Experience

City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Adjunct Professor - Community Health Worker Program

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  • Provide career coaching and professional development support to students completing their community health worker certification. • Facilitate health related curriculum including COVID-19, community health, substance use prevention resources. • Provide career coaching and professional development support to students completing their community health worker certification. • Facilitate health related curriculum including COVID-19, community health, substance use prevention resources.



DePaul University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor - College of Health Sciences

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  • Serve as a course instructor to build the research literacy and capacity of emerging health care professionals. • Serve as a course instructor to build the research literacy and capacity of emerging health care professionals.



Tanoma Consulting

• United States
• Program Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President/CEO

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  • Conduct independent research and evaluation to advance health, education, and workforce equity. • Facilitate cultural humility, community engagement, strategic planning, and capacity building workshops for healthcare professionals. • Lead motivational speaking and coaching sessions for underrepresented students and professionals. • Develop grant proposals that address health inequities to support research, evaluation, and community outreach activities for non-profit organizations. • Assist organizations with the implementation of community-driven, asset-based programming to foster healthy lifestyles and improved health outcomes in the Latinx and marginalized communities throughout the greater Chicagoland area and nationally. • Adapt community engaged approaches to support relationship building across multiple stakeholders. Show less



University of Illinois Chicago

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Director of Community Engaged Research, Office of Community Based Practice

  • Jul 2017 - Aug 2019

  • Manage a portfolio of research and quality improvement projects at Mile Square Health Centers (MSHC) including the integration of projects within designated clinical settings and subsequent surveillance and monitoring. • Serve as the regulatory manager and chair for the MSHC Research Council, a committee comprised of patients, clinicians, and academics to ensure that research partnerships are aligned with the priority areas identified by the University of Illinois Community Assessment of Needs (UI-CAN: asthma, behavioral health, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity), engage community perspectives, and apply asset-based approaches. • Abstract and manipulate data from electronic patient database systems to determine cost-benefit of proposed research and quality improvement projects. • Establish local community based partnerships to advance community engaged research towards eradicating health inequities in underserved and marginalized communities. • Adapt community engaged approaches to implement of a portfolio of health disparities projects focused on precision medicine and cancer-related research. • Apply GIS and asset-mapping tools to identify target community areas for addressing health disparities. • Oversee and coordinate patient navigation services to increase cancer screening rates and timely health care delivery for patients in the Chicagoland area who are underserved, uninsured, underinsured. • Monitor outcomes data for and evaluate patient navigation cancer screening programs using the PDSA cycle to ensure continuous improvement. • Develop training curricula and materials for community patient navigation services. • Serve as the Community Engagement Core Co-Lead for the NIH U54 Chicago Cancer Health Equity Collaborative (ChicagoCHEC). • Coordinate community outreach services using the national culturally and linguistically appropriate standards (CLAS) to foster partnerships between academic and community stakeholders. Show less



Equal Measure

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• National Deputy Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Connections Program

  • Aug 2014 - Jun 2017

  • Served as part of the senior leadership and management of the National Program Office of the New Connections, a program that provides research funding and career development opportunities to diverse early-to mid-career scholars and researchers working in fields related to health and health care to foster a vibrant network of diverse researchers. • Provided fiscal oversight for approximately $7.6 million in grant making and management to promote a national multi-year investment in health inequities research. • Bolstered the advancement of research and evaluation practices relevant to the field of health and health care through networking, coordinating, and promoting program services. • Collaborated with senior academic leadership, national organizations, and professional associations to champion a nationwide public policy analysis on the state of the field of diverse faculty representation in health disparities research • Engaged in strategic planning, policy development, program marketing and communications, and public relations. Show less



DePaul University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Faculty Member

  • Sep 2013 - Jun 2014

  Course instructor for Health Sciences, Health Research Literacy, Public Health, and Community Based Participatory Research. Course instructor for Health Sciences, Health Research Literacy, Public Health, and Community Based Participatory Research.



University of Illinois Chicago

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant/Research Assistant

  • May 2008 - May 2013

  Assessed the feasibility of Tai Chi as a stress management technique for reducing A1C levels among Latino elders with diabetes. Conducted Spanish translations of all recruitment and data collection documents, assisted in the recruitment of participants, developed database, and conducted data collection, data analysis, and interpretation. Assisted with manuscript writing. Supported by an NIA P30 grant. Assessed the feasibility of Tai Chi as a stress management technique for reducing A1C levels among Latino elders with diabetes. Conducted Spanish translations of all recruitment and data collection documents, assisted in the recruitment of participants, developed database, and conducted data collection, data analysis, and interpretation. Assisted with manuscript writing. Supported by an NIA P30 grant.



Rush University Medical Center

• Chicago, IL

• Marketing/Administrative Manager

  • Sep 2004 - Aug 2008

  • Participated on interdisciplinary scholarly research activities on health disparities and their implications on quality and healthcare policy. Topics included cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity, and rural health. • Assisted with academic instruction, tutoring, and advising for graduate students. Courses included: Statistics, Research Methodology, Epidemiology, and Health Care in America. • Managed administrative operations including budgeting, information technology, and marketing and recruitment strategies including consultation to and management of multiple academic and clinical health sciences departments (i.e., health systems management, dietetics, speech pathology and audiology). Show less



Governors State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Dec 2002 - May 2004

  • Conducted a nationwide review and assessment of the Certificate of Need Programs for the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board of the Illinois Department of Public Health. • Collected and analyzed original and secondary data to assess racial disparities in healthcare for obesity, cardiovascular, cerebrovascular diseases. • Funding support provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Project EXPORT NIH grant. Research aims included addressing health disparities in cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, and childhood obesity. • Edited and prepared manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations. Show less



City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of TRIO Student Support Services

  • 1998 - 2002

  • Coordinated and implemented student academic support and preventive health activities including: (1) a college student exchange program with the Universidad Politecnica and Universidad del Turabo in Puerto Rico to increase the number of bilingual engineers in the U.S.; (2) a summer enrichment academy for children grades 5 through 10 in Chicago PREP; and, (3) wellness workshops for youth grades 9 through 12 in Upward Bound. • Managed program budget and philanthropic resources with over $2 million in local and federal grants. Funders included: U.S. DE, U.S. DOE, NASA, HACU, IBM, and Chicago Community Trust Fund. • Conducted Spanish translations of curriculum materials and lectures for workshops and special events. • Promoted from program coordinator to Upward Bound Assistant Director to TRIO Student Support Services Director within a period of 3 years • Concurrently served as Co-Director of Pre-Engineering Programs funded by NASA. Show less



Aspira Inc. of Illinois

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager of Health Professions & Math and Science Career Programs

  • Dec 1995 - May 1998

  • Organized and conducted health careers, prevention, lifestyle choice workshops and seminars. • Facilitated student entry into undergraduate and graduate health professions programs. • Coordinated college recruitment, advising, and retention strategies including mentoring and tutoring programs. • Organized and conducted health careers, prevention, lifestyle choice workshops and seminars. • Facilitated student entry into undergraduate and graduate health professions programs. • Coordinated college recruitment, advising, and retention strategies including mentoring and tutoring programs.