Experience

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  The Johns Hopkins University

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Research Assistant

    • May 2022 - Present

    Provide qualitative research support for the Center for Indigenous Health's Great Lakes Hub on the Healing Pathways Project; a community-based participatory research study in partnership with eight Indigenous communities in the U.S and Canada

  • Doctoral Candidate

    • Aug 2021 - Present

  • Teaching Assistant

    • Aug 2022 - Apr 2024

    Support course faculty with assignment grading, course coordination, and tutoring students for the following courses in the Bloomberg School of Public Health, International Health department: 550.604.01: Qualitative Reasoning in Public Health220.606.01: Doctoral Seminar in International Health224.620.81: Grant Writing for Public Health Practice224.605.01: Indigenous Health224.690.01: Qualitative Research Theory and Methods

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  Adventure Works

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Tertiary Tutor

    • Mar 2021 - Aug 2021
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  U.N.I Training

  • Montreal, Canada Area

  • Trainer

    • May 2017 - Dec 2020
    • Montreal, Canada Area

    - Strength and conditioning, yoga and hip hop dance class instructor- Exercise programme development and instruction in strength and conditioning, HIIT, fundamental movement, stretching and mobility for personal training clients- Physical health assessment

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  McGill University

  • Montreal, Canada Area

  • Strength and Conditioning Coach

    • Sep 2017 - Apr 2020
    • Montreal, Canada Area

    - Deliver sport specific specific strength and conditioning training for the McGill Martlets, the varsity women's rugby team- Construct, educate and demonstrate specific strength and conditioning programmes for athletes

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  Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Program

  • Facilitator

    • Jan 2019 - May 2019

    - Co-facilitate Community Mobilization Training with First Nations communities across Canada- Coordinate with other facilitators and researchers associated with the content delivery

  • Research Coordinator

    • Apr 2018 - Dec 2018

    - Planning and implementation of the data collection component for the KSDPP – Queens University Community Mobilization Training Project- Research and administrative tasks for the CMT workshop planning, delivery, evaluation and dissemination- Coordination of KSDPP research team communication, meetings and associated materials

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  Club Sportif MAA

  • Montreal, Canada Area

  • Trainer

    • May 2017 - Apr 2019
    • Montreal, Canada Area

    - Exercise programme development and instruction in strength and conditioning, HIIT, fundamental movement, stretching and mobility for personal training clients- Physical health assessment- Gym supervision

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  Toi Tangata

  • New Zealand
  • Wellness and Fitness Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Kaiārahi - Training and Development Specialist in Physical Activity and Nutrition

    • Apr 2014 - Apr 2017

    - National delivery of professional development training for Māori public health, physicalactivity and nutrition sector- Training content, assessment and resource development- Company representative in media communications including; national news broadcasts, contentcontributions and presenting in television series- Research and application of holistic indigenous health concepts- Indigenous leadership development through multisport- Sector communication through social media, presenting webinars, writing articles, videoediting and evaluation- Collaboratively organise an annual national conference

  • Summer Student Intern

    • Dec 2013 - Mar 2014

    - Research traditional Māori knowledge, cosmology, and health models- Engage with Māori public health stakeholders, tribal communities and organizations- Create Māori Indigenous health and physical activity resource- Participate in national television interviews- Present project and resource at the Toi Tangata National Conference

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  Consultant

  • Māori Language Tutor

    • Jan 2008 - Apr 2017

    - Private Māori language tutoring for individuals and small groups of less than 15 people- Māori language resource development

  • Personal Trainer

    • Nov 2013 - Mar 2017

    - Exercise programme development and instruction in strength and conditioning, HIIT, fundamental movement, stretching and mobility for personal training clients- Group exercise coaching

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  School of Hard Knox

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Trainer

    • Jan 2016 - Feb 2017
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    - Exercise instruction in strength and conditioning, HIIT and yoga- Fitness class coaching

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  Maori Television

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Autocue Operator

    • Jun 2016 - 2017
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Operating the autocue of scripts for television presenters on Play, Māori Televisionhttp://www.maoritelevision.com/tv/shows/play

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  Mika Haka Foundation (Patangaroa Entertainment)

  • Auckland

  • Television Presenter

    • Dec 2014 - Nov 2015
    • Auckland

    - Presenting a cooking segment on the contemporary Māori health television series, Matika- Development of theme and script- Fluent communication in Māori language

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  Maori Television

  • Auckland

  • Autocue Operator

    • Apr 2015 - Oct 2015
    • Auckland

    Operating the autocue of scripts for television presenters on CODE, Māori Television.

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  Les Mills New Zealand

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Gym Instructor

    • Mar 2014 - Mar 2015
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    - Exercise instruction in strength and conditioning, HIIT and basic fundamental movements- Gym supervision- Basic health assessment- General gym cleaning and maintenance

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  Phenomenon Promotions

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Promotional Sales Representative

    • May 2013 - May 2014
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    - Comprehensive product knowledge and facilitating communication between retailer and wholesaler- Product promotion, demonstration and customer service

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  Auckland University of Technology

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Māori Student Support

    • Jul 2012 - Nov 2012
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    - Network with and communicate support services with all undergraduate Māori students in the Health Sciences Faculty- Provide academic support for struggling Māori students - Coordinate social events for Māori students

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  University of Canterbury

  • New Zealand
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Senior Tutor, Course Coordinator, Guest Lecturer

    • Dec 2009 - Apr 2011

    - Māori language content, resource development and marking of assessment at Aotahi, the School of Māori Indigenous Studies- Present lectures to student classes of 5-150 people- Clearly and effectively communicate in both English and Māori languages- Coordinate course content and delivery with tutors, senior lecturers and program coordinators- Participate and lead cultural faculty duties, where expertise and support for Māori cultural customs and language are necessary- Accomplish satisfactory performance based research fund (PBRF) contributions through research and conference presentations- Assist the organisation of an inaugural research symposium for 500 people

  • Māori Language Tutor (Teaching Assistant)

    • Mar 2008 - Nov 2009

    - Provide course support, including during lectures and marking of assessment at Aotahi, the School of Māori Indigenous Studies- Deliver tutorials to student classes of 5-20 people- Clearly and effectively communicate in both English and Māori languages