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Advocate for the equitable distribution of grant funds and accessibility to the grant-making process, ensuring deliberately disadvantaged communities have an opportunity to secure resources.Streamlined the grant application and reporting process by digitizing forms, automating data management, and enhancing transparency with grantees.Supervised coworkers with a human first spirit, focusing on supporting their current job, overall professional, and personal goals through meaningful feedback and collaborative planning. Build strong relationships with administrators, community resource agencies, educators, and agency partners through project management, data analysis, event coordination, and reports written with a belonging lens.

Provide expertise in anti-racist educational reform and strategic youth services to drive organizational transformation, elevate deliberately disadvantaged communities, and empower sustainable, inclusive change.Challenge K-12 schools to critically examine their curricula, teaching practices, and organizational structures to promote sustainability, inclusivity, and alignment with the diverse social needs of the student population.Provided strategic consulting services to youth-serving agencies, focusing on areas such as rebranding, vision/mission development, data-driven decision-making, and capacity building.Established a nonprofit arm within a profit company to address the needs of incarcerated youth, developing a holistic model focused on reducing recidivism through mental health support, nutrition, housing, and peer-to-peer mentorship.Grew non-profit revenue by 25% in 6 months utilizing innovative social media strategies as well as improved communications with donors and clients.Provided project management for a local start-up partner that focuses on employing youth alongside adults and helped increase client satisfaction by 50% in 2 months.

Facilitated connections between "BRIDGES" (Building Real-life Independent Daily Living and Gainful Employment Skills) program participants and local businesses to secure employment opportunities tailored for neurodiverse young adults, ensuring meaningful and supportive placements.Coordinated job opportunities, achieving a 100% success rate in participants meeting their individual and organizational goals, demonstrating the program's effectiveness and impact.Supervised 7 program participants, providing them with comprehensive training, resources, and support to ensure successful completion of the program, fostering an environment conducive to accountability, success, and personal achievement.

Developed and executed a 6-month strategic communications plan, resulting in a 25% increase in reach for the nonprofit client.Managed a 4-month rebranding project from planning to execution, prioritizing tasks, designing marketing deliverables, and securing contractors within budget and timelines.Moved the organization closer to reaching its goals of providing academic, social, and emotional support to students furthest from educational justice.

Created, refined and taught innovative, student-centered curricula across multiple disciplines:YearbookGraphic DesignAP PsychologyPhotographyMakerspaceDesigned a project-based learning initiative at a women’s shelter that addressed the psychology of social work and the life-long impact of any duration of homelessness.Collaborated with marginalized creators, community leaders, and subject matter experts to elevate diverse perspectives and experiences within the school's educational programming.Decreased departmental costs by $8,000/year by streamlining processes and negotiating with vendors.

Facilitated a student-led bullying prevention mentorship program focused on supporting LGBTQ+ and deliberately disadvantaged students, with a particular emphasis on transgender and non-binary students, in active resistance against religious oppression.Developed courses for grades 7-12:Art 1-4 & AP ArtPhotographyAP ApologeticYearbookDecreased departmental costs by $3,000/year by streamlining processes and negotiating with vendors.

Supported the many needs of a small firm by working collaboratively with the owner, other designers and clients to manage projects ranging from small scale residential to large institutions. Ensured that projects were completed on-time, within budget and represented the innovative design standards of the firm.

As a designer I worked with multi disciplined internal teams, as well as, city code officials, project managers, engineers and construction teams to ensure successful completion of several multifamily mixed use buildings. I also provided ADA expertise on multiple projects to ensure code compliance and design inclusion.

Supervised the on-site volunteer workforce, providing hands-on training in foundations, framing, roofing, flooring, carpentry, and the safe use of power tools.Responsible for permit processing, building code adherence, regulatory compliance, environmental safety, material procurement, and subcontractor coordination for each site build.Counseled the partner family on the home construction process. As the only female construction team member, spearheaded a successful $30,000 fundraising campaign which supported the build and led to the onboarding of 200 women and femme volunteers.