Experience

Long Island Coalition for the Homeless

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Continuum of Care Policy & Planning Manager

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  • Builds relationships with community organizations, engaging key stakeholders, leveraging services for people experiencing homelessness & maintaining resource lists for community use• Analyzes policy and data on regional performance to guide funding application decisions

• Vaccine Outreach Coordinator

  • Nov 2021 - Mar 2022

  • Generated and distributed outreach materials to community organizations and shelters • Organized mobile homeless shelter vaccination event with health care partner

• Caseworker with NYS Emergency Rental Assistance Program

  • Jun 2021 - Nov 2021

  Assisted residents in the Town of Brookhaven file and complete applications for rental and utility arrears. Worked on a dynamic team to provide resources to people in the community that are housing insecure.



New York Medicine Jobs

• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Associate

  • Aug 2020 - Jul 2021

  Collaborated with leadership to identify relevant questions and determine best practicesLearned and implemented over 10 protocols within 6 monthsGathered research data to create representative charts highlighting results for presentations

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2016 - Jul 2020

  Earned a Masters Degree in Neuroscience & Physiology in 2019Counseled individuals on their work, building rapport and providing practical assistancePresented findings highlighting the importance of work to the communityCreatively solved problems to execute research questionsTrained in scientific communication including grant writing, oral presentation, scientific journalism and peer review processCo-author on 3 peer reviewed publicationsGraduate work on olfactory navigation behavior of Drosophila melanogaster under the supervision of Dr. Katherine Nagel Technical skills: Two-photon calcium imaging, behavior rig design and building, 3D printing, soldering, basic optics, programming in Matlab, Adobe Illustrator, Inventor



Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Technician

  • Jul 2014 - May 2016

  Collaborated with international team of scientists from diverse cultural backgroundsMastered suite of skills resulting in publication of findings within 2 yearsBuilt relationships with colleagues to help them achieve proficiency in required areasPlanned and conducted experimentsAnalyzed and presented data Worked in laboratory of Dr. Anne Churchland conducting and analyzing experiments on sensory guided decision making in rodentsiTechnical skills: Electrophysiology, rodent behavioral training, immunostaining, virus injection & recording implantation, basic programming in Matlab



Mount Holyoke College

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

  Teaching assistant in sciences for Intermediate Neuroscience course and General Chemistry Facilitated students’ understanding of curriculum with office hours and assignment reviewsAssisted running of laboratory sessions and graded assignments Teaching assistant in sciences for Intermediate Neuroscience course and General Chemistry Facilitated students’ understanding of curriculum with office hours and assignment reviewsAssisted running of laboratory sessions and graded assignments



Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

• Japan
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Intern

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013



University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012