Experience

NYC Citywide Administrative Services

• United States
• Government Administration
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director of External Affairs

  • Feb 2023 - Present



Office of the Mayor of New York City

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Advisor

  • Apr 2022 - Jan 2023

  Help support priority initiatives across Strategic Initiatives portfolio. Work with directors, commissioners, and department staff to design and implement short- and long-term priorities. Serve as liaison to reporting agencies and mayoral offices as well as non-profit, corporate, and philanthropic entities. Help drive policy priorities through legislative process. Advise Deputy Mayor and Chief of Staff on progress in policy areas and developing event. Help support priority initiatives across Strategic Initiatives portfolio. Work with directors, commissioners, and department staff to design and implement short- and long-term priorities. Serve as liaison to reporting agencies and mayoral offices as well as non-profit, corporate, and philanthropic entities. Help drive policy priorities through legislative process. Advise Deputy Mayor and Chief of Staff on progress in policy areas and developing event.



New York City Council

• United States
• Government Administration
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Executive Director, Black, Latino and Asian Caucus

  • Oct 2020 - Apr 2022

  Helped facilitate creation, launch and implementation of $10M interdisciplinary, citywide, K-12 Black studies curriculum pilot. Successfully helped advocate for $1M enhancement to ($4.25M) foreclosure prevention initiative, and restorations and enhancements for several CUNY cultural research institutes at $1M each. Worked with Brooklyn BP Adams and CM Miller to introduce, advance, and adopt resolution calling for local health departments to be enabled to modify COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Operated December 2020 Ranked Choice Voting Implementation in NYC oversight hearing rapid-response. Penned widely publicized statement on George Floyd protests, police brutality and NYPD misconduct. Jointly organized forum highlighting discretionary funding restoration to the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro) at CUNY Hunter College and Puerto Rico’s status following natural disasters and COVID-19. Organized special briefings with Department of Corrections, NYC Racial Justice, New York City Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative, NYPD, NYC Health, H+H, Mayor’s Office to Prevent Gun Violence, GetFoodNYC. Show less

• Director of Legislative and Budgetary Affairs

  • Jul 2017 - Sep 2020

  Office of Council Member I. Daneek MillerFacilitate activities and meetings of the Black, Latino and Asian Caucus. Facilitate hearings of the Committee on Civil Service and Labor. Administer the Member's budget portfolio. Advance legislative priorities. Recommend legislative co-sponsorships. Conduct policy research. Organize press conferences. Prepare media advisories, press releases, statements, op-eds and official correspondence. Cultivate relationships with news editors and reporters. Pitch stories to media. Administer social media accounts. Show less



New York City Council

• United States
• Government Administration
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Legislative Director

  • Sep 2014 - Jan 2017

  Office of Council Member Ruben Wills Prepare legislative service requests. Liaise with counterparts and Legislative Division staff. Execute strategy at direction of principal. Review introduced legislation and recommend co-sponsorships. Conduct research. Draft media advisories, press releases, op-eds, and official correspondence. Administer principal’s social media accounts. Office of Council Member Ruben Wills Prepare legislative service requests. Liaise with counterparts and Legislative Division staff. Execute strategy at direction of principal. Review introduced legislation and recommend co-sponsorships. Conduct research. Draft media advisories, press releases, op-eds, and official correspondence. Administer principal’s social media accounts.



New York State Senate

• United States
• Government Administration
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Constituent Liaison

  • Mar 2014 - Jul 2014

  Office of Senator James Sanders Jr. Fielded constituent complaints. Drafted media advisories, press releases, op-eds, and official correspondence. Administered official Senate webpage and social media accounts of Senator Sanders. Organized events. Conducted research. Office of Senator James Sanders Jr. Fielded constituent complaints. Drafted media advisories, press releases, op-eds, and official correspondence. Administered official Senate webpage and social media accounts of Senator Sanders. Organized events. Conducted research.



Kingsborough Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• CUNY Office Assistant

  • Nov 2013 - Mar 2014

  Maintain faculty course assignment, grading, course enrollment requirement, and class roster records. Draft official letters of correspondence. Procure office and classroom materials. Enable students to register for courses. Maintain faculty course assignment, grading, course enrollment requirement, and class roster records. Draft official letters of correspondence. Procure office and classroom materials. Enable students to register for courses.



Brooklyn College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• College Assistant

  • May 2013 - Nov 2013

  Resolve complex student user database access issues. Conduct student registration during academic enrollment periods. Resolve complex student user database access issues. Conduct student registration during academic enrollment periods.



New Yorkers for de Blasio

• Brooklyn, NY

• Queens Senior Field Organizing Fellow

  • Apr 2013 - Nov 2013

  Assisted campaign regional field organizer(s) and field director with conducting advance work, staffing the candidate at events, coordinating and supervising phone banking, canvassing, and volunteer recruiting operations in borough of Queens. Assisted campaign finance office with recording donor information into C-SMART database. Assisted campaign regional field organizer(s) and field director with conducting advance work, staffing the candidate at events, coordinating and supervising phone banking, canvassing, and volunteer recruiting operations in borough of Queens. Assisted campaign finance office with recording donor information into C-SMART database.



LaGuardia Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• College Assistant

  • Oct 2009 - May 2013

  Student Information Center College AssistantSupervise registration for college’s continuing students. Routinely utilize college’s information management system: CUNYfirst. Field inquiries from students and other college community members. Contact students to confirm enrollment and provide key information about programs and services

• College Assistant

  • Jan 2010 - Aug 2011

  LaGuardia Electoral Assistance Program (LEAP)Aided college with establishment of first Help America Vote Act program. Supervised a team to recruit student poll workers for NYC Board of Elections. Collaborated with Research Foundation CUNY and Center for the Independence of the Disabled NY). Requisitioned funding for materials.



New York State Assembly

• United States
• Legislative Offices
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Jul 2012 - Oct 2012

  Office of Assembly Member Philip Ramos Liaised with local agencies and elected officials. Drafted official correspondence. Aided with organizing community events. Helped secure key political support for request of State Office of Children and Family Services to restore funding for Suffolk County child care services. Office of Assembly Member Philip Ramos Liaised with local agencies and elected officials. Drafted official correspondence. Aided with organizing community events. Helped secure key political support for request of State Office of Children and Family Services to restore funding for Suffolk County child care services.