Supporting economic justice and fostering generational joy in Washington State through the Economic Justice Alliance and its 10-Year Plan to Dismantle Poverty. I lead with a pro-equity, anti-racist approach to support a statewide alliance that centers the voices of communities historically excluded from state policy, programs, and funding decisions. Working alongside the Economic Justice Alliance Advisory Committee and Ambassadors, the Subcabinet on Intergenerational Poverty, the Legislative-Executive WorkFirst, executive leadership of DSHS, partner agencies, people with lived experience, and community sponsors, I drive outreach and partnership-building to make the vision of the 10-Year Plan a reality.♦ Strategic Partnerships: Develop alliances to build resilience, expand resources, and support health outcomes for underserved communities.♦ Human-Centered Program Design: Implement empathy-driven strategies to ensure policies address real community needs, with a focus on inclusive, co-created solutions.♦ Community Engagement: Facilitate the Community Advisory Council, Lived Expert Ambassadors, and Legislative Executive Poverty Reduction Task Force to elevate diverse voices in policy-making.Learn more at https://waeconomicjusticealliance.com/

Led the development of a statewide community engagement program, creating equitable access to resources and promoting feedback-driven programming.♦ Equity Initiatives: Developed the Equity Ambassador program to expand engagement and enhance relationships across diverse communities. ♦ Statewide Partnerships & Advocacy: Built a strong communication platform for nonprofits across Washington, empowering them to advocate for public policy changes at local, state, and federal levels.♦ Change Management in Rebranding: Supported internal and external change management for the rebranding process, ensuring alignment with organization's mission. ♦ Strategic Partnership Expansion: Launched strategies to increase rural community engagement and served as a liaison to the Board Equity Committee, aligning community efforts with larger organizational objectives.♦ Affinity and Equity Initiatives: Designed the Equity Ambassador program, expanding engagement and building relationships. Developed affinity spaces an annual conference. ♦ Membership Program Management: Oversaw the membership program and staff, serving as a vital engagement and funding stream for the organization.

Responsible for delivering Upstream’s training to a variety of support staff at health centers across the state on topics that include non-coercive patient centered contraceptive counseling , shared decision making skills, and medically accurate contraceptive information.

Led statewide training initiatives focused on advancing equitable healthcare access, specifically contraceptive care, which impacts long-term health outcomes. Addressed barriers in reproductive healthcare access experienced disproportionately by marginalized communities. ♦ Equitable Training Programs: Advanced healthcare equity through patient-centered training initiatives, enhancing service quality and reducing systemic bias in Washington’s healthcare system.♦ Contraceptive Care as Preventive Care: Advocated for contraceptive care as a critical component of preventive healthcare, highlighting the impact of social determinants of health and systemic bias on access.

Manage and deliver the Upstream Training Program at health centers across the state of Washington to ensure highest quality services and convenient access to the full range of contraceptive methods, including IUDs and the implant. Deliver Upstream training program to train a variety of support staff (Medical Assistants, Health Educators, Registered Nurses, and Social Workers) across the state. Topics include: patient-centered counseling skills, medically accurate contraceptive information, contraceptive counseling and prevention of reproductive coercion.

Responsible for delivering Upstream’s training to a variety of support staff at health centers across the state on topics that include non-coercive patient centered contraceptive counseling , shared decision making skills, and medically accurate contraceptive information.

Coordinated the Spokane County 2020 Census Counts Committee, leading community outreach, engagement, and resource distribution to underserved populations across multiple channels.♦ Community-Driven Campaigns: Managed a multi-platform campaign (billboard, print, TV, radio) to boost Census participation, focusing on diverse audiences and accessibility.♦ Low-Barrier Grant Program: Co-designed and administered a grant program to support Census outreach in underrepresented communities, ensuring broad and equitable participation.♦ Multilingual Resource Development: Produced culturally relevant outreach materials in multiple languages, addressing the unique needs of local communities.

Directed multifaceted operations of 21 staff, four office locations spread across three rural counties providing victim services focused on domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse victims. Supervised intervention and prevention services, agency marketing and messaging, program development, fundraising, grant writing, strategic planning, and contract compliance.♦ Innovative Staff Wellness Programs: Sourced grant funding to establish a trauma-informed wellness program for team members, which included healing practices such as yoga tailored to support both staff resilience and emotional health. Advocated persistently for trauma-informed care within the organization, ensuring that holistic support extended not only to participants but also to staff.♦ Award-Winning Leadership: Recognized with the Visionary Voice Award for leadership in social change initiatives, including the creation of equitable and accessible victim support services across multiple counties.♦ Prevention Framework: Established prevention activities focused on shifting social norms and reducing violence at multiple levels (individual, relationship, community, society). This included community development initiatives designed to foster ownership of prevention efforts among community members.

• In this role, I oversaw violence prevention, outreach, and education programs using innovative awareness campaigns and training methods complete with audience-specific content.• In an effort to deliver comfort and emotional support to child abuse victims, I implemented an agency dog program that provided animal friendship and affection for children visiting the center.• To expand outreach efforts, I initiated new social media messaging plans and marketing strategies including hiring and training 5+ cross-functional outreach specialist.

Substitute para-educator specializing in children with disabilities and behavioral issues. Emergency credential substitute teacher K-12. Daycare teacher in nursery and preschool. Implemented lesson plans for the purpose of helping to enrich and maintain a safe environment both physically as well as emotionally. Instructed children and parents (e.g. nutrition, self-care, social, motor skills, language skills,). Monitored children's activities (e.g. classroom, snacks/lunch, playground, field trips, etc.). Participated in various program activities (e.g. family staffing, staff training, planning, communication and evaluation activities, etc.).