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Rockville, Maryland, United States

• Designs and implements the overall communication strategy for large five-year federal contract including management of multiple websites, blog, social media, newsletter, webinars, mobile app, dashboards, and videos
• Designs communication plans for research projects and develops tailored digital and print products and in-person and virtual technical assistance activities to facilitate the use of survey findings by diverse audiences.
• Monitors and evaluates communication activities using Google Analytics, social media metrics, media mentions, email surveys, and key informant interviews
• Develops and manages annual work plans and budgets, including managing subcontracts and consultants
• Authors multiple high-level client-facing contractually mandated annual reports and 2 successful rebid proposals
• Leads and mentors a team of 4 communication and digital media specialists

• Provided in-person and virtual technical assistance to strengthen local partners’ capacity to apply data to improve programs and policies
• Developed project’s video portfolio in response to user needs
• Co-manages the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan including developing, collecting, and analyzing performance monitoring indicators
• Supervises program support staff

Greater Atlanta Area

• Edited implications of global report based on findings of six country study of women’s empowerment and HIV risk
• Developed PowerPoint presentation for international conference on the link between violence against women and HIV
• Created newsletters, manage and update content of HIV/AIDS Google Group
• Developed promotional materials for World AIDS Day

• Assisted professor in the creation of new syllabus through assessment of prior readings and assignments
• Developed lesson plan and instruct students for assigned teaching module titled “Ethics In Qualitative Research”

• Teaching assistant for PE101, Undergraduate Health Class.
• Analyzed qualitative results from over 400 student surveys of curriculum and utilized data to overhaul entire syllabus for the course
• Recruited guest lecturers for classroom sessions
• Planned and facilitated teaching assistant orientation and lead weekly meetings
• Managed database of additional learning tools for teaching assistants
• Taught three laboratory sections, 90 students total, of undergraduate class focused on personal health topics such as stress, reproductive health, substance use, and the environment

Greater Atlanta Area

• Administered field-based computer surveys to and collected samples from subjects as part of study examining HIV prevention in African American adolescent girls
• Created codebook for quantitative and qualitative data
• Coordinated retention efforts through email and phone bank campaigns

Greater Atlanta Area

• Data entry and processing of undergraduate admissions applications.

Bafilo, Togo

• Designed and conduct an assessment of staff at an NGO that provides comprehensive HIV care
• Conducted and transcribed approximately 50 interviews and one focus group, in French
• Analyzed data, identified areas for improvement, then advised stakeholders on recommendations
• Presented preliminary findings of the study to all stakeholders and produced evaluation reports

Westchester And Putnam, New York

• Created lesson plans on various reproductive health topics and presented programs to diverse audiences including: developmentally disabled youth and adults, mentally ill youth & adults, incarcerated youth and adults.
• Trained and managed a high school peer-education group

Nyamassila, Togo

• Served as founding national coordinator for nationwide annual AIDS Ride, successfully obtaining $4,000 from PSI, PLAN Togo, Red Cross, U.S. Embassy Cultural Center, and Peace Corps, and reaching 24,000 people in one week
• Wrote numerous successful grant proposals to fund projects such as AIDS Ride, construction of shower wells, soccer tournament to provide reproductive and sexual health education, and community development trainings
• Developed and led several trainings for approximately 100 community leaders and members on topics including flour enrichment and community development
• Collaborated with local counterparts at health clinic and schools on HIV prevention efforts, including teaching classes and participating in vaccination and other health campaigns

Newark, Delaware

• Data entry and processing of undergraduate admissions applications.

Master Of Public Health (M.P.H.), Health Education

Honors Bachelor Of Science, Dietetics

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