Responsible for the operations, licensing and safety of 13 Head Start and Early Head Start sites across 3 counties.Participate in advocacy efforts at the state and federal level. Which includes serving as State Captain, coordinating legislative visits and educating our elected officials on issues related to Head Start and early education. Manage 2 federal grants totaling 7.9 million dollars and several state grants.Develop and lead 7 direct reports and a team of 120.Stay up to date on all innovations and curriculum for Early Head Start and Head Start program delivery.

Responsible for the overall development within NSI creating and revising new student orientation and student transition programs that positively impact the academic success and personal growth of all new students resulting in an increased retention rate. Continually assessing the effectiveness of all program efforts on the retention success of our students. Serve as a resource for all new students at the university to address any transitional needs and issues as well as supervise all professional and classified staff in the department.

Develop and administer Summer Orientation Programs as well as year round welcome, transition and retention programs for over 4,000 new students and their families. Hire, train and supervise 30 student employees to serve as Orientation Guides. Design and implement year round programs to promote success for special populations including: first generation, underrepresented students, students with disabilities and others.

Successfully grow the Career Bound Program to scale across all 6teen serving clubs in Palm Beach County serving over 600 teens.Successfully win and report on grants totaling over 2 million.Motivate and inspire a team of over 200 to serve the instructionaland career needs of our teen population. Lead and implement a distance learning model of virtual programs to meet the needs of all members.

Provided strategic planning to small independent businesses aswell as event planning and college prep for students.

Doubled sales revenue in my first month as Center Director.Recruited, hired and trained our team of 14 on all center policies,procedures and academic coaching.Promoted after 6 months to manage multiple centers acrossPalm Beach County.

As Technology Instructor I taught the certification courses for both Microsoft Office and IC-3 to adults with disabilities.I actively recruited local area businesses and corporations to provide internship and employment opportunities for our students.

Responsible for overseeing and managing staff on all programs, services and events.Successfully applied for and implemented grants from state, federal and private organizations. Created and maintained Internships and University partnerships with SDSU & UCSD for Asian American, Hispanic and African American Outreach as well as the SDSU School of Social Work field study. Hired, trained and evaluated all interns throughout our diverse collection of internship programs.Managed and marketed all PR and media relations for the agency.Evaluated and implemented agency budget as well as create strategic plan for the viability of our organization.Established and maintained community partnerships with agencies throughout the county as well as government officials and first responders. Created and maintained resource, referral and direct client support services as well as coordinate support groups for adults and expert speaker series for the nearly 50,000 San Diegans living with epilepsy and their families.

Recruited and developed a core group of school leaders, parentsand families to mobilize on advocacy and election issues.Provided leadership workshops & developed educationalmaterials and training modules for supporters and stakeholders.Planned and executed targeted actions such as rallies, events andletter writing campaigns to support issue advocacy initiatives.Conduct meetings with local elected officials and candidates.Created and managed a budget and strategic plan for all events,travel, activities and materials related to the region of OrangeCounty, San Diego & Inland Empire.Lead on Steering Committee for Parent Summit & 20thAnniversary Rally both having over 400 participants.

Highly competitive process in which a cohort of 38 are chosen to participate in a 10 week fellowship program. During which each fellow partners with an Educational Organization to create and complete an essential project.Fellow with Teach for America as a Research Analyst on location for two weeks in Texas and LA to observe, survey and hold focus groups to identify the most effective components of their teacher training models.Created a final project with qualitative and quantitative data from all nine Teach for America Institutes with recommendations for the most effective teacher training model to be reviewed by the National Team.

Developed an innovative curriculum while teaching Special Education in an open enrollment Charter High School in New Orleans for 2 years.Managed and created IEPs and 504s for Special Education students while fostering strong relationships with parents and advocating for vital services and resources.Dramatic results with students on average demonstrating 1.5 to years of growth in reading and math.

Highly competitive process in which passionate innovators are selected to teach in high need regions to promote educational equality for all students.

Coordinated and scheduled all field trips as well as developed and implemented an innovative Pre-K curriculum based on the Creative Curriculum and Montessori Methods.Created a Parent Advocacy Committee to network and update parents on current issues and learning innovations related to their children.Set up an effective tutoring program for after-school students ranging from Elementary/Middle & High School.

Managed and trained San Diego and Orange County government relations committee members to be effective advocates among legislators as well as at events throughout the community. Created and implemented a cost effective budget to work with vendors and event sites to host numerous high profile events for our members, consistently coming in 10% under budget at the end of each quarter.Coordinated and participated in legislator visits to educate and promote our agency's policy agenda. As well as represent our chapter at major conferences in both Washington D.C. and Sacramento.