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San Diego, California, United States

A business aimed at improving the well-being of the public by translating evidence-based methods of healing from trauma via personal, relatable and curated content.Projects include:- Co-authored an Audible Original audiobook, Episodes: The True Story of Two Friends and One Diagnosis, available to over 27.3 million users worldwide about friendship and mental health.- Development and co-hosting of the Healing is Possible Podcast, a free podcast featuring experts in trauma healing as well as stories from the public.- Interviewed health professionals to inform strategic planning and content development.- Cultivated relationships with local media outlets and health-related podcasts, including coverageby NYTimes OpEd, and San Diego Magazine.- Created a web platform to help survivors of sexual violence heal through storytelling andcommunity, based on expressive writing research outcomes, with 100,000+ visitors from 93countries.- Delivered 12 keynotes and public presentations, including at UCSB and Kaiser Permanente.

Greater San Diego Area

Second largest school district in California, SDUSD has 100,000+ students and staff across San Diego.- Strategically developed, launched and monitored 6 Wellness Centers in high-risk high schools, serving approximately 2,000 youth, which connected over 80% of participants with needed resources.- Created and implemented training for 150+ school staff annually at the Wellness Institute.- Designed evaluation of the 6 Wellness Centers, and analyzed and reported results to principals,superintendent and district staff.- Supervised 8 employees on the Healthy Start Team, monitoring compliance of services deliveredto high risk students and families.

Greater San Diego Area

One of California’s leaders in health benefits administration, serving San Diego Unified School District.- Conducted ground-level strategic planning and literature reviews for the VEBA Resource Center, aimed at improving the well-being of San Diego Unified School District Employees.- Delivered rigorous landscape analysis of “one-stop-shop” healing centers, including site-visits to 4 industry-leading wellness centers.- Influenced executives’ strategic plans and center design to be “trauma-informed”.- Facilitated executive stakeholder meetings.

Lebanon, New Hampshire

Prevention Research Centers are a network of academic research centers embedded within universities across the US. PRCs study how people and their communities can reduce their risk for chronic illnesses and are Funded by the Center for Disease Control.- Oversaw day-to-day operations, managed program evaluation, IRB applications, consent forms, survey forms and overall reporting.- Served as the liaison between 3 remote community partner locations and the PRCD, researchers and the advisory board to maintain study integrity and benchmark achievements.- Facilitated program implementation by developing and overseeing objectives, analysis plans and timelines.- Facilitated grant and manuscript writing, editing and submission to funders/ peer-reviewed journals.

Greater San Diego Area

San Diego’s Regional Leader on Homelessness that provides essential data and insights on the issue of homelessness for the San Diego region.- Served as the liaison between the Task Force and 40+ front-line homeless service providers.- Monitored and analyzed system-wide data quality for San Diego County Homeless Continuum ofCare, including compiling and validating the Annual Homeless Assessment Report.- Provided regular technical assistance and audit reports to service providers to improve systemicdata quality.- Produced and distributed monthly data quality reports and provided data quality support.

Los Angeles, California

Top 10 School of Public Health, Ranked #2 in Funding from the National Institute of Health and focused on reducing health disparities of Latino and African-American adolescents.- Assisted managing 3 NIH-funded diabetes prevention studies for overweight adolescent Latinos and African Americans from South and East Los Angeles.- Co-authored 11 peer-reviewed publications and presented at national conferences.- Maintained study databases, conducted literature reviews and collected and analyzed data.- Created and implemented staff training for data collection and entry, and monitored ongoingdata quality.- Coordinated with 4 principal investigators to ensure overall study implementation fidelity.- Developed and taught culturally-sensitive nutrition-based intervention curriculum.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is one of the nation’s leading children’s hospitals with more than 350 specialty programs and services where doctors and researchers have made significant scientific contributions to preventing, detecting and treating children’s health issues.- Facilitated qualitative health disparities research project in South Los Angeles community with one of the highest rates of diabetes in LA County.- Conducted qualitative interviews with key informants about their food environment and access to and consumption of healthy foods.- Performed relevant literature reviews and assisted with qualitative data analysis.

Bs, Psychobiology

UC Regents Scholar, awarded to the top 1.5% of the entering class.

Masters, Nutritional Sciences

Spanish Language And Literature