Education Project Manager, Office for Gender Equity

• Mar 2020 - Present

Health Educator/Prevention Specialist

• Aug 2016 - Mar 2020

I'm a higher education professional with experience in health education, alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevention, and leadership development. During my time in this role, I engaged student-athletes, student organizations, and student leaders in culture change work through an AOD lens and a social ecological approach. I facilitated workshops with students and staff, as well as trained and supervised two undergraduate peer health education groups. Using theory-based and evidence informed public health frameworks, I developed, implemented, and evaluated programs, often with a community and ethical leadership development focus. Specialty Health Topics: - Alcohol & Other Drugs - Sexual Health - Higher Education Health Promotion & Education Expertise in the following public health and behavior change approaches, models, and theories: -Motivational Interviewing -Social Ecological Model -Stages of Change Model -Health Belief Model -Social Cognitive Theory Key Responsibilities: • Coordinated, oversaw, and facilitated the Alcohol Communication & Education Skills (ACES) training program for student-athletes, training over 450 students per academic year• Designed and implemented curricula about the intersection of community, leadership, and substance use• Collaborated with stakeholders across the College and athletics program to create a comprehensive alcohol and other drug prevention and education program, rooted in best practices and aligned with Harvard’s mission• Conducted ongoing assessments of interventions and educational programs• Facilitated one-on-one Brief Alcohol Screening & Intervention (BASICS) sessions with students, an evidence-based program designed to educate and enable individuals to reflect on their alcohol use and make informed changes • Supervised undergraduate and graduate level AODS interns Show less

Alcohol Screening and Prevention Program Manager

• Jan 2016 - Aug 2016

• Plan and initiate campus wide alcohol screening events• Identify and target staff, students, and faculty interested in participating in the facilitation of alcohol screening events• Collaborate and coordinate in the creation of training programs appropriate for facilitators of alcohol screening events• Develop a virtual and campus drop-in center with resources and interventions around high risk drinking• Facilitate clinical behavioral interventions such as Screening Brief Intervention Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) with high-risk drinking Boston College students• Utilize Motivational Interviewing (MI) techniques in discussions with Boston College Students around high-risk drinking• Create and facilitate staff and faculty trainings on MI and brief intervention• Oversee marketing campaigns for Alcohol Screening and Prevention Initiatives• Conduct ongoing assessments of interventions and initiatives• Create reports for overseeing committees on assessment outcomes Show less

Graduate Assistant, Alcohol and Drug Education Program

• Aug 2014 - Jan 2016

• Coordinate scheduling for evidence-based substance education programs; CHOICES, BASICS, MODE, Marijuana Assessment, AIM, MIM, using a harm reduction, motivational interviewing model, with the objective of educating students on low risk drinking choices and empowering students to make informed decisions about substance use. • Facilitate 15+ one to one BASICs sessions per semester with students who violate Boston College’s substance policy, designed to educate and empower students to reflect upon their alcohol use and make informed changes to their substance use. • Coordinate recruitment, training, and scheduling of student facilitators for CHOICES program through collaboration with the main Office of health Promotion in Student Affairs, and dialogues to advance the understanding of motivational interviewing techniques, inclusion, and community within a residential campus. • Co Facilitate a group intervention with students who violate the Boston College substance policy by engaging students in a dialogue about the pressures, expectations, and drinking culture on campus. • Maintain the judicial database to reflect completed referral sanctions, ensuring privacy compliances, including FERPA, and HIPPA.• Create summary reports, including assessments and evaluations to make recommendations to the Director of the Alcohol and Drug Education Program on the outcomes that reflect the advancement of student health and community development and the utilization of our programs. Show less

Research Coordinator

• 2012 - 2014

• Coordinated projects for the Pediatric Autism Research Team. • Performed informed consent, survey procedures, and data collection for study participants. • Social skills group facilitator: Taught a 4 day per week social cognition treatment group curriculum for children with high functioning autism and/or mild intellectual disability that addressed core social deficits like perspective taking, flexible thinking, and coping strategies. • IRB correspondence and organization of documents for several human subject studies. • Performed daily data entry and maintained multiple datasets and documents. • Co-authored several manuscripts and publications. • Assisted with the conceptualization of a study design examining the efficacy of social cognition treatment amongst kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders and /or mild intellectual disability in an outpatient setting. Show less