As an Aspen Soar Fellow I focus on globally advancing gender equity for all women and girls.

The Hive is a culturally specific peer advocacy based organization serving marginalized survivors of sexual trauma, intimate partner violence, and stalking.-Provide executive leadership and management -Partner with community organizations and educational institutions to implement servicesproviding prevention, intervention, and advocacy support.-Maintain financial responsibility and sustainability of organization via grant management, budget oversight, fee for services oversight, and fundraising efforts.-Provide technical assistance regarding survivor centered and culturally specific services, i.e.(strategic planning, mapping, program development, and capacity building.

Leadership 101 Instructor for Violence Against Women Course

A transparent journey of motherhood, marriage, and a daughter of Christ from the perspective of a military wife.

Providing simple solutions and strategies to non profit and small business start ups and program development for projects focused specifically on serving Communities of Color and the faith based community.

Transforming the first year experience to create an effective learning community by providing counseling, advising, coaching, and mentoring to first year students to ensure and equip them with the knowledge and experience needed to succeed in college and beyond...as they Enter with Pride and Exit with Power as Benedict College alum.

• Prepared Financial Literacy & Life Skills materials for low-income high school students• Created and developed syllabus and curriculum for Life Skills and Financial Literacy course that develops critical thinking and integrates technology• Ensured curriculum for each class incorporates the program theme and aligns with Benedict College Upward Bound program requirements• Facilitated all aspects of classroom instruction and management• Provided academic support and college preparation support such as interviewing skills, professional development, etc.

Providing students of STM Academy with holistic counseling, academic, and lifeskill development services that will enable them to live a social, spiritual, and emotionally balanced life. Partnering with parents, staff of STM, and community members to help drive forth the mission of the STM Community. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:Counsel students individually and in groups- Grief and Loss-Identify Awareness-New Student Group- Social Skills- Anger Management- Positive Coping Skills-AnxietyFacilitate class discussions:- Life Skills - Anti-bullying/Relational Aggression- Personal Safety- Peer Relationships-Conflict ResolutionFamily Outreach- Connect families to community resources - Provide information regarding child's needs and strategies to improve behavioral concernsTeacher Supportive Services- Offer behavior management strategies-In Class Room SessionsAreas of Specialty: Trauma, Grief & Loss, Life Skill Development, low-self esteem, ADHD/ADD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, life transitions, Personal Safety, Mentoring, and PTSD

-Provided wrap-around counseling and therapeutic services for children and youth with mental health needs.-Conducted Intakes for self and colleagues-Developed family action plans -Participated in team sharing to assist colleagues in working with consumer-Attended court hearings and meetings with State Social Workers for children and youth in therapeutic foster care on as needed basis

-Proficiently assessed consumer files providing in-house auditing-Quality assurance review performed to ensure best practice models incorporated-Provided Technical Assistance with Clinical Therapists to strengthen skill level and identify other methods to meeting the needs of children and families-Participated in Leadership Meetings to provide insight and current status of work with consumers-Conducted Intake for WA DSHS Wrap Around and FAST recipients-Operated and assessed calls from Pierce County Crisis Line for children and teenagers-Met Monthly with fellow Pierce County Mental Health Constituents

-Advised and supported work efforts of one of the Associate Dean in the following areas: Continuing Education, student organization, field learning sites, and Practicum Office.- Developed supportive resources for professional student organizations on organizational development and sustainability, budgeting, facilitation, community engagement, and how to strategically realign organization with the mission and vision of the institution.-Provided day to day administrative support such as scheduling, filing, and managing expense reports.

-Provided support through management of State Strategy and Washington State Strategic consultation requests in assigned states, counties, and jurisdictions.-Managed workload of WA Racial Disproportionality Research Subcommittee, i.e. Conducted literature reviews on national data, and analyzed information and approaches to address disproportionality in the Child Welfare System.-Scheduled events, evaluated proposals/requests, communicated with directors within and across departments.-Maintained projects and collaborations including managing work of teams where partnerships and technical assistance was being provided.

-Adult Counselor for Summer youth program-Allen Adventures -Managed/oversaw 4 youth counselors and 13 youth ages-11-14, some who experienced behavioral or emotional disturbances. -Developed agendas, assisted in developing curriculum, taught youth during instructional period, and assisted youth in writing articles published in The Message Magazine of Pierce County.

-Advised and supported 42 minority student organizations in program planning, implementation, organizing and fundraising.-Conducted quarterly leadership workshops for affiliate organizations and users of the ECC/T.-Managed projects, programs, and events for organizations, i.e. orientation, databases, workshops, workgroups, advising, memberships, and communication. -Advisor to the Office of Minority Affairs/Diversity Student Advisory Board. -Implemented and co-facilitated Get Empowered, Get Connected Organizing Workshop former Black Panther Garry Owens.

-Managed Ladies with Purpose mentoring program by creating a curriculum to foster social skills, academic achievement, independence, maturation, social identity, and developed outcome evaluation assessments, events, projects, programs, field trips, and developing quarterly reports. -Member of Atlantic Street Center Board.-Managed applications and contact with parents of summer camp participants.