Nakia Sims Email and Phone Number

• With experience as a TWC Administrative Law Judge coupled with over 20 years successfully advocating for over 1500 clients that represent nonprofits and individuals my expertise is TWS-VRS requirements, I am well-positioned to ensure a seamless integration process for vendors and providers. I get results for clients that are rarely achieved!In my role as a contractor, I can offer:Application Preparation: Assistance with documentation and compliance to meet TWS-VRS Ongoing Vendor Support: Post-approval support, ensuring offerings maximize their impactAdvocacy resulted in local government approving over one million dollars in contracts to improve substandard housing and community engagement going up by 135%.• Plan, develop, implement, and evaluate legislative strategies to advance policy initiatives, including drafting, legislation and policy documents, conducting research and basic data analysis, writing and presenting to various stakeholders.• Managed a robust database management and constituent correspondence programs.• Expanded policy knowledge and influencing skills to achieve public policy objectives and improve choice mobility options for 118 low-income public housing residents and Housing Choice Voucher participants.• Commitment and demonstrated experience working with diversity, directly affected communities including black, indigenous, people of color (BIPOC), low-income, people, youth, lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer (LGBTQ) people, homeless people, immigrants, women, and people with disabilities.• Wrote 30+ Public Housing and HUD Freedom of Information Act requests leading to updated procedures, and policies with more transparency for public housing residents.

*Dual roles building community and working collaboratively on multi-disciplinary design teams.*Ensure the success and sustainability of Corner Store Co-op; resident-led cooperative business*Identify and support core group to design, implement, and operate a worker-owned cooperative that does business with the museum.

• Establish trusting relationships with participants while providing encouragement and mindfulness of psycho-social factors.• Develop relationships with area social service agencies to build knowledge of available resources; provide referrals as appropriate. Attend regular staff meetings, training sessions, conferences, and other meetings.• Provide administrative support, including planning for and assisting with community social events .• Complete data collection according to protocols and procedures, in compliance with HIPAA regulations. Enter data into project databases.• Maintain record of outreach events, activities, and contacts along with the number of people reached.Participate in professional development.• Assist with study recruitment efforts, including disseminating materials, attending social events, and doingdoor-to-door marketing. Conduct recruitment interviews, enroll participants into the study, and assistparticipants with completing questionnaires.• Visit participant homes to assist BCM EHS staff with home assessments and with implementing exposure reduction action plans. Communicate and follow up with participants regarding upcoming appointments and answer participant questions as appropriate.

Trinity Classical School, Third Grade Eloquium Teacher1. Developed curriculum. executed Theatre Games and Skills, Drawing, Musical Theater, Sculpture, Lego Architecture, and Play Performance: Shakespeare.Interactive TheaterMy favorite roles were portraying multiple Presidents and Judge Gavel in " Meet the Presidents."Express Children's TheaterI loved my role as Red Chief, " Terror of the plains!"Ensemble Theater: Actor in Tour EducationMy favorite role was starring as the Fox in Br'er RabbitAdapted by Ensemble Theatre founder George W. Hawkins from the original Joel Chandler Harris story.Directed by Eileen J. MorrisA fun-packed combination of African-American folklore and American popular culture, Br’er Rabbit is family entertainment that focuses on the Golden rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Third Grade Math and Science co-teacher.

• Manage the financial performance of the property by overseeing rents, occupancy and expenditures.• Supervise resident retention, renewal and leasing programs to maintain maximum occupancy.• Oversee resident relations, which includes taking resident phone calls, requests and concerns.• Ensure compliance with company policy, as well as federal and local regulations.• Manage, train and counsel onsite staff effectively.• Oversee daily leasing paperwork and proper completion of service requests.• Analyze monthly performance and budget projections, discuss strategies with the Regional Property•Attracting new tenants through advertising, property viewings, and encouraging referrals.•Interviewing tenants and running credit checks.•Setting rental rates, negotiating and enforcing lease agreements.•Addressing tenant complaints and inspecting vacated units.•Contracting and supervising repairs and maintenance work.•Collecting rent, dealing with late payments, and handling operating expenses.•Maintaining records of income, expenses, signed leases, complaints, maintenance, etc.

Conducted complex hearings, wrote more than 100 decisions based on the facts heard and in accordance with Texas Unemployment Compensation Act. *Temporary position

Advised counties and municipalities on various protective order statutory provisions. Completed policy analysis and made recommendations to enhance compliance with the law.

*Helped make sure that people are not denied housing because of their race, color, national origin or ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, family status (living with minor children), or because they are getting public assistance.* Go to various properties, ask specific questions, take notes and timely report findings

Conducted research in the general litigation and corporate securities sections. Monitored depositions, drafted legal memorandum and edited legal documents.