Responsible for coordination of health education, health promotion, disease identification and prevention efforts at theSchool Based Health Center clinic located at Manzano High School (MHS). Lead school wide collaboration efforts to address student health. Lead prevention education efforts throughout the school by partnering with students, staff, administration, clinic, families, and community. Lead facilitator and organizer of the MHS-Student Health Advisory Council (SHAC), a campus peer… Show more Responsible for coordination of health education, health promotion, disease identification and prevention efforts at theSchool Based Health Center clinic located at Manzano High School (MHS). Lead school wide collaboration efforts to address student health. Lead prevention education efforts throughout the school by partnering with students, staff, administration, clinic, families, and community. Lead facilitator and organizer of the MHS-Student Health Advisory Council (SHAC), a campus peer education group. Participate in several groups that engage students, staff, administration, families and community members including MHS-Community Schools Council, MHS-Health and Wellness Team, MHS-GSA, and MHS Dreams of the Monarchs. Provide confidential rapid HIV and HCV testing and sexual health counseling for students and UNM Truman Health Services clients. Provide community presentations and rapid health screenings in collaboration with UNM Truman Health Services staff. Provide services to both English and Spanish speaking populations. Use Power Chart, Excel and Access for data entry, medical reporting and referrals. Show less

Lead community engagement and digital organizing initiatives to bring communities closer to decision makers in an effort to influence policies that affect NM families. Co-coordinated Strong Families NM’s Legislative Day to include educational outreach, presentations, marketing, email communication, volunteer recruitment, and logistics planning. Provided bi-lingual Spanish language facilitation of group meetings including with NM Legislators. Legislative strategies helped NM families reach their… Show more Lead community engagement and digital organizing initiatives to bring communities closer to decision makers in an effort to influence policies that affect NM families. Co-coordinated Strong Families NM’s Legislative Day to include educational outreach, presentations, marketing, email communication, volunteer recruitment, and logistics planning. Provided bi-lingual Spanish language facilitation of group meetings including with NM Legislators. Legislative strategies helped NM families reach their decision makers. Efforts produced a record attendance for SFNM's Legislative Day. Community outreach work focused in Bernalillo, Río Arriba, Doña Ana, and McKinley counties with emphasis on communities of color and the LGBTQ community. Assisted with organizational marketing efforts through community involvement, presentations, volunteer activities, statewide travel, and connecting stakeholders with network of partner organizations. Launched digital organizing programs in New Mexico in coordination with Forward Together’s digital organizing team. Work included piloting and evaluating new strategies to build and strengthen the online base of members. Digital organizing resulted in 200% increase in social media subscriptions and an increase in organization database subscribers. Published routine social media communications, marketing efforts, and outreach. Generated and published email communications including monthly newsletters, event invitations, legislative updates, and fundraising requests. Familiar with digital organizing tools Salsa, Salesforce, Box, Asana, Canva, VAN, Google Docs, and Google Calendars. Participated in SFNM fundraising through in-person, online, and email engagement. Coordinated Revolutionizing a Dream (RAD), a national leadership cohort focused on engaging young people, with an emphasis on queer and trans people of color, in the Strong Families Network. Coordinated and facilitated monthly meetings and collaborated on national organizational efforts. Show less

Office of Health Equity: Immigrant Health and Cultural Liaison currently developing improved connections to public health access for immigrant communities and diverse cultures throughout New Mexico. The Office of Health Equity works in partnership with communities and organizations in the public and private sectors to act as a dynamic catalyst and advocate in order to secure health services for all diverse communities and eliminating health disparities in New Mexico’s healthcare system. OHE… Show more Office of Health Equity: Immigrant Health and Cultural Liaison currently developing improved connections to public health access for immigrant communities and diverse cultures throughout New Mexico. The Office of Health Equity works in partnership with communities and organizations in the public and private sectors to act as a dynamic catalyst and advocate in order to secure health services for all diverse communities and eliminating health disparities in New Mexico’s healthcare system. OHE Immigrant Health and Cultural liaison oversees community outreach projects along with specific health project marketing and educational materials for dissemination. Office of Women’s Health Heart Attack Symptoms and Calling 9-1-1 Campaign for Spanish Speaking Women grant maintenance including all monthly project billable reports, finance reports, and maintenance of accurate participant records. Grant writing and NMDOH-OHE Heart Attack Symptoms and Calling 9-1-1 Campaign for Spanish Speaking Women contract oversight are also a part of ongoing program responsibilities. Continuous work with Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS), NMDOH Medical Interpreter Trainings (Spanish and Navajo), New Mexico Community Health Workers Association and other office tasked programs and projects. Show less

