Joanna Alejandro, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Provide bilingual navigation services to 300+ clients annually, linking clients to appropriate community resources to address their needs and goals.
• Oversee CDC and SAMHSA evidence-based client-centered interventions, providing individual psychoeducation services to LGBTQ Latinx young adults living with HIV/Aids and high-risk negative individuals.
• Monitor and report program results of CDC/SAMHSA interventions and Navigation services.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key external community partners.
• Plan and organize annual colloquium for 80+ stakeholders and community partners, including Department of Health government officials, local universities, and other agencies.
• Deliver high quality presentations to community partners to drive interest and engagement.

Leon And Chinandega, Nicaragua

• Manage 27 Peace Corps Volunteers in departments of Chinandega and Leon, Nicaragua.
• Conduct field visits to assess and monitor volunteer needs and concerns.
• Provide volunteers with emotional, moral, and technical assistance; serving as a liaison between PCVs, PC staff, host families, and national counterparts.
• Assist with site development by identifying potential host families, negotiating costs, and completing proper paperwork.
• Administer and approve housing security inspections in coordination with Peace Corps Security Officer.
• Develop and delegate the implementation of a 120-member community analysis survey to explore and analyze community risk factors.

San Rafael Del Norte, Jinotega, Nicaragua

• Collaborate with Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, and Nazareth Association, to strengthen sexual reproductive education, developing and facilitating age and culturally appropriate health education and.
• Educate over 350 rural community children on healthier hygiene practices.
• Facilitate gender and violence prevention education sessions to over 80 women.
• Launched “Iniciativa 0-20”, teen pregnancy prevention campaign, training over 40 youth.
• Co-develop nation-wide mobile coffee picker HIV survey instrument, coordinating all logistics related to implementation of survey, including, participant sourcing, budgeting, project implementation, and data entry..
• Acquire and implement a USAID PEPFAR grant, training 90 students and 5 service providers from surrounding communities of Jinotega to serve as peer educators on the topics of HIV, resume building, and self-esteem.

Owens Institute Of Behavioral Health Research

Coordinated and conducted onsite Interviews at treatment facilities to collect data for the National Treatment Center Study. With the focus to investigate substance abuse treatment centers and the quality of services provided along with practices and/or approaches used throughout treatment plans. Coordinated traveling Itinerary and appointments to research.

Contributed and provided support to research team using behavioral economics and neuroeconomics to understand addictive behavior. The principal focus was on alcoholism and nicotine dependence, with an emphasis in understanding the roles of craving, impulsivity, and drug demand as determinants of addictive behavior. Maintained databases and logs for.