Evaluation Consultant

• May 2022 - Present

Research Laboratory Manager

• Aug 2021 - Present

As the current manager of the Youth Development Evaluation Laboratory, I aim to promote graduate student growth through professional development, mentorship, and allyship. As the current manager of the Youth Development Evaluation Laboratory, I aim to promote graduate student growth through professional development, mentorship, and allyship.

Independent Consultant

• Apr 2018 - Present

I partner with a variety of different organizations to create positive change through data-driven, culturally responsive, and stakeholder-driven strategies. Through these partnerships I have conducted formal program evaluations, built organizational evaluation capacity, hosted professional development seminars and more. Clients include: Child Trends University of California Los Angeles Boys and Girls Club of America Southern California Golf Association Anti-Recidivism Coalition Shakti Warriors Homeboy Industries Show less

Evaluation Director- A New Way of Life

• Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

I developed and led multiple formative evaluation training with staff and leadership. Similarly, I developed and managed survey collection as well as data analysis. I partnered with ANWOL leadership to build evaluation capacity and community-based research. I developed and led multiple formative evaluation training with staff and leadership. Similarly, I developed and managed survey collection as well as data analysis. I partnered with ANWOL leadership to build evaluation capacity and community-based research.

Project Manager

• Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

Senior Evaluation Associate

• Jan 2020 - Jul 2020

Laboratory Manager

• May 2013 - May 2014

Laboratory Manager, Cognitive Science Laboratory. Connie Shears Ph. D., Laboratory Director. The research program that I oversee analyzes possible hemispheric differences in the processing of emotional stimuli, primarily through inference processing. Duties include supervising data collection; and the lead communicator between our lab and the psychology department; develop hypothesis and scripting for new experiments.

Psychology Peer Advisor

• May 2013 - May 2014

Psychology Academic Advising:Duties include the advising of students in the psychology department in course scheduling, internships, and program completion. This is the second year the position has been offered.

Teaching Assistant

• May 2013 - May 2014

Teacher's Assistant to Connie Shears Ph.D.Duties include tutoring and teaching students in need of extra assistance beyond class; grading and recording of quizzes, tests and papers; and the creation and/or proofing of tests.Courses Assisted:Psy-101: Introduction to PsychologyPsy-204: Research MethodsPsy-317: Cognitive PsychologyPsy-395: Cinema and the Brain

Research Assistant

• May 2012 - May 2013

Research Assistant, Cognitive Psychology Laboratory. Connie Shears Ph. D., Laboratory Director. Direct research duties included solicitation and screening of research subjects; conducting research protocols using real-time data acquisition; formatting of acquired data for statistical analyses; programming of experiments using Direct RT v2008.1; stimuli development and norming; writing and editing possible abstract and paper submission; and data analysis using SPSS v20.0 statistical software.