•Overseeing daily operations of two research programs at The Benderson Family Heart Center, including the International Quality Improvement Collaborative (IQIC) and the Congenital Heart Valve Center.•Managing multiple clinical research trials, including regulatory submissions, participant selection, data management, and dissemination of results.•Developing and implementing best practice guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for maintaining data quality across clinical research protocols.•Collaborating with Principal Investigators (PIs) and stakeholders on trial design and execution while managing communication between study teams and stakeholders.•Monitoring program budgets and financial records, ensuring compliance with hospital and governmental regulations, and facilitating educational offerings for the IQIC program.

•World Trauma Congress 2024 Selected Speaker-“Confronting The Crisis: Advancing Burn Injury Treatment In Austere Environments Amidst Global Challenges”; “Enhancing Civil-military Synergy In Surgical Care: Strengthening Local Health Systems For Robust Humanitarian Response In Armed Conflict And Disaster Settings” AND “In The Midst Of Chaos: Navigating Paediatric Burn And Chemical Injury Care In Armed Conflict Zones” •ICS US 85th 2024 Speaker Presentation-“Forging a Path to Healing: Bridging Gaps in Burns Surgery Access Amidst Adversity.”•4th GCSA 2023 & ICS US 85th Section 2024- Speaker Presentation.“Empowering Equity in Surgical Care Requires Efforts to Address Surgical Workforce Strengthening in Austere Environments Head-On; A Systemic Review.” •6th World Trauma Congress 2023-Speaker-“Why the media images aren’t enough: Unprecedented rises in pediatric injuries and mortality in austere environments demand enhanced efforts to bolster pediatric surgical critical care training” •ACS Clinical Congress 2023; Publication Journal of ACS 2023, & ACS 2022 & 3 Min. E-Poster, Abstract “Attacked And Neglected: Why Global Health Security Programming For Surgical System Strengthening In Armed-conflict Settings Must Be Prioritised In The Global Health Agenda; A Health Security For Humanitarian Surgical Response Framework” AND http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.XCS.0000895980.10559.61“•ICS 83rd Conference 2022, Speaker,"Pediatric Injuries During Wartime Require Strengthened Efforts to Support Pediatric Surgical Trainings. ” •ICS 82nd Conference 2021 & GCSA 2021,Speaker, "The Expansion of Surgical Care Services is Essential Towards Improving Health Equity" •Published: Journal of Gender & Violence-Abstract/Article Title: “What Little We Know: Peer-reviewed articles on the impact of US military culture on male victims of Military Sexual Trauma (MST)”Posters: MUCH GS 2023 3rd Place on my MSc 21/22 Surg QI Project Proposal, TAC 2021, CUGH 2021, GSSA 2020 & World NCD 2020

Academic/Independent Student Researcher, UW Department of Surgery/Harborview Injury Prevention Program (Sept,2019-Present): •Conducting academic and independent student research with the UW Department of Surgery and Harborview Injury Prevention Program.•Facilitated independent and working group researched focused on 1) global surgery and health equity, 2) injury epidemiology, and 3) injury prevention interventions in armed conflict settings. •Collaborated with clinical research working-group members and external research consultants to facilitate, manage, and conduct scoping review research and oversee assigned task •Managed manuscript writing, data analysis, IDC-10 coding, meta-analysis, literature/scoping/systemic reviews, injury epidemiology, interventional grade scaling analysis, Boolean search, PRISMA analysis, statistical analysis, intervention grade reporting. •Presented independent research at various conferences, ongoing working group research manuscript pending publication

