Devon H. Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

As the Interim Director, I oversee several critical departments, including the First Generation Plus Success Center, Student Basic Needs, and the Veterans Resource Center, all focused on student success and well-being. In this role, I supervise three professional staff, guide them in managing their spaces, and lead efforts to expand services that foster wellbeing and belonging. I am also responsible for driving strategic planning initiatives to improve processes across these departments and USC Student Life, ensuring we provide exceptional support to our diverse student population.A key accomplishment in my role has been leading the launch of the Trojan Food Pantry, a permanent institutional space dedicated to alleviating food insecurity on campus. Additionally, I successfully increased the Veterans Resource Center budget by 22.2%, enabling the expansion of essential services for military-affiliated students. I am deeply committed to creating equitable opportunities for all students, particularly those facing financial and housing insecurities, and will continue to lead efforts that enhance student experiences and strengthen our campus community.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

As a Senior Coordinator I assist in providing leadership for all departments under Trojan Success Initiatives, including the First Generation Plus Success Center, Student Basic Needs, and the Veterans Resource Center. In my role I have been tasked with providing on-site operational support for the Trojan Food Pantry, management of the Student Basic Needs Supplemental Funding Award, and development of resources and referrals for students impacted by housing, food, and financial insecurity.Success in this role includes working on a team that has created partnerships that promote food security with organizations such as World Central Kitchen (WCK), which helps distribute weekly chef-prepared meals to students who have been impacted by COVID-19.

Eureka, Ca, Us

As an Associate Faculty of Counseling to the Growth, Resource, Outreach, Valued & Empowerment Program (G.R.O.V.E.), I was responsible for supporting students by providing emergency assistance, Student Education Plans/Counseling, access to food, homelessness prevention services, as well as housing and motel vouchers to mitigate the impacts of housing and food insecurity. Additionally, I created and maintained the college's Diverse Male Scholar Initiative, which aims to increase persistence and graduation rates among self-identified men of color. I have been fortunate to be a part of a team that has effectively created a unique partnership between a California Community College and a California State University to strengthen the support self-identified men of color received at different levels of higher education within Humboldt County.

Arcata, California, Us

As the Special Consultant to the Diverse Male Scholar Initiative I was responsible for the creation, management, and coordination of all programs throughout the academic year. In addition to providing program management, I worked with the Office of Enrollment Management to ensure a proper assessment was developed to capture the initiative's progress for grant purposes.I have been fortunate to be a part of a team that has effectively created a DMSI Fellows program that hired, trained, and supported undergraduate and graduate students in year-long opportunity that addressed specific concerns self-identified men of color face in higher education. This effort allowed students to work together and gain various programming, leadership, and communication experiences using a cultural-competency lens.

Arcata, California, Us

As a Central Committee Advisor I was fortunate to work alongside a group of student fellows and professional staff to cultivate a safe community of self-identified male students of color by providing culturally centered programs strengthened with leadership, service, developmental, and academic opportunities. The team led efforts in working alongside students throughout the university to develop programs that promote college retention, using students inclusion and engagement, leveraging various department resources, collaborating with faculty and staff across campus, and creating a space where students were able to come together to work on their social-, emotional-, academic-, and professional-well being. We were able to secure funding for the academic year, hire student fellows, organize retreats, and create programming that includes: talking circles, workshops on masculinity, identity, financial literacy trauma/resilience, and graduate school planning, as well as a men of color panel, which would engage alumni, staff, and faculty.

Arcata, California, Us

As an Academic & Career Advisor I had the privilege to provide holistic academic and career advising with a commitment to first-gen, low-income, and traditionally marginalized students. I was able to assist students in major and minor exploration, academic planning, withdrawal and transfer advising, job and internship search, cover letter review, resume review, mock interviews, and the graduate school application process. In addition to providing personalized advising, I was able to introduce a new workshop that exposed students of the different processes involved in securing and becoming a competitive applicant for internships in Washington, D.C. I also partnered with the Multicultural Center and Scholars Without Borders to create a Graduate School presentation specifically for students who are historically underrepresented in graduate school programs across the U.S.

As the co-creator of the Young Men of Color Initiative at San Fernando High School, the mission is to advance young Latino males into academic scholars, community leaders, and young professionals. The program aims to increase the number of Latino males matriculating and graduating successfully from high school and four-year institutions of higher education. In addition to developing and leading the program, I introduced high school and college students with research-informed and best practices that advance social and economic well-being. I worked with 19 other LA County organizations, including community-based non-profits, community colleges, four year private universities and four year public universities to share and gather knowledge of program strategies and outcomes to better assist communities of color.

As a college access and retention advisor, I worked primarily with first-gent, low-income high school and college students of color. I would work alongside each student to ensure they were equipped with the knowledge to get into, as well as succeed while in college.To accomplish this, I would establish trust, validate strengths, support social and emotional development, while empowering them to make their own decisions and become healthy, productive, and well-adjusted young adults.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

During my time as a social work graduate intern for PolicyLab at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), I conducted research, literature reviews, program assessments and collaborated with state and city health programs alongside the Improvement Advisor, Medical Doctors, and Directors of the hospital. In addition to this support, I worked alongside PolicyLab professional staff to assist in the development of the COACH Model, a framework that captures how the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers builds healing relationships with patients. COACH describes the tools and techniques used to work with patients towards behavior change and to monitor progress. I also worked on a team to develop a Medical Legal Partnership, a pilot collaboration between CHOP and the University of Pennsylvania Law School Child Advocacy Clinic to provide free services to CHOP families based on the theory that the legal issues may adversely affect the health and well-being of the child.

Washington, Dc, Us

As a Policy Intern I was afforded an opportunity to learn about Latino-focused education policy, communications amongst federal- and state-agencies, and outreach at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. I collected research and data on Latino education, institutions, and communities, created and/or updated presentations, fact sheets, one-pagers or talking points for policy briefs, and was a liaison between the WHI and local and national Latino organizations and federal agencies. Success in this role includes working on a team to perform national outreach encouraging public, private, and non-profit contributions, which resulted in a collective investment of $335 million to build on high-quality education for the nation’s Latino population.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

While in the position of Social Work Counseling Intern at KIPP: Philadelphia Elementary Academy, I had the privilege of working closely with students and the Social Work Counseling Director to provide intervention plans, assessments, referrals, and weekly counseling. These were complemented by weekly case management techniques and supervisions to ensure students were getting the most appropriate assistance.

Irvine, Ca, Us

As a Bankruptcy Specialist at Malcolm Cisneros, I had the opportunity to draft, revise, and manage Electronic Filing in all districts of California. In addition, I performed discovery to ensure documents compiled with company standards and federal law, assisting the attorneys in court preparation.

Fullerton, Ca, Us

During my time as the Manager for the off-campus office for the College Legal Clinic, I had the privilege to conduct interviews, train new interns, and coordinate attorneys who were offering pro bono legal advice. In addition, I was able to provide weekly supervision for the 10 staff in the office. Success in this role looked like coordinating attorney consultations every week of the semester for the student body and local community.

Doctor Of Social Work

Master’S Degree, Social Work

Bachelor'S Degree, Criminal Justice