Experience

Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC)

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

• Neighborhood Planner and Project Manager

  • Sep 2023 - Present

• Community Development Project Associate

  • Sep 2022 - Present



City of Philadelphia – Department of Public Health

• United States
• Government Administration
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Patient Advocate

  • Aug 2020 - Jul 2021

  National Health Corps member at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, managing prescription assistance programs for uninsured and underinsured patients at two health centers. National Health Corps member at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, managing prescription assistance programs for uninsured and underinsured patients at two health centers.



San Francisco Department of Public Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Policy Intern

  • Sep 2019 - Aug 2020

  Supported CA Medicaid policy campaign through policy research and conducting outreach to statewide food/health systems stakeholders-- helping to gather the over 95 sign-ons by community organizations for the successful public comment document.

• Food Pharmacy Intern

  • Jul 2019 - Sep 2019

  - Supported food insecurity/nutrition programs for low-income patients through direct service and conducting patient focus groups. - Led tobacco cessation project for African-American patients, conducting patient interviews as well as piloting and evaluating interventions. - Presented research to the Hypertension Equity Workgroup, San Francisco Health Network.



Stanford University School of Medicine

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2020 - Jun 2020

  Assisted Dr. Priya Fielding-Singh with desk research and writing for her book How the Other Half Eats, a sociological study about nutritional inequality in the California Bay Area (published November 16, 2021, Little Brown Spark). Assisted Dr. Priya Fielding-Singh with desk research and writing for her book How the Other Half Eats, a sociological study about nutritional inequality in the California Bay Area (published November 16, 2021, Little Brown Spark).


Department of Anthropology, Stanford University
• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Anthropology Undergraduate Peer Advisor

  • Sep 2019 - Jun 2020


New America

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Health Policy Intern

  • Apr 2019 - Jun 2019

  Conducted policy research about applying information technology to improve the SNAP and WIC federal food assistance programs. Worked with Susan Blumenthal MD, senior fellow and former US Assistant Surgeon General. Conducted policy research about applying information technology to improve the SNAP and WIC federal food assistance programs. Worked with Susan Blumenthal MD, senior fellow and former US Assistant Surgeon General.



Stanford Haas Center for Public Service

• Community-Based Research Fellow

  • Apr 2018 - Sep 2018

  Led independent research on improving hospice care access and experiences for unhoused people in Austin, Texas. - Conducted interviews and participant observation with patients and staff at hospice organization and residential medical facility for people with HIV/AIDS. - Designed and distributed online survey to non-profits. - Communicated research to four organizations and at the Stanford Engaged Scholars Conference. Led independent research on improving hospice care access and experiences for unhoused people in Austin, Texas. - Conducted interviews and participant observation with patients and staff at hospice organization and residential medical facility for people with HIV/AIDS. - Designed and distributed online survey to non-profits. - Communicated research to four organizations and at the Stanford Engaged Scholars Conference.


Department of French and Italian, Stanford University
• Research Assistant

  • May 2017 - Mar 2018