Lead development of advocacy and electoral infrastructure in Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico and WashingtonLead strategy for recruitment and engagement of supporters, student advocacy, volunteers and leaders in Colorado, New Mexico and Washington Manage a dynamic team of staff across western states

Build volunteer and college student ambassador programs from scratch, mobilizing on early childhood education, hunger and immigration issues.Work collaboratively with partner organizations to advance policies to increase access to early childhood education Develop and execute campaign tactics including lawmaker meetings, petition collection, social media promotion, and letters to the editor, in partnership with volunteer advocates and student ambassadors

Built out a highly trained, motivated grassroots volunteer network in New Mexico to include volunteers from all Congressional Districts, backgrounds and political perspectives Organize annual Days at the Capitol with participants from across the state, volunteer-led training, and media and social media hooks, to create impact with target lawmakers As Co-Chair of the statewide tobacco coalition, used Direct Action Organizing to lead members in a successful campaign to maintain tobacco use prevention funding, including a rally, petition gathering, volunteer recruitment, Day at the Capitol, emails and phone callsMoved target lawmakers to “yes” using strategic grassroots recruitment, training and opportunities for action Used digital narratives to recruit new volunteers and increase online engagement with lawmakers, including email action alerts, social media and the ACS CAN website

Contract and temporary roles:Electoral efforts related to cancer issues (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)Program evaluation of skin cancer prevention programs (Entereza, Inc)Project management for skin cancer prevention initiatives (Listen to Your Mom)Research of resources for Human Resources professionals (Poms & Associates)Finance intern (Martin Heinrich for Senate)

Oversight, recruitment and retention of more than 100 volunteers in various agency programs, including support coordinating food rescue programAdministrative duties related to processing financial donations, scheduling, and data analysis

Collaborated with Executive Director and Director of Development to research new funding sources, write grant applications, partner with local organizations for events, and set up innovative ways of selling air timeResearched show topics, booked strong guests, directed and screened calls for live call-in show Childhood MattersWrote and distributed press releases about timely show topics and other organizational newsMaintained social media pages to engage radio listeners in discussions about show topics

Wrote and produced two “slice of life” stories about a senior citizen hockey tournament and local volunteers heard on more than 30 California public radio stationsConducted research and interviews for local, state and national news storiesScreened local news, press releases, and answered news room phone for relevant story topics

Researched and prepared questions for guests interviewed live on Bloomberg TelevisionJudged newsworthiness of hearings and press conferences, using tape for scripts, sound bites and b-rollGreeted and prepared federal lawmakers for live interviews on the 5 pm show Money & Politics

Hard news reporting on regional and national politics, United States/Mexico border issues, the environment, health, crime and local current events for 50,000 drive time listeners

Wrote press releases for Arts & Sciences College that were picked up in local newspapersMaintained NMSU community calendarProvided administrative support including content analysis, data entry, answering phones