Experience

TRAILS

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager: Full-Service Community School

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  » Manage a multi-million-dollar Department of Education FSCS grant, focused on building continuums of support and care for schools, students, and families in partnership with diverse stakeholders. Provide strategic direction; highly skilled in developing deliverables for organization-wide systems including professional development; culture; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; onboarding; and leadership intentionality. » Generate stability while leading collaborative creation, refinement, development, and scaling of TRAILS social-emotional learning curriculum, implementation model, and partner facilitation from initial creation to state-wide scaling. Shape a productive environment by recruiting, hiring, and utilizing human-centered management to develop a team of FSCS site coordinators; emphasized empowerment through collaboration and belonging while maintaining a focus on excellence. Show less



University of Michigan

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Program Manager: Full-Service Community School (FSCS) TRAILS

  • Apr 2019 - May 2022

  » Created and nurtured professional partnerships with diverse university, community, health, and K-12 school stakeholders focused on increasing equitable access to social emotional learning and mental health resources for youth. Built a sophisticated, sustainable system of support, which enabled students to receive equitable access to evidence-based mental health support through use of the Michigan Safe Schools Return to School Roadmap. » Developed, facilitated, and evaluated implementation of in-person and virtual training, community outreach presentations, and events designed to engage diverse stakeholders in University of Michigan programming and to safely support schools in response to COVID-19. Created diversity, equity, and inclusion systems, rubrics, and materials through use of cultural competency expertise, recent research, and multi-team partnerships. » Designed content, imagery, and branding for newsletters and outward-facing campaigns to engage community members, K-12 students, staff, university researchers, and financial supporters. Show less



City Year Detroit

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

• Impact Manager

  • Jun 2016 - Apr 2019

  »Managed, coached, and mentored two teams of up to 14 AmeriCorps members annually to meet professional development potential, service performance requirements, and organizational goals; ensured grant compliance. Systematized data collection, processing, and analysis. Created and delivered timely, engaging, and relevant professional development sessions for over 100 young adults designed to support ongoing academic and career endeavors. »Increased impact and engagement and enhanced service performance in DPSCD and across the Detroit community by developing meaningful professional relationships with key stakeholders. Provided ongoing thought leadership in partnership with school leadership and community liaisons to redistribute resources and develop sustainable systems designed to coach students in key performance indicators. »Co-created onboarding manuals, tools, and a support system to provide incoming staff with highly structured professional development. Show less



Michigan Future Schools

• Pre-college Programs Specialist

  • Jun 2014 - Jun 2016

  » Demonstrated leadership and communication skills by shifting school culture and increasing student support by executing self-designed and self-directed projects focused on developing school-wide student-focused programming and staff training. Ensured effective implementation of engagement projects and school-wide enrichment programs designed to support holistic and authentic systems change by partnering with schools to assess needs, areas of growth, and key performance indicators. » Developed comprehensive training programs and individual coaching plans designed to drive staff skill-building focused on school culture, climate, and inclusion. Partnered with local community organizations, foundations, universities, and funders to expose Detroit students to higher education and outreach programming across Michigan. » Designed and facilitated the execution of a 9-16 college success curricula for seven Detroit high schools through a focus on changing perceptions of higher education access and increasing higher education engagement for traditionally underrepresented students. Show less



University of Colorado Boulder

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Instructor & Anthropological Researcher

  • Sep 2011 - May 2014

  » Delivered key contributions toward student success by teaching, advising, and mentoring first-generation students; established systems of support, skill-building training, and affinity groups. Co-managed international research projects from conceptualization to completion in close partnership with universities and international governmental organizations. » Designed and delivered educational programs and community outreach initiatives to increase local populations engagement with university researchers and research findings through a focus on increasing inclusion of locally told narratives. Collected, analyzed, and created comprehensive databases for large-scale qualitative and quantitative data sets ranging from archaeological findings to actionable community survey data; reported findings to grant-making organizations, scholarly publications, and at local and regional community meetings. Show less