My work experience entails an expertise for program management, departmental directorship, health education, and mental health consulting. Additionally, I have evidenced skill in fiscal-grants procurement, medical research, campaign / advertisement development, as well as project incubation and launching. I also possess conjoint deftness in the following: at-risk population program outreach, educational programming, academic advising, psychosomatic grief & trauma rehabilitation, drug use / abuse counseling, harm reduction, and numerous administrative duties.I hold a Bachelor's degree in International Health and Development with a Minor in Portuguese from the University of California, Berkeley; as well as a Master’s in Science in Biological Medicine from the University of Northern Colorado. I am fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, and have excellent skills in leadership, team-partnering, organizing, and positive communication; subsequently performing in an efficient, well-paced manner. I enjoy being a mechanism of progress, hence providing the tools required for the empowerment of the individual, familial, and communal unit.