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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Utilized survey, program evaluation, and intervention approaches to conduct research on topics including community development, educational achievement, and public health professional development• Reviewed RFPs to ensure firm addressed requirements and incorporated themes, created, developed, designed, and distributed draft response documents, responsible for edits, finalizing, and coordinating final proposal deliverable.• Assisted in the development of quantitative and qualitative data collection tools and methodologies, including the development of scripts and protocols for the informed consent process• Articulated scientific research and evaluation findings, synthesizing data findings in graphics, written technical reports, and presentations; and writing an analysis of qualitative and quantitative data to professional audiences and government officials

Baltimore, Maryland Area

•Manage inpatient and outpatient operations, monthly financial reporting and budgeting, marketing and strategic planning, and oversight of clinical quality and safety metrics•Organize University-wide efforts aimed to reduce opioid overdoses in East Baltimore through clinical improvement, community mobilization, and anti-stigma campaign for healthcare providers and clinical staff •Co-chair hospital-wide Health Equity Strategic Action Team (HESAT) and initiated a community asset mapping exercise to identify community resources and establish potential partnerships to serve high-need patient populations

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Selected to participate in a competitive, postgraduate, health management training program throughout the Johns Hopkins Medicine enterprise• Surveyed the application of patient and family engagement best practices among JHBMC’s DOM interdisciplinary teams; analyzed results and presented recommendations to JHBMC Executive Leadership Team • Created forecasted profit and loss statement outlining financial and volume projections for a new Breast Health Center at a local community hospital

Greater Atlanta Area

• Analyzed focus group transcripts used to assess barriers to accessing healthcare services among transgender populations in Atlanta, GA, and the Bay Area, CA.• Collaborated with the research team to produce codebook, conduct thematic analysis using NVivo, report findings, and draft manuscripts for publication

Greater Atlanta Area

• Assisted with data collection and analysis on a NIDA-funded research study that aimed to improve substance use screening measures in juvenile justice systems by conducting change management using and data-driven decision-making training with detention center staff

Greater Atlanta Area

• Formalized operational infrastructure by streamlining reporting processes and establish a mechanism to monitor/track over 150 student volunteer in a community-based organization aimed to eliminate health disparities in Atlanta, GA• Supervisory oversight of six staff; including hiring, training, and professional development planning

Greater Atlanta Area

• Interviewed over 100 injection drug users (IDUs) and collect formative data for National HIV Health Behavior Surveillance Survey to improve HIV prevention services within the state of Georgia

San Francisco Bay Area

• Developed, managed, and executed a strategic plan for national site recruitment and placement for over 300 undergraduate interns interested in public health professions, which exceeded the assigned revenue and target metrics by a minimum of 10 percent in 8 regions across the country• Collaborated with the executive team to improve quality improvement and operations measurement by analyzing client satisfaction and system performance data; resulted in a 15% increase in client satisfaction and a 33% decrease in intern on-boarding turnaround time

San Francisco Bay Area

• Facilitated 40+ group discussions with over 1,000 participants regarding risk and risk-reduction factors for breast health to increase community knowledge and clinical referrals to breast cancer-related services• Revitalized marketing and outreach strategies by increasing community collaborations and prioritizing resources for diverse and low-income populations, resulting in a 65% increase in minority program participants

San Francisco Bay Area

• Oversaw the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of 6 private grants that served and educated 1,500 Federally Qualified Health Center patients and 2,000 community members• Conducted a needs assessments with local at-risk youth and implemented changes to improve outreach efforts for TCHC Teen City Clinic that resulted in a 30% increase in patient satisfaction ratings and a 20% increase of clinical visits for the 2013 fiscal year

San Jose, Ca

• Participated in over 40 outreach activities, such as community gatherings, health fairs, and faith-based events, in efforts to eliminate the stigma associated with mental health; connected over 100 families and individuals to county behavioral health services

Lucile Packard Children'S Hospital

• Developed, coordinated, maintained, and evaluated a piloted professional development/educational scholarship program that was designed to enhance nursing workforce retention metrics and increase employees’ sense of employer support resulting in an ongoing endowment for a sustainable program

San Francisco Bay Area

• Created, implemented, and evaluated dating violence prevention awareness curricula for SJSU campus classes• Trained student volunteers on Violence Prevention, Body Image and Chronic Diseases curriculum• Collaborated with several on and off-campus organizations to develop, organize, and execute events and programs to touch all students across campus

Doctorate Of Public Health (Drph), Health Policy And Management

Activities and Societies: Recipient of full-tuition scholarship as a Bloomberg Fellow with the Bloomberg American Health Initiative.

Master Of Public Health (M.P.H.), Behavioral Sciences And Health Education

Bachelor'S Degree, Health Sciences

Minors: Biology and Spanish

Emergency Medical Technician- Basic, Fire Science/Fire-Fighting