Experience

Echoing Green

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Director, Events

  • Oct 2022 - Present



Barnard College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Associate Director, Special Events

  • May 2019 - Oct 2022



John Jay College (CUNY)

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy Director, Women’s Center for Gender Justice

  • Apr 2018 - May 2019

  • Established new partnerships with community organizations to create fellowship and scholarship opportunities• Co-created and oversaw peer education program to prevent gender-based violence in partnership with the NYC Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence • Developed curricula and facilitated workshops to promote gender equity, anti-violence education, reproductive justice• Supervised, recruited, hired staff: LGBTQ Program Coordinator, Office Assistants, Graphic Designer, Interns• Led university-wide outreach for Domestic Violence Awareness Month and maintained calendar of events• Provided oversight for special projects and daily operations • Represented the Center during interdepartmental meetings, task forces, planning committees, and public events• Managed multiple budgets totaling $55,000 annually: submitted funding proposals, requisitions, annual reports, met grant deliverables

• Program Manager, Women's Center for Gender Justice

  • Mar 2015 - Apr 2018

  • Created and directed of the Gender Justice Advocates Program: a weekly leadership program to promote gender equity, LGBTQ rights, anti-violence education, and reproductive justice • Advised advocacy campaigns and taught grassroots activism strategies• Collaborated with community partners to plan events: reserve space, research vendors, negotiate contracts, oversee catering and décor, develop content, monitor budgets and evaluate annual programs • Provided high level confidentiality and assistance to students seeking support for gender-based violence • Developed outcomes assessment tools to evaluate the efficacy of programming and to inform new outreach • Maintained social media, design website, printed brochures, informational one-sheets, email marketing• Advocacy led to the creation of a campus Lactation Center and campus-wide availability of sanitary napkins

• LGBTQ Coordinator

  • Feb 2016 - Jun 2017

  • Advocated for all-gender facilities (locker rooms and restrooms) and preferred-name options in mandatory student and faculty software databases• Served as chair of LGBTQ Task Force: lead monthly strategic planning meetings to increase visibility and support for students, staff, and faculty of the LGBTQ+ community; successfully institutionalized role of LGBTQ Coordinator for yearly budget earmark • Established Lavender Celebration and the Audre Lorde Awards for Social Justice, to recognize achievements of graduating students and staff, faculty contributions to LGBTQ community • Instituted programmatic campaigns: Monthly Film Series with Talk-Back Sessions, Training for Transgender Inclusionary Practices, and Queer Lunch Series: Out & Proud at John Jay College



City University of New York-Herbert H. Lehman College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Director, Community Engagement & New Student Programs

  • Mar 2014 - Mar 2015

  • Maintained community service calendar for entire Lehman College Community: coordinated 70 service projects in partnership with local organizations and grassroots leaders • Developed volunteer database with over 1,000 volunteers who served a combined total of 9,000 hours and saved $240,000 in community funding • Raised over $30,000 for the Inaugural Global Citizenship Gala via program sponsorship and community donations • Created Inaugural Family and Friends Spirit Day, a campus-wide initiative to increase student retention, promote academic success, encourage alumni engagement, support college identity as Hispanic-serving Institution • Organized annual events, including Fall Semester Kick-Off, Community Engagement Recognition Ceremony, and the Community Engagement Fair in which 100 community partners attended • Led New Student Orientation and Family Orientation: recruitment, registration, advisement, facilitation • Created volunteer handbook and framework for new Experiential Service-Learning Program • Supervised and trained student staff who served as community service-learning ambassadors: peer educators, graduate assistant, front desk staff • Advised and co-coordinated the Lehman L.I.F.E. Program, an alternative break program to serve communities domestically and abroad



Barnard College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant, Leadership Development

  • Sep 2011 - May 2013

  • Facilitated the Emerging Leaders Program, a weekly leadership course for 50 first-year students • Coordinated The Forum, a weekly course designed to improve public speaking skills • Planned the Leadership Institute, a program that introduced students to public sector leadership • Supervised student employees: assigned projects and deadlines, provided direction and feedback, aided in professional and skills development, maintained open and positive communication • Provided additional support with departmental programming: reserved space, researched vendors, negotiated contracts, and evaluated annual student-centered programs • Managed $18,000 budget for leadership programming, organized a range of social and cognitive development activities for students, and advised student organizations about successful programming on the college campus



The Bronx Health Link, Inc.

• United States
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Health Educator

  • Nov 2010 - Sep 2011

  • Facilitated health education workshops in English and Spanish to improve health outcomes of Bronx residents: chronic diseases, nutrition and obesity, maternal and reproductive health topics, infant and child development, and home safety • Developed curriculum on Human Anatomy, Birth Control, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Health Jeopardy to increase knowledge of reproductive health and prevent unwanted pregnancies • Created discussion guides and facilitated focus groups with adolescent community members in the Bronx to improve health clinic experiences • Analyzed and coded qualitative data collected from focus groups; produced summary report, suggested changes, which led to the creation of a Bronx youth advisory board • Managed relationships between The Bronx Health Link and stakeholders to ensure youth advisory board success