Drug Free Communities Manager• Responsible for the overall monitoring and coordinating of Coalition activities including training, coalition initiatives, committee work, action planning and implementation, capacity building, data collection, federal reporting and coalition communications.• Work with coalition organizer to develop and coordinate the coalition Youth Council• Build relationships with community partners and develop prevention strategies and initiatives like the Know Your Neighbor: Connecting Business and Community project to enhance convenience store retailer responsibility in the community.

Education Organizer (2008-Present)• Partner closely with students, teachers and counselors at Kelvyn Park HS to develop and implement programs and projects aimed at developing student leadership.• Represent LSNA in the citywide Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) collaborative• Locally supervise and mentor youth to develop leadership and community organizing skills; providing opportunities for action• Coordinate weekly youth meetings & events such as youth-led freshmen retreats, service-learning projects, college trips and a peer mentoring program• Create and facilitate youth trainings; outreach and turnout for citywide events• Serve as Liaison and Supervisor for After School Matters jobs program; Logan Square Youth Leadership InstituteNew Communities Program Organizer (2005-2008)• Established and built relationships with community members and institutions working toward the creation and expansion of affordable housing for low-income residents and working families• Managed and coordinated community outreach campaigns to garner support from community members and local elected officials for the development of affordable mixed-use housing in Logan Square as well as Supportive Housing for families at risk of homelessness in partnership with the lead organizations of the housing development proposals• Supported the work of multiple work areas of the organization including assisting and participating in other ongoing campaigns and organizational events and activities, such as assisting with the community outreach regarding the proposed Bloomingdale Trail project in Logan Square, a project to expand green space for community residents by utilizing and redeveloping unused railroad property for open space• Participated in city-wide New Communities Program meetings & events as coordinated by LISC- Chicago

• Processed voter registration cards for city-wide voter outreach campaign during the 2004 presidential elections. • Worked to research and input data for the Color of Money Report. • Assisted with event coordination and preparation for events such as fundraising dinners, townhall meetings, stakeholder meetings etc.

• Demonstrated ability to work with people on a one-on-one level. • Worked in a team• Utilized effective communication skills in person and over the telephone• Developed public speaking skills • Planned and organized town hall meeting on the new Medicare Prescription Drug Law