I help individuals, families and small business owners create strategies to grow their income, protect their assets and expand what they currently have to grow, sustainably."You entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.”

Prepare individuals and families for homeownership through education, 1 on 1 consultations, and engaging the community through neighborhood-wide open house tours.

Conduct in-store market research by interviewing shoppers in specific categories with a pre-set questionnaire.Submit daily field reports with observation notes, number of completed interviews, and totals for shoppers passing by, browsing or purchasing from the section under study.Submit final 2 page reports for each project with analysis of shopper behavior, observation notes of the store environment and culture, and client recommendations.

- Help home buyers become mortgage-ready by counseling on how to improve credit scores, managing a budget, creating savings plans- Educate clients on down payment assistance in the Greater Atlanta area- Calculate income to ensure clients qualify for assistance and for affordability analyses- Calculate pre-qualification when ready to give buyers an idea of what they may be able to get pre-qualified for if they were to visit a lender- Student Loan Counseling - help clients be aware of and organize records for all the loans they currently have, discuss options such as income based repayment, public loan forgiveness, consolidation, etc. - Help build partnerships with other agencies, specifically those serving refugee communities in Atlanta- Teach Homebuyer Education Workshops and coordinate presenters- Assist in delivery and coordination of focus groups for potential homebuyers and neighborhood residents

- Assist in Homebuyer Education Workshops by managing registrations, tracking attendance, receiving payments, introducing speakers, answering questions, coordinating lunch, overall set-up and break-down of workshop- Answer client questions about down payment assistance programs, our workshops and counseling appointments- Schedule appointments for clients to meet with Housing Counselor- Manage Home Ownership section of website including regular updates, retrieving submissions, adding forms, and writing content- Pull credit reports for clients and receive/log payment- Manage filing of client forms by HUD guidelines including: client profiles, disclosures, privacy policies, authorizations

- Creating a curriculum for 6 high school students on SAT preparation, interviewing, presentation skills, and job/internship searching. Organizing and conducting college visits. Individual academic and career counseling. - Analyzed and compiled data gathered from survey of neighborhood association board members. Reported findings to CEO.- Helped organize and lead a peer-to-peer site visit hosting for a team from another nonprofit in New Orleans. Gave presentation on education and mentorship as a deterrent to youth violence and anti-social behavior.- Wrote initial Letter of Inquiry for The Harland Foundation grant proposal.- Created and conducted a workshop, along with another staff member entitled Greening Your Home using interactive learning stations for participants to learn from.- Had article written about the organization through The Patch online newspaper. Managing social media marketing and outreach for the organization to market workshops, events and housing opportunities.

- Consulted paralegals, lawyers, and business owners on state business filing requirements.- Became the 2nd highest revenue producing team member after 6 months.- Filed bank mergers, incorporations, dissolutions among other filings from document preparation to delivery of formal evidence in all 50 jurisdictions.

- Led a class of 12 6th grade students at an inner-city public school, all improved grades in at least 1 subject.- Helped achieve team fundraising goals of$1500 for the YMCA.- Wrote monthly newsletters, organized field trips and activities, designed visual aids and prepared lessons.