Immigrant Health Promotions Coordinator working with both public and community based organizations to improve immigrant health access and awareness in northern New Mexico. Coordinator of the MPower Español Project focusing on community education and prevention of HIV/STDs for monolingual and bilingual Spanish speakers. Provide weekly HIV/STD testing and counseling to the public in Spanish. Present to Spanish speaking community organizations/schools/groups, etc. about sexual health, risk… Show more Immigrant Health Promotions Coordinator working with both public and community based organizations to improve immigrant health access and awareness in northern New Mexico. Coordinator of the MPower Español Project focusing on community education and prevention of HIV/STDs for monolingual and bilingual Spanish speakers. Provide weekly HIV/STD testing and counseling to the public in Spanish. Present to Spanish speaking community organizations/schools/groups, etc. about sexual health, risk factors, and community resources for care. Create Spanish language marketing and educational materials for dissemination. Voiced and acted in several Spanish language radio and television advertisements for agency in conjunction with Univision radio and television. Participated in Bilingual video intervention recording, VOCES/VOICES for agency. Responsible for translating program materials and advertisements into Spanish. Also translated Spanish language materials into English for the same program. Created Spanish language web advertisements and educational materials. Assisted and supervised Spanish language website creation and maintenance. Consistent translation of English language social networking site bulletins and blogs into Spanish for Spanish language internet bulletins and blogs. Transcription of Spanish audio dialogue to document format. Facilitation, co- facilitation and participation of Spanish group discussions. Reading and writing in Spanish for graduate level courses. Show less

Health Services Program Manager overseeing Adventure Out, Harm Reduction and N’MPower programs and their employees of the SFMC. The SFMC mission of dedication to personal discovery and social change through creative learning experiences in wilderness, community and cultural environments is lived out in all three of these programs. Harm Reduction serves northern New Mexico, mostly Río Arriba County providing syringe exchange on a one for one basis as well as a comprehensive list of referral… Show more Health Services Program Manager overseeing Adventure Out, Harm Reduction and N’MPower programs and their employees of the SFMC. The SFMC mission of dedication to personal discovery and social change through creative learning experiences in wilderness, community and cultural environments is lived out in all three of these programs. Harm Reduction serves northern New Mexico, mostly Río Arriba County providing syringe exchange on a one for one basis as well as a comprehensive list of referral services. The HR program also provides Narcan trainings once a month as well as HIV Testing. HR employees two people one full time and one part time. Adventure Out and N’MPower both serve gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning men and are non-traditional HIV prevention programs. Adventure Out uses experiential education to build resiliency skills and empower the GBTQ communities around the entire state of New Mexico to make safer and healthier decisions when it comes to sex. I coordinate, facilitate, outreach and am the full time staff of this program. The N’MPower program based in Albuquerque focuses on providing a safe environment for the mentoring and peer mentoring of gay/bi/transgender young adults while educating about personal sexual health and safety. N’MPower now offers HIV testing once a month I co-coordinate the testing program at N’MPower. N’MPower employs one full time staff and has an Americorps volunteer. Manager position requires creation of A. Out marketing and educational materials for dissemination. Maintenance of all monthly project billable reports, finance reports, and maintain accurate participant records. Grant writing and Department of Health contract oversight are also a part of ongoing program objectives. Show less

Coordinator of the MPower Project focusing on community education and prevention of HIV/STDs. Program focuses on providing a safe environment for the mentoring and peer mentoring of gay/bi/transgender young adults while educating about personal sexual health and safety. Achieve community visibility and outreach at local bars, clubs, and internet social networking sites to promote awareness. Orchestrate community events to promote positive esteem and support systems to young men who are… Show more Coordinator of the MPower Project focusing on community education and prevention of HIV/STDs. Program focuses on providing a safe environment for the mentoring and peer mentoring of gay/bi/transgender young adults while educating about personal sexual health and safety. Achieve community visibility and outreach at local bars, clubs, and internet social networking sites to promote awareness. Orchestrate community events to promote positive esteem and support systems to young men who are gay/bi/transgender. Guide project objectives and direction through the steering committee of volunteers. Perform weekly HIV/STD testing and counseling to the public. Present to community organizations/schools, etc. about sexual health, risk factors, and community resources for care. Create marketing and educational materials for dissemination. Maintain monthly project billable reports, finance reports, and maintain accurate participant records. Show less

Certified Coffee Barista. Provided friendly customer service, made delicious coffee beverages, managed cash register and maintained a clean and sanitary work environment.