Sierra Francis Perez Email & Phone Number

Frederick, Md, Us

Oakland, California, United States

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

In partnership with program, finance, and development staff, assisted the Offices of Economic Development, Environmental Resource Management, Tribal Health Program Support, and the USET Sovereignty Protection Fund with grant seeking, research, writing, editing, reporting, and management of ~30 awards. Co-secured $4.9M in federal and philanthropic funding to support health and advocacy programs.

Washington D.C.

Co-secured ~$3M in foundation support across three departments for community power building, policy advocacy, culture shift, and change management initiatives. Remotely engaged staff and senior leadership across New York, Virginia, Florida, and Texas; developed new, persuasive, and strengths-based language that reflected new branding and organizational theory of change model; organized meetings across departments in an effort to get to know organizational voices, stories, goals, program… Show more Co-secured ~$3M in foundation support across three departments for community power building, policy advocacy, culture shift, and change management initiatives. Remotely engaged staff and senior leadership across New York, Virginia, Florida, and Texas; developed new, persuasive, and strengths-based language that reflected new branding and organizational theory of change model; organized meetings across departments in an effort to get to know organizational voices, stories, goals, program updates, and the impacts of COVID-19. Show less

Washington D.C.

Collaborated with senior grant writers, directors, and nonprofit leaders to strategize and research new funding prospects, draft and revise grant programs, project budgets, and develop strong, well-aligned proposals.

Washington D.C.

Co-presented at the November 2019 Grant Professionals Association Annual Conference: “Developing Empowering Need Statements to Advance Equity.” Met with nonprofit leaders, conducted site visits and communicated with program staff to develop empowering proposals; appealed to local and national funders through researching trends and priority areas of both foundation and corporate funders; maintained a Salesforce database for ten clients, monitored deadlines, cultivation updates, and funder… Show more Co-presented at the November 2019 Grant Professionals Association Annual Conference: “Developing Empowering Need Statements to Advance Equity.” Met with nonprofit leaders, conducted site visits and communicated with program staff to develop empowering proposals; appealed to local and national funders through researching trends and priority areas of both foundation and corporate funders; maintained a Salesforce database for ten clients, monitored deadlines, cultivation updates, and funder correspondence. Show less

Gambrills, Md

Served as lead editor for Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) publications, including Office of Justice Programs Mentoring newsletters, best practices, and one-pager resources. Collaborated with staff and subject matter experts to develop a supplementary behavioral health curriculum for the T.R.A.I.L. to Diabetes Prevention program. Developed a series of child protection resources for parents and Tribal Nation communities on behalf of Fox Valley Technical College's Amber Alert in Indian… Show more Served as lead editor for Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) publications, including Office of Justice Programs Mentoring newsletters, best practices, and one-pager resources. Collaborated with staff and subject matter experts to develop a supplementary behavioral health curriculum for the T.R.A.I.L. to Diabetes Prevention program. Developed a series of child protection resources for parents and Tribal Nation communities on behalf of Fox Valley Technical College's Amber Alert in Indian Country initiative. Show less

Gambrills, Md

Promoted the work of Native Boys & Girls Clubs through producing monthly spotlight stories and editorial content; adapted program resources to be culturally relevant. Assisted Club staff with program implementation through preparing and scoring grant applications, organizing training materials, both on-site and webinar training facilitation, monthly technical assistance outreach, resource development, and quarterly progress report review for T.R.A.I.L. sites.

Baltimore, Md

Promoted UMBC research news through writing and publishing editorial content onto OVPR website. Migrated OVPR and Joint Center for Astrophysics (JCA) website content to WordPress in an effort to improve navigation, readability, and design consistency.

Baltimore, Md

Produced four collections of editorial content for the Civil War Trails iPhone application, including the Baltimore Riot, Attack on Washington, Gettysburg, and Mountain Maryland Trail collections. Performed substantial research on Maryland destinations/activities in order to write historical recaps, promotional editorials, map historic marker locations, and create tourist itinerary ideas.

B.A., Modern Languages And Linguistics (Applied Linguistics)

Activities and Societies: Honors College, MLLI Departmental Honors Program, Linguistics Club Secretary Officer Graduated Cum Laude.

General Studies

Activities and Societies: ESL Conversation Partners Program