● Worked directly with patients that varied in age, acuity, and mental illness.● Collaborated with medical doctors, nurses, and psychiatrists in order to streamline the effectiveness ofcare.● Skills developed: Collected and documented information on patient’s behavior, key in providing interface between treatment team and patients through excellent written and oral communication skills, ensured that the physical health needs of the patients were met, and provided care and humanistic counseling for patients.

● Advisor: Joyce W. Lacy, PhD● Research Focus: Comparative study of visual and auditory memory between young adults and the elderly. ● Collected and analyzed data using MS Excel and SPSS.● Collaborated with other assistants and Dr. Lacy to interpret data and improve experimental design.

● Tutored elementary aged students from low-income families in reading, writing, and mathematics.● Collaborated with other tutors and supervisors to ensure quality services and to create new tutoring techniques.● Skills developed: Implementation of strategies for teaching children, charted and tracked the progress of students, and effectively communicated with students’ parents on their progress.