Experience

University City Children's Center

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Early Care and Education

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  St. Louis, MO

• Assistant Center Director

  • Aug 2018 - Nov 2022

  St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Center Educational Support Specialist

  • Aug 2014 - Aug 2018

  St. Louis, MO I am responsible for the implementation and ongoing development of a mental health component (promotion, prevention, and intervention) into all aspects of our early childhood education center. This includes providing relationship-based education, coaching, and consultation to teachers and families to support children's mental health, assisting in the identification of and intervention for children with mental health concerns, and managing partnerships with other mental health agencies.



LUME Institute, a member agency of Child Care Aware® of Missouri

• Trainer

  • Jan 2013 - Present

  St. Louis, MO I provide face-to-face and synchronous online training to early learning professionals on social-emotional development, understanding disabilities and challenging behaviors, and creating inclusive early childhood programs. I also provide training and support on healthy eating and physical activity for child care programs participating in the Taking Steps to Healthy Success Learning Collaborative.

• Inclusion Coordinator

  • Nov 2011 - Dec 2012

  St. Louis, MO I provided training and coaching to early learning professionals to support children with disabilities and challenging behaviors in their classrooms. • Trained early learning professionals using face-to-face and synchronous online methods • Developed collaborative action plans with early learning professionals and child care centers • Maintained and submitted accurate records for funders • Planned, organized, advertised, and executed over 60 professional development workshops



Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Project Manager

  • Jul 2013 - Aug 2014

  I coordinated a National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded R00 project entitled Timeliness of Symptom Recognition, Interpretation, and Reporting in Heart Failure. This included managing grant activities such as budget oversight, federal reporting, and adherence to federal and institutional regulations. I also contributed to research activities including data management and analysis, preparation and submission of manuscripts and presentations, and the design and execution of research.



Child Care Aware of Missouri

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

• Inclusion Specialist

  • Feb 2011 - Jun 2011

  St. Louis, MO I provided in-person and online synchronous training to early learning professionals on social emotional development and inclusion. I also supported early learning professionals to include children with disabilities and challenging behaviors into their classrooms.



University of Connecticut Health Center

• United States
• Investment Management

• Research Coordinator

  • Oct 2008 - Jan 2011

  Farmington, CT As a research assistant, I collected and analyzed qualitative and quantitative data as well as wrote data reports and manuscripts for publication. I was promoted to research and evaluation coordinator after 15 months. In that position, I was responsible for all aspects of research conducted under a large federal grant including, data collection, reliability, supervision of data entry, communication with the Institutional Review Board, data analyses, and reports. I also coordinated a variety of… Show more As a research assistant, I collected and analyzed qualitative and quantitative data as well as wrote data reports and manuscripts for publication. I was promoted to research and evaluation coordinator after 15 months. In that position, I was responsible for all aspects of research conducted under a large federal grant including, data collection, reliability, supervision of data entry, communication with the Institutional Review Board, data analyses, and reports. I also coordinated a variety of large and small trainings across the state for early childhood providers. Show less



Vanderbilt University Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Educational Consultant

  • Sep 2007 - Sep 2008

  Nashville, TN I coordinated all aspects of a Parenting Center including the supervision of Parent Coaches, implementation of an informational website and community workshops, collaboration with funding agency and other community programs, and data collection. I also provided emotional and information support to families with young children as a Parent Coach.

• Research Assistant

  • May 2005 - Aug 2007

  Nashville, TN I analyzed and interpreted data for a manuscript on natural environments in early intervention. I conceptualized, gained approval for, and implemented a pilot research study on the use of innovative practices for serving families in early intervention. I assisted in the training of teachers and collection of data for a study on inclusive practices in early childhood classrooms. I was promoted to educational consultant after two years.