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•Founded and developed a nationally recognized program grounded in lived expertise to change the post-secondary educational and career outcomes of foster and adopted youth between the ages of 18 and 24• Grew the annual budget of a start-up non-profit organization from $2,000 to $400,000 and maintained annual fundraising streams to ensure a maintained a consistent annual revenue• Created a framework of program design grounded in best practices and culturally relevant pedagogy to support an annual cohort of 60 students in Connecticut who are pursuing college with lived experience in foster care or adoption through academic coaching, mentorship, and career coaching

Appointed for a 1 year term as a voting member by Governor Lamont to deliberate and decide upon the implementation of child welfare policy for the Department of Children & Families alongside other child welfare leaders within the state of Connecticut.

Take an active role in the development of Connecticut’s Family First Prevention Service Plan alongside state leaders in Child Welfare.Approves the recommendations established by 5 state work groups.Submits final FFPSA plan to the Governor and HHS.

-Support policy development and implementation through a collaborative initiative of the Family First Act in the state of Connecticut in areas pertaining to kinship care and foster care.Develop policy and structural implementations to be included in Connecticut’s Family First proposal for review via Connecticut’s Governor and the Department of Health & Human Services.

Abide by trauma informed practices and handle cases as a youth social worker in a group home environmentCornell University Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Certificate Department of Children & Families Mandated Reporter Certificate

 Co-founded and managed a program dedicated to supporting foster & adopted youth through their undergraduate careers at CCSU through community engagement and academic readiness. Oversee the growth of a program from 50 to 110 students to support social-emotional and professional learning through advocating of resources, academic tutoring, and community development.  Manage a team of 15-20 undergraduate and graduate student mentors to work with underclassman foster youth to connect them with resources and build meaningful relationships.

worked in the United States Senate for the Adoption Caucus to research and write policy to improve outcomes for youth in the child welfare system. Diveresified policy experiences working on the NDAA, writing memos, attended breifings, and worked on constituent services.

One of 12 individuals hired from across the country for a prestigious internship to research and write a child welfare policy report that was published and presented to the United States Senate, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Whitehouse. Authored an in-depth research federal child welfare policy report focusing on post-adoption support services to be published and presented to Congress and the White House in July 2019.Worked under the office of Senator Amy Klobuchar to research and write policy to improve outcomes of foster and adopted youth in institutions of Higher Education.

Completed a Term of AmeriCorps service as an elementary education teacher in the state of Connecticut.