Corporate Integrity Agreement, including facilitating the annual company-wide compliance audit conducted by independent review organization.- Counseled multiple groups on activities such as medical education grants, advisory boards, drug sampling, and promotions. Served as voting member of internal committees related to these activities.- Drafted SOPs and corporate policies, and implemented related training, including ones on promotional speakers, investigator-initiated trials, education grants, advisory boards, prescribing data and drug sampling.- Reviewed promotional materials/initiatives to ensure adherence to applicable laws.- Monitored sales force conduct through call note and email review, field ridealongs, and PDMA audits. Implemented remedial actions for detected violations.- Conducted internal investigations of reported and suspected employee misconduct.- Served as compliance representative for PDMA drug sampling activities.

- Researched and counseled on legal developments impacting the company, such as legislation on clinical trials, drug distribution, FDA advisory panels, and patent extensions.- Negotiated and drafted over $1 Million of clinical trial, consulting, and service agreements.- Presented corporate compliance trainings to audiences of 10-200 employees.- Assisted with development and implementation of compliance program in accordance with FDA and OIG guidance, the PhRMA Code, Federal Sentencing Guidelines, False Claims Act, anti-kickback laws, and state disclosure/conduct laws.

Master Of Social Work - Msw

Professional Co-Active Coaching, Leadership Development, Executive Coaching

The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) is the largest in-person coach training school in the world and the only one to teach CTI's Co-Active.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Legislation Clinic, Community Economic Development Clinic Top 25%

B.S., Business Administration

Education minor