Experience

Tzedek DC

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Equal Justice Works Fellow

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Working to eliminate medical debt through direct legal services*, community outreach, and systemic reform. During my fellowship, I will help low-income DC residents directly with legal issues related to medical debt*; conduct outreach sessions on topics such as what rights patients have related to medical billing and how to access financial assistance; and work with RIP Medical Debt to help DC nonprofit hospitals to directly sell their written-off debt to RIP to be forgiven. *Once… Show more Working to eliminate medical debt through direct legal services*, community outreach, and systemic reform. During my fellowship, I will help low-income DC residents directly with legal issues related to medical debt*; conduct outreach sessions on topics such as what rights patients have related to medical billing and how to access financial assistance; and work with RIP Medical Debt to help DC nonprofit hospitals to directly sell their written-off debt to RIP to be forgiven. *Once admitted to the DC bar. Show less Working to eliminate medical debt through direct legal services*, community outreach, and systemic reform. During my fellowship, I will help low-income DC residents directly with legal issues related to medical debt*; conduct outreach sessions on topics such as what rights patients have related to medical billing and how to access financial assistance; and work with RIP Medical Debt to help DC nonprofit hospitals to directly sell their written-off debt to RIP to be forgiven. *Once… Show more Working to eliminate medical debt through direct legal services*, community outreach, and systemic reform. During my fellowship, I will help low-income DC residents directly with legal issues related to medical debt*; conduct outreach sessions on topics such as what rights patients have related to medical billing and how to access financial assistance; and work with RIP Medical Debt to help DC nonprofit hospitals to directly sell their written-off debt to RIP to be forgiven. *Once admitted to the DC bar. Show less



National Center for Youth Law

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Law Clerk

  • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  -Assisted in ongoing impact litigation cases to end abuses within the child welfare system. -Researched potential claims against municipal and state actors. -Summarized relevant case law on judicial decisions and abstention. -Participated in team strategy meetings. -Wrote a memorandum on establishing municipal and supervisor liability under Section 1983. -Assisted in ongoing impact litigation cases to end abuses within the child welfare system. -Researched potential claims against municipal and state actors. -Summarized relevant case law on judicial decisions and abstention. -Participated in team strategy meetings. -Wrote a memorandum on establishing municipal and supervisor liability under Section 1983.



Food Research & Action Center

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Special Programs & Initiatives Legal Intern

  • Sep 2020 - Apr 2021

  -Researched civil rights and language access protections for participants in federal nutrition programs and wrote advocacy briefs on enforcing these rights. -Drafted policy brief on state food assistance programs for noncitizens. -Wrote a blog post explaining the recent Child Tax Credit expansions and their effect on racial justice. -Drafted memorandum on how health care professionals can increase SNAP enrollment. -Researched civil rights and language access protections for participants in federal nutrition programs and wrote advocacy briefs on enforcing these rights. -Drafted policy brief on state food assistance programs for noncitizens. -Wrote a blog post explaining the recent Child Tax Credit expansions and their effect on racial justice. -Drafted memorandum on how health care professionals can increase SNAP enrollment.



Office of the New York State Attorney General

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal Intern

  • Jul 2020 - Aug 2020

  -Wrote memos synthesizing state and federal law and guidance in response to consumer complaints on issues including payment requirements for COVID-19 testing, network adequacy requirements for insurance plans, health care sharing ministries, and hospital financial assistance laws. -Drafted letters to open investigations into these practices. -Drafted Assurances of Discontinuance related to illegal practices of health insurance companies. -Wrote memos synthesizing state and federal law and guidance in response to consumer complaints on issues including payment requirements for COVID-19 testing, network adequacy requirements for insurance plans, health care sharing ministries, and hospital financial assistance laws. -Drafted letters to open investigations into these practices. -Drafted Assurances of Discontinuance related to illegal practices of health insurance companies.



