Experience

Georgia State School of Public Health

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Manager for Prevent Child Abuse Georgia

  • Jun 2014 - Present

  PCA is the state chapter of the national organization Prevent Child Abuse America whose goal is to raise awareness and advocate for evidence-based child abuse prevention strategies and policies. In my role as Communications and Outreach Coordinator my responsibilities include: • Lead statewide public health campaign, Pinwheels for Prevention, to child serving professionals, community members, and individuals through newsletters, social media, website content, and in-person meetings and presentations • Supervise graduate students, coordinate internships, and oversee volunteer tasks including workforce development through training and continual feedback • Develop online learning platform for onboarding staff and students to be trained on key aspects of work and child maltreatment • Craft the 1-800-CHILDREN Helpline Marketing Toolkit to assist our organizational partners promotion of the Helpline to increase usage of the Helpline and online resource map o Conduct focus groups with parents to evaluate helpline messaging and social media posts geared toward parents • Website rebuild to enhance usability and promote programs within site • Assist in development of new grants and continued efforts on current sponsor and grant funded projects including implementation, budget management, and grant reporting • Create suite of materials and organizational standards for local child abuse prevention councils around the state • Closely work with PCA Georgia’s Board to enhance current program offerings through new grants, evidence-based programs, and intentional promotion to target populations • Maintain and explore new relationships with appropriate government, state, and community agencies and organization Show less



Michael Kors

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sales Assistant

  • Nov 2014 - Aug 2020

  • Assist with clients’ needs, creating desire for product, and promoting new product lines • Merchandising windows displays and feature walls within store • Utilize extensive knowledge of inventory to help pair items for in-store and online orders • Assist with clients’ needs, creating desire for product, and promoting new product lines • Merchandising windows displays and feature walls within store • Utilize extensive knowledge of inventory to help pair items for in-store and online orders



Strengthening Families Georgia

• Georgia Training Coordinator

  • Apr 2015 - Sep 2019

  • Handle all logistics of yearly training of the trainer and follow-up including technical assistance, curriculum edits, tracking training, and evaluations for quarterly reports • Update curriculum and Strengthening Families Georgia’s website with newest material • Handle all logistics of yearly training of the trainer and follow-up including technical assistance, curriculum edits, tracking training, and evaluations for quarterly reports • Update curriculum and Strengthening Families Georgia’s website with newest material



Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Orise Fellow, Health Communications Specialist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • May 2017 - Mar 2018

  “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” is a public health campaign designed for parents and family serving professionals to help them understand the importance of developmental monitoring and to provide a variety of tools to support developmental monitoring and the early identification of developmental delays and disabilities in children aged birth to 5 years. In this position I contributed by: • Supporting communication efforts of “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” program, an educational campaign for parents and professional to identify possible delays or disabilities in children 1 to 5-years-old • Planning and implementing the communications launch of CDC’s Milestone Tracker app • Evaluating literature on early developmental monitoring • Assisting with the website updates • Collaborating with national organizations and professional communities to develop audience specific messaging to different child serving professionals and caregivers • Assisting in production of educational material including fact sheets, posters, flyers, children’s books, and apps featuring early child development content • Ensuring all materials are 508 compliant using Adobe Acrobat Pro • Engaging Social Media Influencers to promote program materials through blogs and visual communications to reach parents with specific call to action Show less



Prevent Child Abuse Georgia

• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2012 - May 2014

  •• Served as communications lead on new website launch for the Mark Chaffin Center for Healthy Development. Assisted in administrative duties to the Associate Dean for Faculty Development • Research focused on child maltreatment: collect primary data; literature reviews; participate in developing research methodologies for funded research projects; analyzing qualitative and quantitative data using Nvivo and SPSS; search for and edit grants •• Served as communications lead on new website launch for the Mark Chaffin Center for Healthy Development. Assisted in administrative duties to the Associate Dean for Faculty Development • Research focused on child maltreatment: collect primary data; literature reviews; participate in developing research methodologies for funded research projects; analyzing qualitative and quantitative data using Nvivo and SPSS; search for and edit grants



Abercrombie and Fitch

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Store Manager

  • May 2011 - Aug 2012

  • Managed day-to-day business, set goals, and developed a plan to reach them • Acted as a leader and role model by creating interpersonal relationships and utilizing strong communication skills to represent the company and brand in a positive manner • Developed effective and reliable employees by multi-step process: coaching, follow up, assessment, and feedback • Managed day-to-day business, set goals, and developed a plan to reach them • Acted as a leader and role model by creating interpersonal relationships and utilizing strong communication skills to represent the company and brand in a positive manner • Developed effective and reliable employees by multi-step process: coaching, follow up, assessment, and feedback



Home Depot

• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Wellness Coordinator

  • Jan 2011 - May 2011

  • Coordinated, led, and implemented a variety of Health-Fitness and program-specific health improvement programs and promotions • Researched health & fitness educational topics • Identified and created appropriate participant educational materials • Coordinated, led, and implemented a variety of Health-Fitness and program-specific health improvement programs and promotions • Researched health & fitness educational topics • Identified and created appropriate participant educational materials



University of Georgia Campus Outreach

• UGA Campus Outreach Coordinator

  • May 2010 - Jun 2010

  • Assisted with the development of summer health educational seminar series’ in under-served communities. • Enlisted health professionals from the community to bring meaningful educational materials and services to the population • Practicum student for Children’s Health Educators; developed health based educational material and lessons for children • Assisted with the development of summer health educational seminar series’ in under-served communities. • Enlisted health professionals from the community to bring meaningful educational materials and services to the population • Practicum student for Children’s Health Educators; developed health based educational material and lessons for children