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• Led neighborhoods in strategic planning utilizing Appreciative Inquiry • Educated neighborhoods about grant opportunities • Provided ongoing technical assistance and grant management of over 15 grants• Developed the Neighborhood-School Partnership Initiative, aimed at creating shared vision with schools and surrounding neighborhoods in four communities • Hosted several community summits to create shared goals between neighborhoods and schools• Created new evaluation and reporting tool for City youth programs • Coordinated the Mayor’s Mentoring Alliance, a consortium of over 40 mentoring programs• Coordinated all aspects of annual Mayor’s Mentoring Alliance Awards • Partnered with United Way of Central Carolinas on Collective Impact Initiative to increase the impact of mentoring throughout Charlotte• Developed training modules to educate agencies and volunteers about best practices in mentoring youth• Contract monitor and staff liaison for newly-developed Charlotte Youth Council

• Established a partnership with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ Truancy Court program; expanded the program to seven schools in C.M.S.• Recruited and managed volunteer District Court and Superior Court judges• Case management• Data collection and analysis• Developing and sustaining partnerships• Coordinated Weed and Seed marketing strategy, media releases and newsletters• Outreach to community and neighborhood organizations• Leveraged more than $200,000 in-kind donations, granted funds and volunteer hours • Planned events and festivals that served thousands of area residents

Master Of Public Administration

Activities and Societies: Sigma Kappa Sorority Order of Omega President of Social Work Student Org. Social Chair for Public Administration.

Bachelor Of Social Work