Experience

Moral Injury of Healthcare

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Apr 2022 - Present



Massachusetts House of Representatives

• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Legislative Aide

  • Feb 2020 - Apr 2022

  Office of Representative Maria Robinson - 09/2021-04/2022• Coordinate district services and leverage resources and assistance to our 40,000 constituents. • Conduct research, prepare testimony, summarize and draft legislation, bill amendments, budgets, and budgetary amendments. • Liaise with multiple agencies and offices, coordinate implementation towards shared goals. • Manage the Representative's schedule, digital communications, and public relations, creating press releases and graphics for social media. Office of Representative Lindsay Sabadosa - 02/2020-09/2021• As de facto chief-of-staff, independently coordinated district services and leveraged resources and assistance to 40,000 constituents, across five Western MA municipalities, ranging from a small urban center to a rural town of 800 residents. • Attended meetings and events on the Representative’s behalf. • Conducted research, prepared testimony, summarized and drafted legislation, bill amendments, budgets, and budgetary amendments. • Initiated brainstorming, drafting and shepherding a bill regarding community mental health responses, the Act to Create Alternatives for Emergency Services (ACES), through the legislative process in concert with National Association of Social Workers (NASW). • Inter-organization and public outreach on reproductive health initiatives. • Liaised with multiple local and state agencies and offices, and crafted solutions based on commonality and shared interests between diverse groups, sometimes with competitive or conflicting viewpoints, and coordinated implementation towards shared goals.• Independently interviewed prospective undergrad and graduate student paid interns and participated in hiring decisions. Served as the primary supervisor for these 2-6 interns. • Designed work plans for interns, including goals and objectives, weekly or shorter-term tasks needed to achieve those goals, schedules and deadlines, and means for evaluation.



Tapestry Health

• LGBTQ Health/Harm Reduction Intern

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  One operational principle is to “meet clients where they’re at”, both in terms of physical location and in having clients direct the course of their care, both within Tapestry’s offices and via outreach efforts. As part of an outreach team, distributed informational and material resources at community events and via fieldwork, to clients of many ages, races/ethnicities, languages and cultural backgrounds, tailoring our approach for each individual. In the office, provided feedback and administrative support to coworkers conducting counseling and testing services. Designed a study to research and assess disparities in testing statistics across demographicsDesigned a study to research and assess disparities in testing statistics across demographics



Smith College Social Justice and Equity Committee

• Team Leader Social Justice and Equity Representative

  • Sep 2014 - May 2016

  Elected by students to promote equity and address systemic imbalances on campus for issues affecting students including disability, mental health, race, religion, ethnicity, gender identity, and socioeconomic class. Planned programming for my 35-person campus residence. Led a team of 6-8 representatives to plan workshops covering multiple campus residences and around 200 students total. Designed, promoted, and facilitated educational events on social justice topics. Maintained resource library for students interested in further learning. Offered lay counseling for students impacted by systemic oppressions, and responded to incidents on campus or in the surrounding community.



Feminist Majority Foundation

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

• Outreach Worker/Research Intern

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Educated community college and university students on reproductive health rights and resources, and immigration rights and resources. Conducted phone surveys on the safety status of reproductive health clinics. Networked with local and national community-based organizations. Helped maintain FMF social media presence. Researched and monitored anti-abortion groups, websites, organizers, and literature; compiled and organized research data in weekly internal reports used in more broadly disseminated periodic Alerts.



Prism, Smith College

• Treasurer

  • Mar 2013 - May 2014

  Prism strives to create an environment that allows for critical and progressive discourse about issues of race, ethnicity, class, and queer identify at Smith College. Elected to Executive Board. Planned educational programs and entertainment. Created and managed budgets, maintaining documentation of financial transactions and contracts with outside speakers. Prism strives to create an environment that allows for critical and progressive discourse about issues of race, ethnicity, class, and queer identify at Smith College. Elected to Executive Board. Planned educational programs and entertainment. Created and managed budgets, maintaining documentation of financial transactions and contracts with outside speakers.



Youth of Massachusetts Organizing for a Reformed Economy

• Team Leader

  • Sep 2010 - Jun 2012

  As YMORE Leader, met with MA legislators, formed alliances with private political advocacy groups to secure $8 million in funding for a state-funded youth jobs program that otherwise would have been totally cut, as well as environmental legislation to regulate emissions at construction sites that negatively impacted public health. Arranged logistics for rallies, facilitated discussions. As YMORE Leader, met with MA legislators, formed alliances with private political advocacy groups to secure $8 million in funding for a state-funded youth jobs program that otherwise would have been totally cut, as well as environmental legislation to regulate emissions at construction sites that negatively impacted public health. Arranged logistics for rallies, facilitated discussions.