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Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Area

Greater Omaha Area

Coordinates Title VI Indian Education Grant programming. Plans, schedules, hosts, documents, and reports on program activities per grant objectives. Provides information and training for parents/guardians regarding district resources, parent advocacy, home learning support activities, district and community support networks and access to civil rights & legal educational advocacy. Works effectively with Title VII Parent Advisory Committee (Native American Achievement Council), parents and students to schedule, plan, and implement Title VII activities. Maintains 506 Title VII Eligibility forms for funding purposes; includes recruitment, verification, documentation and annual review and validation. Coordinates post-secondary college and career readiness opportunities for Native students. Provides information about culturally relevant teaching materials and Native American community resources to district staff. Organizes program, school and community events/meetings as needed. Requires working some evening hours.

Omaha, Nebraska

Planning, developing implementing, monitoring and evaluating the overall HPDP program for NWI healthcare system. Serving, in collaboration with other clinical content experts, as a subject matter expert in HPDP and providing education on evidence-based HPDP services to patient centered care teams and other clinical staff.Ensuring health promotion and prevention programs/services provided by the VA are integrated into clinical care settings though patient centered care teams. Coordinating and engaging teams to redesign or improve the quality of the delivery of HPDP-related services.Providing holistic health presentations according to VA health awareness topic of the month. Collaborating with community services to link Veterans to outside resources ensuring Veteran receives best prevention and health promotion services possible.

Red Mesa, Arizona

Coordinated visioning and planning sessions with local community members to address health issues and concerns within their respective communities. Through this process a family based intervention program, two local high school youth coalitions and two different community health coalitions were developed and implemented. Served as a resource and advisor for local tribal governance systems and schools to develop wellness plans to for their respective entities.Managed a Methamphetamine Suicide Program Initiative (MSPI) program becoming an independent program by becoming an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Trainer (ASIST) and a SafeTalk Trainer. Through these certifications, we were able to provide suicide intervention trainings to over 400 persons within the year. Created evaluation measures for community health programs, department programs and school health programs using the public health model, Re-AIM framework, and indigenous models to support the validity of all programs. Developed and conducted a needs assessment of four communities utilizing the Community Health Improvement Process (CHIP) and provided feedback to all four communities.Advocated for holistic wellness with physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being as core principles, applying them to current public health issues. Able to provide various educational presentations on holistic wellness, coordinated school health programs, suicide intervention and prevention, Diabetes Education curriculum, and the Physical Activity Kit. Demonstrated advocacy by engaging tribal leaders, community leaders, organizations and partners to collaborate on various community events and programs. Created and currently promote physical activity programs for the community such as running clubs, hiking clubs, backpacking clubs and other health programs emphasizing physical activity.

Led various school health teams to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive school health program.Ensured schools had administrative and community support to implement a comprehensive school health program. Performed various assessments and compiled school specific data to inform and educate on various health epidemics. Assisted in systems of financial support obtainment, such as grant proposals to Indian Health Service, tribal and commercial resources. Facilitated school health teams to design and implement school health program evaluation systems; leading to an improved school health program. Provided reports in collaboration with school staff to parent advisory groups, Navajo Area Administration and various school health entities to promote and inform about school health accomplishments. Provided the necessary technical assistance on various school health needs; including but not limited to data collection, curriculum training and physical activity training for all staff and auxiliary personnel.Assisted with the coordination of local communities to establish family based health promotion activities and events throughout the year.Developed educational materials for educators and communities to create awareness of current health epidemics.Obtained approval and clearance from schools, health boards and the Navajo institutional review board to implement the Navajo Youth Risk Behavior Survey.

Coordinated with all service units on Navajo area to implement the Navajo Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey to an estimated 10,000 middle school students and 13,000 high school students on and near the Navajo Reservation. Coordinated with Center of Disease Control to ensure all essential requirements were met with the 2008 Navajo Youth Risk and Resiliency and all supplemental documents and materials were given in the correct procedures. Assisted school health coordinators to manage and enhance comprehensive school health programs in the Shiprock Service area. Served as the Navajo Area ThinkFirst program coordinator.Initiated, developed and cultivated working relationships with Navajo area schools to educate about spinal cord injuries and traumatic brain injuries to elementary and secondary schools on behalf of the ThinkFirst Navajo chapter.Trained speakers with spinal cord injuries known as Voices for Injury Prevention (VIP)to become didactic speakers for the ThinkFirst Navajo Chapter.

Provided a variety of learning experiences so that students demonstrate skills and concepts learned through individual and group demonstrations.Provided and effectively organized a variety of materials, equipment, media, and community resources to support the instructional program, using school approved procedures. Organized and supervised approved field trips to enhance classroom learning.Ensured the safety of students in physical education activities by providing a comprehensive program in safety instruction, injury prevention and management, and physical conditioning prior to activity.Assisted with extra curricular activities, supporting the total program of the school. Instructed, advised, coached, and supervised extra curricular activities, including intramural sports, and academic competition. Coordinated with Shiprock school health coordinator to implement and evaluate a school health program.

Master'S Degree, Public Health

Bachelor’S Degree, American Indian/Native American Studies

Activities and Societies: Intertribal student council

Public Health

Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Activities and Societies: American Indian Science and Engineering SocietySome College Coursework Completed Credits Earned: 44 Semester.

Community Health Promotion

Some College Coursework Completed Credits Earned: 24 Semester hours