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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

In this role, I lead the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the IFLA Academy program: a workforce training program for those working in violence, injury, and substance abuse prevention in Louisiana. I am also the leader of IFLA, a coalition composed of subject-matter experts representing their perspective agencies, whom are partnering to prevent violence and injury. I started this job the day we had the 2020 shutdown, so I had to essentially redesign the training program for a virtual setting and then readjust to an in-person trainings after we got the clear to go back in person for 2022. Though the COVID-19 has had a significant impact on my job, the challenges have taught me how to adjust and I am truly grateful for these experiences.

Greater New Orleans Area

I taught a university course called, TAYLOR Your Life, a two hour credit course containing 15-20 students per semester from all class standings and majors. TAYLOR Your Life is an innovative career development lab that teaches students how to approach their future with the mindset of a designer. As a lecturer, I customized and facilitated the TAYLOR Your Life lesson plans, graded assignments, and assisted students with understanding the coursework. In addition to my lecturing duties, I also served as an informal career counselor for my students as they pieced together their post-grad plans.

Greater New Orleans Area

As a health promotion specialist, my primary duty was to provide health education to our students. I created educational interventions that focused on sleep hygiene, stress management, and sexual health. These interventions included workshops, events, educational activities, etc. I trained our peer health educators (TUPHES) to properly facilitate these interventions. In addition to group health education, I also provided individual education through the BASICS program for students that violated the Tulane alcohol and drug policies. Furthermore, I served as the program coordinator for the Health Wave Residential Learning Community. I love prevention, so this job was especially enjoyable. My favorite part about this position was creating new workshops for the TUPHES. This was when I had the most creative freedom for designing interventions for students.

Greater Atlanta Area

I supervised the new patient intake process for our Ryan White clinic. This involved determining the eligibility of interested individuals, following patients through the enrollment process, and referring patients to other social services as needed. For recently diagnosed patients, I facilitated the Anti-Retroviral Treatment and Access to Services (ARTAS) program. ARTAS is an individual-level intervention designed to link individuals with diagnosed HIV to medical care. I enjoyed building a rapport with new patients and helping them get through the difficult time of a new HIV diagnoses.I also hosted the quarterly Clayton County HIV consortium meetings composed of community agencies dedicated to providing services for those living with HIV. Furthermore, I assisted my supervisor in writing the Ryan White Part B grant for the county.

Jonesboro, Georgia

In this role, I primarily served as a contract tracer and a case manager. I gathered analyzed, and monitored data regarding communicable diseases for Clayton County. For new STI infections, I interviewed cases to determine the source and spread of the infection, provide health education, and connect them to treatment. In addition, I provided health education at community outreach events.

Atlanta, Georgia

I created a social norms marketing campaign targeting excessive alcohol use in GSU students that also served as my capstone requirement for graduation. I also facilitated health promotion programs targeting sexual health, nutrition, stress management etc. for GSU students by request from professors, student organizations, and resident advisors.

Atlanta, Georgia

As a graduate research assistant, I worked under two professors with different focuses, so I had a variety of duties. My primary duties involved assisting in program evaluation reports for grant-funded programs such as the Youth Recovery Support and Prevention Clubhouse Initiative. I also published a bi-weekly electronic newsletter highlighting faculty research on health disparities for the Health Disparities Research Center

Under the United Way VISTA program, I was placed at the main location for Eau Claire Cooperative Health Centers (ECCHC). I served as the interim volunteer coordinator for all of the ECCHC sites. I ensured each location had quality volunteers and that the volunteers were satisfied at their locations. I also assisted in the planning and implementation of the Innovations Health community health worker program.

Master'S Degree, Public Health

Bachelor'S Degree, Public Health Education And Promotion