Diversity & Inclusion, Development & Partnerships - Supporting the Military Community

Founder of an online network for military spouses who are currently working (or who are studying to be) in the mental health field - MSBHC provides support and networking opportunities for military spouses. Visit us online at: msbhc.org or on facebook and twitter @MSBHC!

Research Methods, Statistics and Multicultural Psychology courses for Master's and Doctoral Programs in psychology.

Senior Program Officer of NAM Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience• Addresses clinician burnout crisis and advances aims of the clinician well-being movement, including impact of COVID on suicide risk• Convenes, coordinates and catalyzes collective action from senior leaders from public, private, including current administration, and non-profit stakeholders to develop, curate and disseminate multi-sector solutions.• Responsible for building program strategy, assembles expert committees/panels, serves as liaison with CWB members and relevant NASEM communities, lead fundraising for future phases of CWB by developing prospectuses and negotiating funding with sponsors.• Lead high profile convening activities with authority to take actions with full supervisory responsibility – including hiring, training, performance management for assigned staff• Prepares background papers and technical summaries. Develops written products (e.g., reports, proceedings, white papers). Drafts and edits materials for publication. Synthesizes and edits research findings and technical data and determines the relevance of data.

Suicide Prevention SME contractor supporting the Department of Defense suicide prevention efforts. Project Management -- Duties include data visualization - Tableau, program evaluation and implementation, data analysis, suicide surveillance, research and writing support.Responsible for first ever report on military family suicide.

Subject Matter Expert (Clinical Psychology), Program Evaluation, Data Analysis, Qualitative and Quantitative Research, Tableau, Python, Market Research, Technical Writing, Program Improvement, SPSS, SAS, R. Project Management and Supervisory Role - Job Lead and Career Management.

Program and campaign evaluation - Real Warriors Campaign - Project Management

Grant Funded Position - Project Manager for Military Spouse Mental Health Professionals Pipeline: • Implement project; meet established performance metrics, and report on project progress.• Perform legislative and policy research• Assist in the planning and promotion of legislative and policy changes.• Identify and develop collaborative relationships with private and governmental organizations• Collaborate with Give an Hour to build a military spouse mental health professionals network• Assist in the creation of relevant print and online content• Represent NMFA at meetings, conferences, and other events

Online contributor for Military Spouse Magazine. Military Spouse Magazine is a print and online publication that is geared towards providing information and support for the 1.1 million military spouses worldwide.

NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. As Manager of Military and Veteran's Policy and Support, I represent NAMI on Capitol Hill and with relevant federal agencies on veterans and military issues; Serve as a key member of the team responsible for developing and implementing NAMI’s veterans and military priorities and strategies at the state and national level; Work with NAMI’s educational programs for veterans and military families to support roll out and funding for these programs; Work with NAMI state organizations and affiliates on fostering local relationships on veterans and military issues; Work with NAMI grassroots and Veterans Military Council to develop relationships with Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs); Organize and provide support to the NAMI Military and Veterans Council; Administer relevant NAMI grant programs for grassroots organizations to foster collaboration on veterans and military issues; Prepare fact-sheets, reports and other written materials for grassroots advocates; Give presentations at conferences, state conventions and other venues on substantive veterans and military issues; and work strategically with print, broadcast and social media to communicate NAMI’s positions and concerns on critical policy issues.

Coordinator for mental health content online - Military Spouse Advocacy Network. Providing content for monthly advice column and blog.

Recipient of the 2014 Armed Forces Insurance National Guard Spouse of the Year Award; My platform is mental health for both military service members and families. Working during my reign 2014-2015 to decrease the stigma around mental health and to improve services. This included advocating for easing the process for military spouse mental health clinicians to gain employment with the VA and DOD.

Researcher with the Military Suicide Consortium - and the 79th Medical Wing of the Air Force at Malcolm Grow Medical Clinic, Joint Base Andrews, MD ~ Suicide Risk.

Help to design behavioral health/human services courses and Social Media/Behavioral Health Marketing lead.

Taught undergraduate courses in psychology. Courses included: Research Methods/Statistics, Testing and Measurement.

Worked in a major urban hospital, treating domestic violence survivors in the Emergency Room, inpatient and outpatient settings. Provided education for staff and patients. Served as committee member on domestic violence prevention in the greater Boston area.Writer and contributor to newsletter and educational materials.

Pharmaceutical Research - worked with several different pharmaceutical companies researching different drug treatments for various mental health disorders. Phase II - engaged subjects during research, tested and scored assessments for larger multi-site studies.

Behavioral Health Care Manager for mental health services for a managed care/Medicaid insurer in the state of Massachusetts. Committee Member on State Board overseeing Medicaid services with a focus on wellness and prevention for its members.

Individual therapy, couples therapy and family therapy; focus on expert testimony in court for custody and divorce proceedings.

Supervised 30+ employees in an urban hospital admissions unit. Helped run three different departments. Duties included patient care, supervising masters and doctoral level interns, psych testing, and some statistics and employee training; as well as innovative work with state Baker Act laws - including Law Enforcement training.Writer and contributor to newsletter and educational materials.

Worked as a therapist, performed psychological testing, outpatient care, supervision of masters level employees.Bilingual Spanish/English treatment and testing. Guest speaker at several area conferences on Latino Mental Health.

Appointment as clinical fellow at Harvard University.

Latino Mental Health team, inpatient and outpatient care; pain clinic, emergency room, community mental health, research, teaching research methods through Wheelock College, Boston.2-year pre-doctoral internship at teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard University.

Therapist at University Counseling Center. Developed questionnaire to assess efficacy of program. Lead groups for students focused on substance abuse issues and AHANA/Multicultural women's groups.

Psychological testing, individual and group treatment on a Forensic unit and inpatient unit for the severely mentally ill.