Experience

Michigan Fitness Foundation

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• AmeriCorps member for Safe Routes to Health (SRTH)

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  • Connecting community members to safe and high-quality environments for healthy eating and active living. • Increasing awareness of resources in the community by being part of Beaumont Community Resources Network (BCRN) • Providing education on community infrastructure to explain how it impacts individuals’ health. • Being part of “Just Ask Talk Show” hosted by Marsha Florence which is dedicated to serve disabled and elderly to provide healthy eating cooking videos and fitness program. • Planning and facilitating nutrition education classes call Fresh Conversation, food shopping skills programs, and physical activity events and programs • Promoting community wellness at host site events, community events, and through social media outreach. • Participating in program orientation, hosting site orientation, monthly team trainings, and events. • Recruiting and training volunteers to support program activities and days of national service. Show less



Wayne State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • May 2022 - Present

  • Providing hands on support like power point and educational videos for training teacher that are working with students who experienced trauma in their life. • Improving student well-being and reducing risk of student drug use by incorporating trauma-informed approach to education in high schools’ health classes. • Improving classrooms use of the Michigan Model for Health (MMH) curriculum by training and supporting teachers through collaboration.• Quantitative and qualitive data analysis through STATA.• Meeting with community partners for improving MMH curriculum. • Analyzing teacher’s interview, complying, analyzing survey data, and compiling data reports. Show less

• Coach

  • May 2022 - Aug 2022

  Coach at Wayne State University, College of Education, Detroit MI, Physical Literacy and Nutrition Education (PLANE) program • Promoted health equity and addressed accessibility issues through physical activity, nutrition, social services, and social network education for adults with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder).• Taught ASD athletes an appropriate posture during functional movement skills like plank or sit up and adjusted modification for athletes who could not do the skills properly. • Practiced walking program with ASD adults to evaluate their progress in walking ability.• Had nutrition lessons at the end of the class to teach ASD athletes healthy eating habits and promote healthy eating behavior. Show less

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2021 - May 2022

  Research Assistant @ Wayne State University, College of Education, Detroit MI Great Grocer Project (GGP)• Collected qualitative and quantitative data using surveys, 1:1 interview, focus group, and other evaluation tools to measure the intervention.• Analyzed multi-level data points and reporting out on findings using SPSS for analyzing quantitative and qualitative data.• Worked with community members and local grocers to strengthen and organize for food sovereignty. • Worked with Qualtrics software to create surveys.• Developed Healthy Grocer Promotion, Healthy Food Marketing Initiative (HFMI).• Developed healthy checkouts policy change campaign to make sure that checkouts have enough healthy food specially for kids. • Worked on physical, emotional, and cultural wellness material through Canva website• Analyzed interview transcription and writing final report. • Collaborated with community stakeholders to improve nutrition policy, food system, food justice, as well as school health Show less



The Youth Connection

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Sep 2022 - Dec 2022

  Internship at The Youth Connection (TYC), Love Detroit Prevention Coalition (LDPC), Detroit MI • Conducted needs assessment for Chaldean community in the zip code 48203 around substance use concerns and providing Narcan training in Arabic. • Reached out to city of Detroit department (Department of transportation and department of public work) and invite them to participate in Narcan training. • Quantitative and qualitive data collection through surveys, questionnaire, and interview to determine the main reasons for Fentanyl related overdose and death in the 48203, 48205, and 48234 zip code. • Analyzed pre-test and post-test surveys from the Narcan training to determine training effectiveness and how comfortable participants are in utilizing Narcan in an overdose situation using different analytic software like SPSS and NVIVO. • Participated in community meetings to educate service providers and public about treatment options for opioid overdose. • Participated in DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) take back event to set up temporary drug collection sites in different communities in Detroit for safe disposal of prescription drugs. • Implemented substances use prevention programming and training in different schools in the 48203, 48205, and 48234 zip code and different communities. Show less



Kid's Health Connection

• Detroit, Michigan, United States

• Education Mentor

  • Jul 2022 - Aug 2022

  Volunteer mentor at Kid’s Health Connection (KHC) organization, Detroit MI, FitFamilies project • Discussed topics that contribute to mental health and how to improve client’s mental health. • Discussed the importance of having healthy minds and healthy bodies. • Focused on different resources in the community that could help improve mental health and well-being. • Worked one on one with a parent or a child to improve individual’s mental health under the supervision of social worker. • Validated participant’s feeling and also provided appropriate resources on a case-by-case basis. • Empowered families to adopt healthy eating and physical activity. Show less