Experience

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  George Kaiser Family Foundation

  • Tulsa Metropolitan Area

  • Director of Shared Leadership

    • Sep 2022 - Present
    • Tulsa Metropolitan Area

    Advance Birth Through Eight Strategy for Tulsa (BEST) mission (interrupting intergenerational poverty by acting early) by both spearheading key parts of our work, and collaborating on various initiatives. Main responsibilities include:- Facilitating BEST Advisory committee and ongoing BEST Leadership Team planning meetings- Managing BEST grants dealing with community mobilization and community/neighborhood engagement- Managing a team of staff and consultants handling BEST supports involving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), other supports available to all partners and BEST wide partner communications - Serve as a member of BEST’s Executive Team to contribute to strategic decision making and planning

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  District Management Group

  • Performance Coach

    • Sep 2021 - Present

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  Leadership Tulsa

  • Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

  • Fellow | Cohort 67

    • Sep 2022 - May 2023
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

    The traditional Leadership Tulsa program provides a 360° view of our city’s history, opportunities, and challenges so participants can determine where to plug in and serve the Tulsa community. Website : https://leadershiptulsa.org/programs/

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  Blooming Willow Coaching & Training

  • Fellow

    • Sep 2022 - Feb 2023

    Blooming Willow is a Black Woman owned Coaching and Training firm that was created to support ChangeMakers to grow and heal as they design a future that propels collective liberation. Our unique Healing Centered Coaching™ approach was designed to ensure that individuals and communities receive culturally relevant, cutting edge, coaching that propels sustainable change. Through our signature Blooming Willow Healing Centered Model, clients learn to Pause, Ground, Align and Act to support their continuous healing centered growth. This fellowship is a six month period where fellows leverage application base ls learning to earn their ICF credential.

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  Teach For America

  • United States
  • Education Administration Programs
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Associate

    • Jul 2022 - Feb 2023

    Sourcing incoming talent for the upcoming TFA corps member cohort and engaging in the interview process

  • Director, Teacher Leadership Development

    • Aug 2019 - Jun 2022

    Set strategic vision to meet measurable goals and manage MTLDs development and impact. I also create professional development that support novice teachers in their instructional, DEI & Identity, and leadership development.

  • Black Women Resource Group Leader

    • Sep 2018 - Jun 2022

    I work with black women to engage in leadership development and reflect on how this impacts their professional and personal lives.

  • Black Summit Chair

    • Jul 2019 - Jan 2021

    In this role, I led a group of leaders to present a summit aligned to teacher, professional, and DEI development. Specifically setting vision and overseeing content development/execution. Additionally, collaborating with the other co-lead to ensure logistics effectively supported content and experience.

  • Manager, Teacher Leadership Development

    • Jul 2017 - Aug 2019

  • Academic Content Coach

    • Aug 2016 - Aug 2017

  • Coach Teacher Educator

    • Mar 2016 - Jul 2016

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  Tulsa Public Schools

  • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

  • Elementary Educator

    • Aug 2014 - May 2017
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

    General Educator for fifth grade

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  Teach For America

  • Oklahoma, United States

  • School Ops Support

    • Mar 2015 - Jul 2015
    • Oklahoma, United States