SurgScan is smartphone App Platform Concept Idea with the mission of providing clinicians in humanitarian disaster and armed conflict settings with real-time resource identification and live support in order to enhance access to life-saving emergency surgical care whenever and wherever crises strike.Development Phase: Concept Phase TRL-1, MHealth, RFID & AI Technology, Big Data, QBank, Machine Learning, Telehealth End-Users: Clinicians working in resource-challenged, austere enviroments, humanitarian disaster and armed conflict affected settings. Cofounder: Experienced in performing entrepreneurial training, networking, business development, grant proposal submissions and performance of startup program trainings for conceptual product development at a variety of entrepenuerial and health-tech startup programs. Independent Startup Competitions and Global Health Innovation Entrepreneurial Activities: • Kings20 Accelerator Kings College London 2022: Semi-finalist • Harvard Health-Tech Fellowship- Runner-up/Waitlist Candidate 2022 Cycle • Idea Factory Kings College London: Semi-Finalist 2022 • Seattle Angels Conference - Phase 1 Pitch Candidate 2021 • University of British Columbia Core Phase 1-Candidate 2021 • Washington Life Sciences/Cambia Grove Incentivizing Health Conference Candidate 2021 • Cambia Grove Incentivizing Health Hackathon Candidate 2021 • NCET2 Venture Capital Pitch Candidate 2020 • University of Washington National Science Federation ICORP Candidate & Grant Awardee 2020 • Grand Challenges Canada Finding Hope in Conflict Grant Applicant 2020/2021 • MIT/HSOM Health Innovations Bootcamp Candidate 2020 (Unable to attend due to Covid-19) • University of Washington Holloman Health Competition 2019/2020 • University of Washington Dempsey Competition 2019/2020 • University of Washington Global Citizen Student Participant Representative 2016 • Start-up Weekend Seattle Health 1st Place Award Team 2016

Born at 24 weeks gestation at the UW Medical Center I was fortunate to receive excellent neonatal care during the first 5 months of my life in addition to undergoing life-saving heart surgery at 3 weeks old weighing 1lb 3oz (538g). As a preemie warrior and surviving twin of a deceased preemie angel (my brother Cruz), my preemie journey and our global neonatal community have led me to seek to support fellow preterm birth survivors and raise awareness for our resilient global neonatal community. Neonatal Womb Warriors Blog Link- https://neonatalwombwarriors.blog/ Our Objective: We seek to actively identify and share compelling and up-to-date neonatal care and pertinent community-related information, resources, innovations, and research with our global neonatal care community. Our Mission: The Neonatal Womb Warriors blog seeks to create an active alliance of preterm birth survivors and global neonatal/preterm birth community members.Cofounder: Experience networking, researching applicable information and articles for our monthly publication, website management, journalism and community engagement, management and editorial duties, networking, and communication with team members and the community.

Kings Centre for Conflict and Health, Kings Conflict and Health Research Group (KCHGR)- Graduate Researcher (Nov.2021-Sep.2022): •Conducted graduate MSc dissertation research in the KCHRG aimed toward investigating global health security and surgical system-strengthening interventions in armed conflict settings.•Facilitated scoping review and mixed methods research focused on addressing global health security measures, interventions, and recommendations for surgical capacity building among local healthcare workforce and humanitarian actors operating in armed-conflict settings •Established a conceptual framework for global health security and humanitarian surgical response programming in armed conflict settings • Promoted initial implementation of the proposed framework in protracted conflict settings within the MENA region•Proposed, conducted, managed, oversaw, and completed dissertation manuscript proposal, systemic review research, high-risk ethic applications, key informant interviews, distress protocols, proposed survey, focus group workshops, and framework proposal for ongoing research development (NVivo,Redcap)

Kings College London MSc-Global Surgery Candidate Surgical Quality Improvement Project Proposal (Nov,2021-April,2022): •Proposed and conducted a Theoretical Surgical QI project proposal aimed at addressing blast injury management, HEST & STAE Programming among local workforce facilities operating in Northwestern Syria. •Proposal interventions included a multistakeholder partnership initiative in order to deploy and establish a blast injury management, HEST and STAE training, train-the-trainer, digital communication consultation, R&D development, M&E surveillance, with the goal of establishing an Internationally-Accrediated Blast Injury Management Centre of Excellence Program over a 3-year grant term between key stakeholders and project partners. •Managed surgical QI report proposal presentations, written grant, and budget proposal.•All aspects of surgical QI proposal included the theory of change and M&E partnership programming in each stage of development for the pilot project.

