As the Workforce Partnerships Manager at the Redwood Coast Chamber Foundation (RCCF), I lead the organization’s efforts in the Modern Youth Internship Academies (MYIA). This program, funded by the Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe, aims to expand work-based learning opportunities such as internships and job shadowing for North Coast students. My primary responsibility is to recruit and train partner businesses and nonprofits to host these students, offering them valuable real-world workplace experiences.Programming is centered in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, where RCCF acts as the central hub. My role involves managing all program-related relationships, ensuring we meet our goals.Key duties include:- Leading the Work-Based Learning Initiative from design through implementation, collaborating with Chamber team members and program partners.- Recruiting a diverse array of businesses and nonprofits to host work-based learning experiences, with a focus on BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, veteran, Tribal, and female-owned organizations.- Coordinating with other Chambers of Commerce under RCCF contracts to ensure successful outreach and program execution.- Representing RCCF at collaboration meetings with Blue Lake Rancheria, schools, and other groups to maintain program continuity.- Organizing and conducting training sessions on best practices for hosting high school students in work-based learning roles.- Expanding marketing efforts via social media, website content, email campaigns, phone calls, and in-person conversations.- Using continuous improvement processes to manage program timelines and deliverables effectively.- Preparing and tracking participation data, needs assessments, and surveys.- Drafting routine reports for funders and RCCF leadership.- Staying updated on trends in work-based learning and career and technical education (CTE).My goal is to champion diversity, equity, and inclusion while fostering economic resilience and community growth in the region.

▪ Assist afro-descendant students with archival and genealogical research to further their knowledge of the people, places, and cultures that have informed their present ethno-cultural identity. ▪ Draft grants to fund the employment of student researchers from CSU Black Student Unions.▪ Coordinate and plan multiple cultural workshops and events on and off campus.▪ Research, compile, and maintain archival records of genealogical documents.

Contribute to the planning and development of cultural and arts initiatives, enhancing community engagement and preservation of local heritage.

Participate in educational and business development planning, supporting policies and initiatives that impact local schools and businesses.

▪ Coordinate communications and logistics of core group meetings, including scheduling and arranging meeting times, sending out reminders, and generating agendas.▪ Follow up with recipients of grant funds and facilitate interviews and maintain running profiles on grant recipients.▪ Monitor and respond to organizational emails, established social media accounts and maintain current presence on all necessary platforms.BBlack is a black led, grassroots organization established during the summer of 2020 to collectively address issues of community safety facing the Black community in Humboldt County. BBlack’s primary focus is on supporting existing local black leadership, creating conditions that make it easy for the emergence of new black leadership and supporting black led organizational collaborations that strengthen collective leadership.

-Onboarded and trained four new congressional interns in collaboration with the Staff Assistant.-Assisted staff members by reserving rooms, submitting ID request forms, digitizing record forms, and troubleshooting technology issues.-Tracked the progression of sponsored and cosponsored bills and letters.-Created a database of 200 value statements for the office mail program.

Directly served the head of the Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies department.

Developed, edited and managed the Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies website.