East Side Aligned

• East St. Louis, IL

• Health and Out of School Time Practicum Student

  • Aug 2018 - Apr 2019

  • Designed a strategic plan and visual roadmap for a community partnership and presented to the Board and general members • Wrote and won a grant for $1,000 to increase awareness of the Summer Food Service Program through collective impact and community engagement • Facilitated a bi-monthly work group of 7 community members to plan and implement an awareness campaign for the Summer Food Service Program that reached over 2,500 residents • Researched funding streams to East St. Louis… Show more • Designed a strategic plan and visual roadmap for a community partnership and presented to the Board and general members • Wrote and won a grant for $1,000 to increase awareness of the Summer Food Service Program through collective impact and community engagement • Facilitated a bi-monthly work group of 7 community members to plan and implement an awareness campaign for the Summer Food Service Program that reached over 2,500 residents • Researched funding streams to East St. Louis organizations and residents and visually documented the unequal funding received in comparison to nearby cities • Assisted the implementation of an out of school time system evaluation of 6 organizations and 24 sites through student surveys Show less • Designed a strategic plan and visual roadmap for a community partnership and presented to the Board and general members • Wrote and won a grant for $1,000 to increase awareness of the Summer Food Service Program through collective impact and community engagement • Facilitated a bi-monthly work group of 7 community members to plan and implement an awareness campaign for the Summer Food Service Program that reached over 2,500 residents • Researched funding streams to East St. Louis… Show more • Designed a strategic plan and visual roadmap for a community partnership and presented to the Board and general members • Wrote and won a grant for $1,000 to increase awareness of the Summer Food Service Program through collective impact and community engagement • Facilitated a bi-monthly work group of 7 community members to plan and implement an awareness campaign for the Summer Food Service Program that reached over 2,500 residents • Researched funding streams to East St. Louis organizations and residents and visually documented the unequal funding received in comparison to nearby cities • Assisted the implementation of an out of school time system evaluation of 6 organizations and 24 sites through student surveys Show less



Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri

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

• Child Welfare Division Practicum Student

  • Jan 2018 - May 2018

  • Interviewed individuals and families to assess their strengths, needs, and challenges to determine appropriate services and interventions in collaboration with other professionals • Engaged low-income clients using a strengths-based perspective and empowerment theory to overcome obstacles and obtain resources • Evaluated service plan tools to ensure effectiveness and compliance with legal and social work standards • Interviewed individuals and families to assess their strengths, needs, and challenges to determine appropriate services and interventions in collaboration with other professionals • Engaged low-income clients using a strengths-based perspective and empowerment theory to overcome obstacles and obtain resources • Evaluated service plan tools to ensure effectiveness and compliance with legal and social work standards



Texas Partnership for Out of School Time

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Afterschool & Summer Meals Expansion AmeriCorps VISTA

  • Jun 2016 - Jun 2017

  • Determined policy recommendations to direct organization’s strategic plan to increase knowledge and utilization of meal programs among community members and legislators • Developed a gap analysis of afterschool and summer meal programs to determine 10 target counties with the highest rates of unmet need for specific intervention and advocacy • Created, distributed, and analyzed a state-wide survey of 2,500 meal program sponsors and sites to determine key barriers to federally-funded… Show more • Determined policy recommendations to direct organization’s strategic plan to increase knowledge and utilization of meal programs among community members and legislators • Developed a gap analysis of afterschool and summer meal programs to determine 10 target counties with the highest rates of unmet need for specific intervention and advocacy • Created, distributed, and analyzed a state-wide survey of 2,500 meal program sponsors and sites to determine key barriers to federally-funded meal programs • Developed resources for programs, legislators, and the public to address key barriers, educate, and improve the quality of current child nutrition programs Show less • Determined policy recommendations to direct organization’s strategic plan to increase knowledge and utilization of meal programs among community members and legislators • Developed a gap analysis of afterschool and summer meal programs to determine 10 target counties with the highest rates of unmet need for specific intervention and advocacy • Created, distributed, and analyzed a state-wide survey of 2,500 meal program sponsors and sites to determine key barriers to federally-funded… Show more • Determined policy recommendations to direct organization’s strategic plan to increase knowledge and utilization of meal programs among community members and legislators • Developed a gap analysis of afterschool and summer meal programs to determine 10 target counties with the highest rates of unmet need for specific intervention and advocacy • Created, distributed, and analyzed a state-wide survey of 2,500 meal program sponsors and sites to determine key barriers to federally-funded meal programs • Developed resources for programs, legislators, and the public to address key barriers, educate, and improve the quality of current child nutrition programs Show less