Extract and analyze local data on homelessness and other special needs populations from HMIS and other data sources.Facilitate workgroups and committee meetings with local stakeholders, including providers and consumers, to collect feedback, identify gaps, and implement changes for system improvement.Develop grant applications including HUD's annual Continuum of Care grant and the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program. Assist with all CoC activities related to youth and young adults homelessness, including all efforts of youth engagement in planning efforts for the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program.Design initiatives to collect data on the needs of youth and young adults experiencing homelessness in the community. Contribute to strategic planning efforts regarding youth homelessness Facilitate ongoing training opportunities for homeless service providers on topics such as Housing First principles, LGBTQ + inclusion, trauma-informed care, and other best practices.

- Completed a year-long fellowship that combined providing case management for individuals on public assistance with public policy research on poverty alleviation strategies.- Conducted a research project that examined the relationship between job placement and economic stability for TANF clients to better inform workforce development practices and policy design.- Developed curriculum & led daily job readiness workshops to assist clients in securing long-term employment.- Assisted family resource specialist in building partnerships with community partners to expand client resources.- Completed client referrals for housing, domestic violence, counseling, and educational services.

- Supported organizing efforts around local issues of social, racial, and economic justice.- Utilized GIS to develop a map of bus route accessibility by zip code to support the Memphis Bus Riders Unionorganizing efforts around transit justice

Completed an independent research project on domestic violence/intimate partner violence in Memphis through the lens of race, class, and gender.

Served as an intern for Whole World Women's Association, an NGO in Cape Town, South Africa dedicated to serving the needs of immigrant women in Cape Town. The internship involved in researching grants, creating human rights curriculum, attending client meetings & community organizations, and fundraising & event coordinating.

Completed the service fellowship working in the social services and child care services at Hope House, a nonprofit that works to improve the lives of HIV positive individuals and their families. The fellowship involved weekly trips to service organizations in Memphis to learn more about the social issues impacting the city and the nonprofit sector.

-Served as a Summer Service Fellow, supporting the nonprofit's mission of serving individuals affected by HIV -Assisted with summer program, working in the preschool, toddler room, and the infant room-Shadowed social workers in the social service department, assisting with client intakes, attending support groups, and going on home visits

Worked as a counselor at an all-girls residential camp in North Carolina for two summers. I stayed in a cabin with 5 campers from ages 10-12. I taught volleyball, arts & crafts, aerobics, mountaineering, and swimming during the day and assisted with evening programming at night.