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Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

▪ IIF Coordinator for the Steelcase Foundation’s $10 million, 10-year Investment in Families Initiative, serving as a coach, systems navigator, and strategic thought partner to a cohort of 30 Black and Latina mothers in the initiative, facilitating their self-determined goals. ▪Prior to 2024, Empower Career Coach at Women's Resource Center, assisting Women’s Resource Center’s participants with navigating program services, needs-related resource connections, and advancement or entry into employment. ▪Responsible for assisting women from all walks of life, including economically disadvantaged women, single mothers, and others in transition, to secure and retain employment. ▪Coaching services are provided within a gender-responsive and racial equity framework. ▪ Representative for Women's Resource Center within the community through the Employment Services Collaborative, a United Way initiative consisting of an eight organization collaboration using the Human Centered Design model.

Atlanta, Ga

▪ Writer, contributor, and editor for Orange XP3 Student ministry projects such as The Parent Cue, Orange Leader resources, and the Phase Project.▪ Coach and equip church leaders through the implementation of the Orange strategy: Combining critical influences in life to fuel faith in the next generation.▪ Create formational resources and content serving 10,000+ churches in 80+ denominations.▪ Assist in executing the Orange Conference alongside of the XP3 Team, serving church leaders annually. ▪ Creative team contributor for scope and cycle outline development for XP3 Students.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

The mission of Young Life is to introduce adolescents to Jesus Christ and help them grow in their faith.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

▪ Led and supervised several multisite programs across campuses with 3,000+ in church attendance. ▪ Oversaw kids and student ministry programming at the Jamestown Harbor Campus (a growing and active church plant of 400+) by providing direction, support and accountability▪ Led all cross-campus student ministry staff for Harbor Churches▪ Oversaw and created campus wide standards, systems, staffing and atmosphere for family ministries at Jamestown Harbor and for Harbor Churches▪ Created churchwide discipleship pathway to leverage child/adolescent development milestones to align faith formation from birth-post high school▪ Relaunched profession of faith process and discipleship programming for students▪ Hosted weekend services from the platform at Jamestown Harbor▪ Served as a Young Life Church Partner in alignment with outreach initiatives▪ Provided strategic counsel and expertise to the executive team and staff▪ Effectively communicated with parents, staff, and key stakeholders

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

▪ Led Middle School program for a church of 4,000+▪ Prioritized volunteer leadership development, overseeing 25+ volunteers▪ Planned retreats and large events for 250+ students▪ Oversaw budgets, created curriculum, managed projects, and communications▪ Fuller Youth Institute has identified Mars Hill as one of the top churches “Growing Young” and engaging young people in the US.

El Cajon, Ca

▪Worked full time to co-lead all aspects of a middle school program to students in a large [8,000+]church setting. ▪Responsibilities included leadership development, running events and camps, writing content, speaking, leading a large youth staff, managing interns, and partnering with parents.

Escondido, California, United States

▪ Led strategic visioning and planning process to ensure that short-term and long-term goals are met as well as benchmarks. ▪ Communicated on behalf of the Youth team in WPC weekly staff meetings, Session meetings, congregational meetings, Youth and Families Committee and submitted written reports as required.▪ Recruited youth for participation in worship, i.e. Senior and Confirmation Sundays, liturgy reading and preaching, and for presentations to the Congregation post youth service outreach and mission trips. ▪Provided leadership to the Youth Council as an extension of the Youth and Family Committee and mentored youth to be leaders in the youth ministry.▪Organized and oversaw small group ministries. ▪Provided weekly faith-based prompts, bible stories, and scriptures for group leaders to follow.▪Facilitated connections between youth and youth leaders, including parents of youth by setting goals and action steps to assure regular personal outreach. ▪ Provided pastoral care to youth and families. ▪ Established communication strategy for regular communication to Youth and their parents using various communication and social media tools such as weekly emails, texts, and posts.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Christian Education/Spiritual Formation

Dmin (Student), Youth, Family And Culture

12 units completed towards degree completion Doctoral-level training and exposure with an emphasis on theological discovery, social.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Biblical Studies/Youth Ministry