Administrative Assistant, Harborview Medical Center, Surgical Residency Program (Feb,2016-June,2020): •Facilitated administrative duties to oversee and manage UW surgical resident program and visiting resident clinical rotations, program orientation, resident working logs, ACGME/GME reports, ABS board application submission, departmental meetings, journal club, M&M and educational learning events. • Conducted data entry for resident education reports, workhours, scheduling and assigned task. Database management (ACGME Forms, GME, MedHub, Med-Surgery Catalyst)•Oversaw maintenance of surgical resident workrooms and call-rooms and assisted in departmental meeting/event coordination, maintained high-level of confidentiality

Fitness Instructor-Zumba & Strong Nation (HIIT/High-Intensity Interval Training): UW Rec/IMA, The Whole U, Mukilteo YMCA (2014-2020). Over 8 years of experience providing excellent fitness classes to participants, building welcoming and safe environment, proficent display of proper fitness techniques, creating a positive community, and representing Strong Nation (HIIT) and Zumba Fitness with excellence. Ability to establish a safe space, welcoming and accepting environment for all fitness participants. Various certifications and education workshops obtained through Zumba and Strong Fitness. Ability to effectively train new and upcoming instructors. Ability to represent fitness facilities with upmost care. Provided fitness classes at various hospital fundraising, community fundraising and national non-profit fundraising events in the USA and Canada.

UW Student Employee Leadership Board (UW SELB) Council Member: (September 2018-June,2020), UW SELB student employee representative, aiding in recreation departmental projects and planning, performed student managerial oversight to the UW REC Student Technology Fee Grant proposal and submission, coordinated outreach programs between staff, department and student body.

Professional experience working in a Community Based Learning Program providing project management, leadership, and document analysis of community-based research to nonprofit organizations in carrying out grant proposal writing. Task included writing complex grant proposal for community health outreach nonprofit program startup for The Nimble Grant. Position required knowledge of nonprofit management, understanding of health care and medical field, research of target population, communication of population needs, abillity to write I-90, grant proposal, LOI, Cover-Letter, Statement of Needs, Fiscal Proposal and Buisness Proposal.

UW Student Lead Project Manager, Covid-19 Deceased Persons Funeral Home Service Program Planning (JuneAug,2020): •Managed research conduction of Washington State Funeral Home Access and Covid-19 Response Programming for the deceased through the Washington State Funeral Home Association and the UW School of Public Health. •Conducted, oversaw, and facilitated research mapping and service resources of Washington state funeral home locations and services for program application and data analysis. UW Student Lead Project Coordinator, Emergency Preparedness Program Planning (April-June,2020):•Managed research conduction of Emergency Preparedness Program Planning and Covid-19 Response for a UW Partnership Program with the Rainer Valley Midwives. •Performed international and national emergency response research review for program application and data analysis. Research application was utilized for program Covid-19 response planning within the Rainer Valley Midwives outreach programs. UW Student Lead Project Manager, Telehealth Grant Proposal, UWSOM & Biosciences Division (June-Aug,2019): •Managed supervisorial oversight and project organization for a grant proposal TeleICU liver transplant care training and interventional programming to rural health partners and urban academic medical institution partners, and written grant proposal with team members.•Collaborated well with team members including RNs, ARNPs, and a medical director

Visiting Student, Global Health Grand Rounds Presentation, University of British Columbia, Global Health & Human Security (Jan-April,2018): •Facilitated a masters Level Thesis on Global Surgical Systems, Human Security and Physician Access in Gaza and presented thesis proposal for UBC Global Health Grand Rounds. UW Student Lead Project Manager, UW Grant Writing & Nonprofit Management, Inside Health Institute (JuneAug,2017): •Led non-profit grant writing for the Nimble Grant, project organization, event planning, and served as the primary contact representative for team management. •Facilitated in-depth Community Research for Inside Health Institute to provide community health education for heart health, obesity, and diabetes management. Finalized project LOI reports with peers, oversaw the manuscript writing for partner programs formal statement of need and full grant proposals. UW Student Lead Manager Research Assistant, LETI (June-Aug,2017): •Conducted mixed methods research to examine nonprofit community health organizations and social services within the City of Lynwood and Snohomish County working in conjunction with the nonprofit LETI. •Facilitated critical analysis and community health outreach programming for experienced Immigrant and Latinx community members within Snohomish County in order to strengthen health access programming for undocumented immigrants

UWMC Neonatal Advisory Board Council Member:(2013-2015): UW NICU Advisory Board Council Member/NICU Grad. Council Member Responsibilities Included; Patient and Family Centered Care, ability follow HIPPA guidelines, coordinate patient family care projects, supervised management of event planning activities, create and carry out project task in NICU, provide excellent professionalism and teamwork, solution-focused, ability to work professionally with diverse families, professional healthcare providers and staff.Additional Task: NICU Cuddler; Patient/Family Liaison