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Greater Los Angeles Area

• Develop individualized health and wellness plans that support clients in taking ownership of their health and reaching their health goals.
• Collaborate with clients to create personalized meal plans that address digestive complaints.
• Educate clients about eating habits, stress reduction, sleep hygiene, and integrative health techniques that promote wellness and disease prevention.
• Urban gardening demonstrations and guidance on growing edible gardens.

• Collaborate with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health clinics and programs to cultivate a quality improvement (QI) culture, prepare clinics for value-based payment models, and improve quality of care.
• Track and analyze key performance metrics for projects and facilitated strategy sessions and action plan development to overcome obstacles and meet goals.
• Facilitate meetings with the DMH client and outside consultants to develop a pilot program with a behavioral health clinic and primary care facility to strengthen the communication between the psychiatrists and primary.
• Train social workers, psychiatrists and front office staff in quality improvement skills that have been used to increase the screening and monitoring of the PHQ-9 by 23 percent and foster an environment where quality.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Utilized project management skills to plan, organize, and monitor large-scale research projects. Attention to detail and ability to anticipate a client’s needs and respond proactively led to successful project delivery.
• Worked collaboratively with internal departments and external vendors to manage all aspects of over 20 projects including vendor training, client relations, project schedule and timeline, budget preparation, survey.
• Created graphically rich analytical reports and presentations to distribute key information to clients and stakeholders and assist them in understanding complex information and using data to make decisions.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Collaborated with Research Managers and Analysts to coordinate project design, sampling, and data collection and analysis, leading to the successful completion of large scale international research projects.
• Developed analytical reports that informed clients about the effectiveness of their programs and views of the political and security climate in the country.
• Traveled internationally to train out of country vendors. The trainings clarified project goals, methodology, and data collection procedures.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Met with potential clients to provide an overview of services and assess their need for a formal mentoring program. Meetings clarified the client's objectives and matched services with their strategic goals.
• Reviewed and synthesized data to provide clients with feedback about key metrics that described strengths and areas of improvement of their mentoring programs.
• Constructed, edited, and programmed surveys for online data collection.

• Provided demonstrations of the department’s services to clients and promoted Instruction and Information resources to increase the use of services.
• Developed learning measures to evaluate Library Instruction sessions, track if the instruction sessions met the defined goals, and identify areas of improvement in the curriculum.
• Assisted in transitioning paper-based training material to computer-based training by creating electronic lessons and tutorials.
• Updated instruction curriculum to achieve the department’s strategic plan.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Developed assessment tool that is used in the manager review process in the US and Europe offices.
• Procured engaging learning materials and activities to promote organizational leaders’ self-assessment and self-development. Materials and activities were used as the base for a cross-functional leader’s toolkit.

• Created a survey to assess the alignment of a cross-functional leadership team. The survey revealed findings about the alignment and misalignment regarding the mission, goals, and priorities of the team.
• Developed recommendations to unify the team and facilitate a shared view of the team’s mission and priorities.

Master Of Science (Ms), Health Sciences And Integrative Medicine

Ma, Industrial Organizational Psychology

Activities and Societies: Society for Industrial Organizational Psychologist, Virginia Psychological Association, Psi Chi Honor Society

Ba, Psychology And Spanish

Activities and Societies: Society for Industrial Organizational Psychologist (SIOP), Virginia Psychological Association (VPA), Psi Chi.