• Graduate Research Assistant within the Knowledge Exchange for Resilience Center (KER); academics and community partners collaborate on issues impacting Maricopa County such as heat resilience and the rising elderly population.• Collected data regarding homelessness, specifically among the elderly population. Data will be used by United Way Valley of the Sun to devise strategies addressing homelessness in the elderly population. • Recruited participants in Mesa and South Phoenix for a heat study measuring summer temperatures in low to middle income homes. The study's objective was to understand the degree heat negatively impacts one's health and finances and devise solutions to address the issue for people not eligible for government assistance. • Completed interviews with participants of the heat study and collected data.• Created and facilitated a youth empowerment day at the State Capitol for Maryvale High School. students in conjunction with the Maricopa County Health Department.• Assisted in implementing a summer sports clinic where volunteer high school students created a basketball league for Academia Del Pueblo Elementary students. High school students were also introduced to professionals in the sports industry providing insight into various career paths.

• Reviewed and analyzed relevant publications, articles, & case studies affordable housing book. • Interviewed affordable housing organizations and recipients. • Designated as project manager for the Smart Housing study where participating public housing residents were provided a tablet and answered questions regarding internet usage. Data was used by the City of Phoenix to analyze if public housing residents had increased opportunity with access to the internet.

• Developed an outreach program for grieving family members. • Assisted families in making end of life arrangements.• Served as a liaison between the community and the Medical Examiner's Office. • Compiled a comprehensive network of resources assisting in bereavement & after life planning. • Compiled additional comprehensive resource referral system listing all services in Maricopa County.• Referred families to various resources such as financial, legal, victim services, crisis, and grief support.• Developed an Employee Wellness Program addressing vicarious trauma in staff; components of the program included an onsite volunteer chaplain, peer support, referrals to therapists and intensive programs such as Arizona Emergency Responders Assistance Program (ERAP) specializing in vicarious trauma, animal therapy, yoga and meditation, and an onsite quiet room.• Coordinated meetings with first responder agencies with established Employee Wellness Programs.• Developed policy proposals for the peer support and volunteer chaplain components.

• Led a 4,000 mile cycling trip cross country from Jacksonville, FL to Santa Cruz, CA composed of 27 young adults advocating for affordable housing.• Secured partnerships with affordable housing organizations such as Habitat for Humanity and arranged volunteer days throughout the communities along our route.• Created and implemented an affordable housing curriculum. • Managed the organization’s social media pages, blog, & gave presentations along our route to raise awareness. • Collectively raised $180,000 for the organization’s affordable housing grant program.• Coordinated overnight stays, food arrangements, and other significant trip details. • Created cycling routes from Jacksonville, FL to Santa Cruz, CA.

• Managed integrated care for SMI clients designated to an advocate or guardian. • Partnered w/ the Office of Human Rights to ensure just treatment within the mental health system. • Conducted assessments to determine client's ability to understand processes and self advocate.

• Managed a caseload of 50 plus seriously mentally ill (SMI) adults in Maricopa County.• Conducted needs assessment and developed personalized treatment plans. • Networked and collaborated with various organizations on behalf of the client. • Submitted referrals for therapy, substance abuse programs, housing, etc.• Provided crisis interventions for individuals at risk to themselves or others & determined after care. • Completed outreach on missing clients.• Developed and facilitated weekly life skills classes. • Appointed trainer of newly hired employees • Ensured caseload was in compliance with Mercy Maricopa standards. This included completing frequent home visits, face to face interactions, ensuring clients attended psychiatric appointments, and progress was being made on established goals.• Developed a data base system to ensure caseload compliance with Mercy Maricopa's standards.

• Covered 13 counties for two programs, Screening Assessment and Support Services (SASS) and Comprehensive Community Based Youth Services (CYBSS) for children between the ages of 7-21.• SASS: Provided immediate on site crisis stabilization for youth contemplating suicide by providing support, assessing need for further psychiatric hospitalization, and developing a community stabilization plan.• CCYBS: Responded to youth who had ran away from their legal guardians without consent by defusing the emotional situation between the youth and legal guardian(s) and initiating the rebuilding of their relationship.• Worked closely with Illinois’s Department of Child Safety when abuse was suspected in the home by locating temporary foster care and coordinating care.

Team-based service program assisting communities within the Southwest Region of the United States in the areas of environmental stewardship, energy conservation, urban and rural development, disaster relief, and infrastructure.

• Recruited and enlisted future Corps Members.• Secured sponsors of the program. • Networked, coordinated, and facilitated public recruiting events held at various community institutions. • Top Recruiter of the Southwest Region.

Sunset Prairie Traveler's • Worked alongside nonprofit to address community needs.• Reconstructed rail roads to biking trails.

St. Louis Parks and Recreational Department • Constructed biking trails for the community.• Mentored students at an after school program in East St. Louis.

Love Your School Program, City of Little Rock • Piloted the first initiative to combat childhood obesity w/ the City & the professors of UA Little Rock. • Developed and implemented a nutrition curriculum with a community garden for 2,700 K-5 students. • Earned the Leadership Award granted by the Mayor of Little Rock.

Houston Parks and Recreational Department • Renovated impoverished parks. • Implemented an environmental educational program at the city's after school program.

• Assisted with the American Heart Association Walk• Member of Keeping Carbondale Beautiful; cleaned up the streets of Carbondale, Illinois• Volunteered at the Boys and Girls Club• Assisted at the American Red Cross blood drives

Integrative Neuroscience Laboratory • Recruited participants for the Light Cigarette Smoker and Marijuana Usage studies • Gathered, organized, & input data from participants to develop objectives & correlations • Revised and provided feedback on grant proposals