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Developed and maintained relationships with community stakeholders including local elected officials, and orchestrated targeted outreach programs and events with local organizations, overall addressing public health challenges and increasing public health literacy.

Increased constituent services by coordinating with City agencies to host panel events, serving as a primary representative of the Borough President, Mark Levine. Addressed the need for COVID-19-related equipment- masks, tests, resources- while assessing inquiries and concerns about housing, healthcare, social services, education, and economic development in community boards around New York City. Facilitated community service events and tracked constituent correspondence to connect local concerns with respective resources. Collaborated with the Northern Manhattan office to coordinate unity events between NYPD, FDNY, and the local community boards they serve.

Oversaw the Government and Politics B.A, B.A/M.A, and M.A degree program development, programmed and supported classroom instruction, managed the administrative tasks of data entry and analysis, conducted extensive research for faculty on Comparative Approaches to COVID-19 (National Security) and Critical Race Theory (Public Administration, Ethics) to provide valuable insights to faculty.

Assisted students at the Feinberg Library, provided instruction on advanced computer literacy skills and monitored the Feinberg computer lab. Trained and delegated responsibilities to assistants, scheduling assignments on a per-hour basis and assisting campus and community patrons with Interlibrary Loan services.