Experience

University of Utah

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PHD Student

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  PhD Student in Communication (Focus in Health Communication) PhD Student in Communication (Focus in Health Communication)



Huntsman Cancer Institute

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Research Assistant

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  I work as a research assistant in the Cancer Control and Population Studies office of Huntsman Cancer Institue I work as a research assistant in the Cancer Control and Population Studies office of Huntsman Cancer Institue



My Brother's Keeper, Inc

• Jackson, Mississippi Area

• Program Manager of Research & Evaluation

  • Mar 2016 - Jun 2019

  Through Community Engagement and Research, I serve as the Program Manager of Research & Evaluation in the Center for Research, Evaluation, and Environmental Policy Change of My Brother's Keeper, Inc. I work with staff to develop evaluation plans, develop tools for data collection (both qualitative and quantitative), ensure staff is trained on data collection, develop summary reports as well as manuscripts for publication on a range of topics from HIV Prevention, Chronic Disease Prevention, to Teen Pregnancy Prevention funded by the Center's for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, etc.



University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Sep 2015 - Feb 2016

  I was the Research Associate for the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, in the Department of Pediatrics at the UAB School of Medicine. In this role I served as a resource for Faculty and Fellows for guidance and assistance in developing and continuing ongoing research through: grant preparation and applications, proposal development and project design, data collection, entry and organization, statistical analysis, and manuscript and presentation preparation. In this role I was also work closely with Faculty and the Fellows with IRB approvals and renewals, clinical enrollment and assisting Fellows with their research designs.



University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Program Coordinator

  • Feb 2014 - Jun 2015

  I worked as the Program Coordinator at the Sparkman Center for Global Health in the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. As part of this position, I taught courses in Global Health, advised Undergraduate Students enrolled in the Public Health Global Health BS degree, acted as a Teaching Assistant for Graduate public health courses, represented the Sparkman Center at various on and off campus events, and helped develop the eGranary Digitial Library Program for use in Latin America.



Michigan State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant, College of Nursing

  • Oct 2013 - Feb 2014

  I worked with Principal Investigator, Dr. Amber Vermeesch in the College of Nursing at Michigan State University on her project entitled: Physical Activity Regulation and Habits of Childbearing Latinas. I assisted Dr. Vermeesch in literature reviews, data collection & analysis, manuscript preparation for upcoming conferences. We submitted a new grant hoping to test Intrinsic and Extrinsic health messaging to determine how physical activity can be influenced in Latina populations in Michigan.



University of Michigan

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student Instructor

  • Jan 2013 - May 2013

  • Attended biweekly lectures for a newly-created undergraduate course, Behavioral and Social Science Foundations for the Health Professions• Developed lesson plans for and led two weekly hour-long discussion sections with approximately 25 undergraduate students each• Attended weekly meetings with fellow GSI’s and course instructor, Dr. Victor Strecher, to discuss course content, progress, and concerns• Assisted students with comprehension of class material and assignments via email and in-person meetings, including holding weekly office hours• Graded all exams and assignments for students in assigned discussion sections

• Graduate Student Instructor

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2012

  • Worked as the Primary Instructor for Spanish 232; second year, second semester Spanish course of 22 diverse level undergraduate students.• Created lesson plans, materials, and activities for students to complete throughout the semester for their learning of the Spanish language.• Held office hours 2 hours a week.• Thoroughly worked with other instructors to innovate ideas for all 25 sections of Spanish 232.• Graded students on individual work, speaking, participation, and examinations.



Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos, University of Chile

• Santiago, Chile

• Visiting Researcher

  • Jan 2012 - Aug 2012

  • National Institute of Health Minority Health and Health Disparities International Training Research grant awarded to participate in a Quantitative Research project at a foreign site; Santiago, Chile from May 2012-August 2012 at the Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos at the University of Santiago in Chile. • Created a proposal for a project focusing on Cardiovascular and Adiposity Risk in Chilean Adolescents. • Developed a project with one of the investigators regarding physical and dietary behaviors and its relation to Cardiovascular risk factors. • Completed in depth literature reviews, statistical analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data in both in English and Spanish. • Worked along fellow researchers to publish various studies using the Chilean Adolescent cohort of interest.



University of Michigan

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Qualitative Researcher

  • Jan 2012 - May 2012

  • As part of a qualitative training course, Planned Parenthood of Mid- Michigan contracted a qualitative report of their Peer Education program.• Created questions for interviews.• Conducted an interview.• Transcribed interviews.• Coded interviews and created codebooks.• Compiled a final report for presentation for Planned Parenthood of Mid-Michigan.

• Associate Project Manager

  • Jan 2012 - May 2012

  • Developed Health Program for the Mexican Consulate of Detroit named, Latino Mental Health Leadership Program: Raising Awareness of and Reducing Stigma toward Depression among Immigrant Latinos in Detroit, Michigan.• Completed a needs assignment.• Created a multi-year budget.• Presented Program to Mexican Consulate and Henry Ford System representatives for consideration and tailoring for their use.

• Graduate Student Instructor

  • Aug 2011 - Dec 2011

  • Worked as the Primary Instructor of a classroom of Spanish 103 of 24 students.• Created lesson plans, materials, and activities for students to complete throughout the semester for their learning of the Spanish language.• Held office hours 2 hours a week.• Thoroughly worked with other instructors to innovate ideas for all 30 sections of Spanish 103.• Graded students on individual work, speaking, participation, and examinations.