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● Manage implementation of federally-funded grant, including budgeting, contracting, and reporting of grant information required by government partners● Coordinate with local transportation agencies to achieve policy changes at the city and state levels aimed at improving walkability in Seattle and across Washington ● Work with Feet First board to conduct grant writing, volunteer management, strategic planning, annual budgeting process, statewide advocacy, and communications

Seattle, Wa

- Managed 30 staff members as their primary point person for all service, administrative, clinical flow, and programmatic issues to enhance their ability to provide quality healthcare to under- and uninsured students across 16 Seattle schools - Created new workflows, led quality initiative projects, and coached staff to make practice improvements to achieve organizational and national clinical benchmarks- As a member of the school-based leadership team, I worked towards program success through budget monitoring, strategic goal planning, and data analysis

Twisp, Wa

- Created an implementation toolkit to help Room One, an all-encompassing rural social services organization, expand their comprehensive sexual health education programming to school districts in Okanogan County. By engaging with these schools I tailored the toolkit to be accessible and culturally relevant for the realities of providing rural education and healthcare. - Earned a grant from The Northwest Center for Public Health Practice to fund my summer work in Twisp, WA

White Center, Wa

- Conducted interviews with community service providers to provide the organization's leadership with recommendations for increasing access, awareness, and cultural competency in their newly opened clinic location. - Designed a health clinic patient survey and analyzed data to assess current patient satisfaction and barriers to care in this community.

Indianapolis, Indiana

- Conducted community outreach to low-income expecting mothers for enrollment in the health department's nurse home visit program- Managed tuberculosis clients' medicine intake, keeping them aware of potential side effects and mitigating barriers in adhering to long-term medicinal regimens

Indianapolis, In

- Led a team of four local anti-hunger organizations in developing a food stamp enrollment outreach program. - Conducted research on enrollment barriers, surveyed food pantry clients, and used key informant interviews with organizations across the country to determine how to successfully increase food stamp enrollment through outreach - Designed and created the “SNAP App,” a pre-screening tool that determines food stamp eligibility for food pantries in Indianapolis - Managed volunteers for participation in the summer food program awareness campaign and assisted in implementing a farmer survey to start a pilot gleaning program to help save unwanted harvest from spoiling

Master'S Degree, Public Health

In the Community-Oriented Public Health Practice program, I explored the underlying causes of health inequities in the United States..

Bachelor'S Degree, History

Graduated with Honors in History. Won the 2011 Henry A. Bern Essay Competition in Jewish Studies. Executive board member for GlobeMed.