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Child and Family Well-Being Project Associate at APHSA, supporting state and local human service agencies in moving upstream implementing innovative cross-sector policies and practices. Provide project management to multiple projects; develop workplans, coordinate meetings, submit reports to funders, and engage various stakeholders. Present at conferences and represent the organization at partner events. Develop written products, including policy briefs and other digital products driven by survey data from health and human services agencies. Provide project support for research projects related to child welfare prevention, program access, and including lived experts in research and evaluation.Lead the economic and concrete supports community of practice, focusing on cross sector collaboration to prevent child welfare involvement. Serve as project manager for the economic and concrete supports national convening, to develop a national strategy around child welfare prevention. Support the child care team in technical assistance for child care administrators through our equitable access to child care subsidy policy workshops. Support 2 small projects focused on cross-system alignment around children's behavioral health.Co-led the System Alignment for Young Families project with economic mobility and wellbeing project associate. Supported technical assistance to state and local agencies. Co-led community of practice that includes developing presentations, facilitating learning sessions, and identifying experts to discuss strategies on aligning human services programs.Engage in thought leadership as 21st Century Research Agenda & Forum for Youth Investment Building Ecosystems for Thriving Youth National Steering Committee member. Hiring panel member for 2 internal roles.

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PhD Student Worker for the Division of Student Affairs, Office of Assessment.Led survey instrument development for November student event. Developed standardized survey questions to measure department outcomes for offices such as the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs.Cleaned, analyzed, and created visuals for data using SPSS related to mental health and well-being. Leveraged data to analyze group differences in flourishing and positive mental health among VCU students.

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Supported multiple projects focused on transforming state mental health systems. Conducted research and policy analysis, identified best practices, led and supported presentations to internal and external stakeholders, and provided technical support to state partners. Developed reports, presentations, newsletter content, memos, policy briefs, and other documents for internal and external stakeholders.Core team member for Governor's children's mental health transformation initiative, focused on providing recommendations to improve Illinois’ children’s mental health system; conducted interviews and focus groups with subject matter experts, analyzed state and federal legislation, analyzed processes such as access to Medicaid services, and identified innovative approaches to mental health service access and delivery. Served as first Chapin staff member to focus on mental health and wellbeing. Led research on the design and implementation of mental wellbeing programs for state partner. Conducted literature review on impact of mental health prevention programs and wrote a final brief to Chapin leadership. Presented findings to state's executive leadership team on the development of a centralized state-wide wellbeing service array. Provided guidance to researchers, data analysts, and senior policy leaders on the policy analysis process and the development of statewide policy recommendations.

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Analyzed agency data using Excel, led interviews with stakeholders, reviewed state code and agency documents, and designed and administered surveys. Wrote reports on findings and policy recommendations to Virginia General Assembly on how to improve state policies, programs, and systems. Accomplishments Led analysis of public and behavioral health impact of marijuana legalization, including youth use, prevention, and accidental ingestion analyses. Conducted trends analyses, reviewed research literature and policy reports, and conducted information gathering sessions with national, state, and local stakeholders. Presented policy recommendations that were included in 2021 marijuana legalization legislation. Research on medical marijuana, marijuana policy's impact on public health, and effects of marijuana use described as outstanding by several members of leadership team. Awards: 2021 National Legislative Program Evaluation Society Certificate of Impact Award, awarded to reports that have the potential to make a major policy impact. Led the evaluation of the Office of Attorney General’s office of debt collection. Reviewed industry best practices and agency documents and interviewed relevant stakeholders, including agency leadership. Supported the evaluation of the office of consumer protection; wrote policy recommendations that were implemented during 2020 legislative session.Provided guidance to senior analyst in data management and simple analysis using excel for Virginia Compared to Other States report. Served as analyst for additional reports including Review of Virginia's Juvenile Justice System (2021) and Affordable Housing (2022) studies.

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Online instructor for policy analysis class for advanced standing clinical MSW students (SLWK608). Designed, recorded, and published asynchronous lectures on Canvas for policy analysis learning unit using Canva and Zoom. Led lectures on policy analysis that reviewed the history and development of policies, examined disparate outcomes in populations, and discussed how to use anti-racist and DEI practices to analyze, design, and implement policies.Supported co-instructor in facilitating synchronous courses and grading papers and presentations.

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Supported child care and juvenile justice nonprofit clients

Consulting firm intern. Completed projects on grant readiness, preparing materials, researching grants, writing proposals and grants management; conducted research, wrote reports and thank you letters for early childhood development center client.Research assistant focused on researching and identifying government grants and COVID relief funding grants. Reviewed federal legislation to identify potential funding opportunities.

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Fellow for the Division of Medicaid, Bureau of Medicaid Policy. Supported Rules, Pharmacy Policy, Federal Authorities, and Medical and Behavioral Health Coverage Policy departments. Accomplishments:Supported agency's implementation of new mandates under the SUPPORT Act, federal opioid legislation. Conducted research for Generally Accepted Professional Medical Standards determination reports that determine whether identified treatment is medically necessary per Florida Statute and should be covered under Florida Medicaid.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Qualitative Research Assistant for College of Social Work/College of Medicine Medicaid Long-Term Care (LTC) project examining access to services and quality of life for nursing home and community based LTC patients.Interviewed patients and analyzed data using NVIVO, conducted research to develop a standardized caregiver assessment, performed content analysis on client files.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

First IT Intern for Leon County Courthouse. Reviewed and redesigned technology equipment instruction guides for all courtroom equipment and provided recommendations to improve information on public facing website under the supervision of the Chief Technology Officer.

Orlando, Florida Area

Project lead for the database and mapping project intended to create a centralized location for human trafficking resources.

Support staff for Upward Bound/Department of Pre-Collegiate Programs. Provided one on one support through tutoring and facilitated classroom instruction as needed. Gave presentation on applying for scholarships and reviewed personal statements for college applications.

Qualitative Research Assistant for College of Education, Department of Teaching, Learning, Policy and Leadership. Completed video analyses of Spanish/English language learning interactions.

Student staff for UMD libraries. Assisted library visitors with finding electronic and hardcopy library resources, provided directions to on-campus resources, and assisted with checking out technology equipment. Suggested new policies that improved compliance with library security protocol.

Reading tutor for Prince George's County elementary schools through America Reads*America Counts program. Focused on developing skills in phonological and phonemic awareness. Created individualized lesson plans for students. Served as Spanish-speaking staff representative for Family Day.

McNair Scholars summer research institute participant. Conducted literature review on educational psychology research examining decisions to drop out of high school for minority students. 2013 recipient of the McNair Ambassador award, given to one member of each research cohort who best exemplifies the life and qualities of Dr. Ronald McNair.

Project support for the Beat the Odds Scholarship, Freedom Schools program, and 2012 national conference.

Master’S Degree, Social Work, Social Policy And Administration

Master’S Degree, Public Administration, Public Policy Analysis

Capstone Paper: Medicaid policy options for increasing income limits for working people with disabilities.

Bachelor'S Degree, Spanish Language, Literature, And Culture

Minor: U.S. Latinx Studies Senior Thesis: Real and perceived barriers to higher education opportunities post-DACA for undocumented Latinx.