UX Researcher on contract @ Google with Google Messages.Lead with XFNs to complete ad hoc research projects. Created and analyzed Qualtrics surveys that were launched internationally across markets. Presented findings to stakeholders in share-outs.Conducted semi-structured / open-ended user interviews.Wrote surveys and consulted with third party vendors to translate / localize for international markets.

Performs archaeological fieldwork, laboratory analysis, and documentation.Works with technical field, lab and office staff, managers and administrative staff to ensure that projects meet AECOM quality standards.Performs data entry, artifact labeling, and copies records for curation.Cultural resource management archaeology in the southwestern and pacific northwest United States.

Secured >$275k in funding to lead a multi-phased research project Collaborated with an international team. Mixed methods researcher in social science and behavioral neuroscience. I collected qualitative data with healthcare providers from Qualtrics surveys and interviews and used thematic analysis using R and AI. Controlled Experiment research in a behavioral neuroscience laboratory utilizing rats to investigate the efficacy of an alternative health therapy.

Performed translational research in a behavioral neuroscience laboratory conducting behavioral pain threshold experiments in rat models. Mentored lab members.Cold Pressor Testing in a rat model.

Adopted in-person course content for an online module.Taught both in-person and online sections.Taught the lab portion of the introduction to Biological Anthropology course at UNLV.

Adopted in-person course content for an online module for an archaeology course.

Adopted in-person course content for an online module.Taught both in-person and online sections.Taught a general education requirement to incoming first-year students at UNLV. An introduction to college course and an introduction to what a Liberal Arts Education means

Collaborated with Nevada community stakeholders (policymakers, non-profit directors, and public health system employees) to produce assessments for state and federal policymakers.Remotely managed a team to conduct a community health assessment for Southern Nevada.Produced a report to guide the Nevada State Legislature, which informed macro-level strategy and state-wide policy decisions based on findings from 20+ focus groups.Recruited citizens from marginalized and underserved populations to interview.Cooperated with employees and members of the Public Health System of Southern Nevada.

-Assisted several multidisciplinary, translational research projects investigating how psychosocial stress affects epigenetic profiles of patients with neuropsychiatric disorders.-Used statistical software (R, SPSS) to clean and analyze datasets. -Lead the human participants through cognitive, vision, standing balance, and dynamic balance tests.-Isolated miRNA and DNA from blood samples and conducted qPCR to analyze epigenetic changes. -Trained junior colleagues.

Investigating the cross-immunity hypothesis between tuberculosis and leprosy using experimental immunology and cell culturing techniques. I exposed human immune cells to tuberculosis or leprosy antigens sequentially to test if cells exposed to tuberculosis antigens would produce a higher proinflammatory cytokine response when exposed to leprosy antigens.Cell culturingWork with biological samplesELISAPCRLiterature Review