Experience

Youth Collaboratory

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

• Training and Capacity Building Manger - Youth Collaboratory

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  - Develop customized and detailed resources, practice tools, and activities to enhance youth services to address sex trafficking and youth homelessness. - Responsible for strategic planning and coordination of organizational projects and providing high-quality consultation, training, and technical assistance to community-focused organizations. - Develop and lead strategic national outreach efforts, program material, and community awareness engagements. - Expand organizational impact and ensure that services are accessible to all through expertise in cultivating professional partnerships and promoting evidence-based practices. - Provide training and technical assistance to programs to scale up projects and prioritize equitable solutions to address biases and historical practices that harm youth in service delivery. - Deliver comprehensive training and technical assistance to programs to promote cultural humility, enhance program effectiveness, and improve outcomes for diverse populations. - Build collaborative relationships with culturally specific organizations to provide tailored technical assistance and support that meets their unique needs. - Design and implement tailored support for local programs to work collaboratively with law enforcement, advocates, task forces, and community organizations to develop innovative solutions to address the sex trafficking of youth. - Develop and facilitate national training’s to address emerging trends, and gaps in services to improve outcomes for youth impacted by sex trafficking. Show less



Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth

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

• Project Supervisor

  • Jan 2017 - Mar 2020

  • Develop, organize, and lead strategic community outreach efforts, program material and community awareness engagements. • Organize and lead community events to increase program visibility locally and nationally.• Recruit, engage, and organize community engagement.• Ensure Evidence Based Practices are consistently implemented, including trauma informed care, Motivational Interviewing, Positive Youth Development and Harm Reduction.• Develop and manage professional partnerships with coalitions, law enforcement, and related agencies. • Participate and assist with community awareness events, including providing survivor awareness.• Lead Power ON! project team with strategic planning, coordination and implementation of project activities. • Develop and facilitate training programs for youth, volunteers, service providers and faith based groups, that will include introductory training's and ongoing training's and support.• Plan, lead, and facilitate engagements for high-risk populations of youth. Track statewide outreach activities, public awareness events, technical assistance and meetings. • Providing staff and project partner training.• Recruit and train volunteers to engage in a one-year mentorship with high-risk or youth survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking.• Ensure programmatic goals are tracked and executive. Show less

• Community Engagement Specialist

  • Nov 2016 - Nov 2017

  • Develop and manage corporate engagement initiatives.• Assist in development and implementation of community engagement and outreach strategies.• Administered weekly civic engagement and school outreach for youth homelessness alleviation. • Coordinate monthly community informational orientation focused on youth homelessness. • Achieve 95% overall satisfactory for all events managed. • Managed up to 75 volunteers at community outreach events.• Budget management for over 40 businesses, hotel, non- profit onsite events.• Establish outreach program policy and procedure guideline that include volunteer recruitment, civic activities and onsite event management process. • Collaborate with Executive Director and Resource Development Manager to develop community wide database of youth service providers. Show less



YELLS

• United Kingdom

• Community Outreach Coordinator/Communications Specialist

  • Jul 2014 - Jul 2015

  • Design and lead community based campaign. • Developed strategic community outreach in local universities. • Developed cultural sensitive programming for immigrant and refugee community members. • Managed volunteer services and community engagement. • Assist Executive Director with organizational operations. • Develop and maintain community partnerships. • Assisted with donor cultivation. • Manage day to day operations of facility. • Lead development and implementation of immigrant and family engagement strategies in local schools. • Collaborate with school, religious organizations and local business to develop large scale community events. • Coordinate YELLS afterschool program and mentoring program. • Develop community marketing flyers, invitation letters and electronic campaigns to reach community and national supporters. • Manage social media networks. • Develop resources for local Community Action Café. • Coordinate Government initiatives. • Coordinate and administered community member database. • Generated over $50,000 in, in-kind donations. Show less



Multimedia Intern

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services

• Grambling Television Center Intern

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2013

  • Weekly newscast Broadcaster • Camera Operator • Production Manager • Hopewell Documentary • Colorisim Documentary Producer, Editor, Host • Weekly newscast Broadcaster • Camera Operator • Production Manager • Hopewell Documentary • Colorisim Documentary Producer, Editor, Host



UniWorld Group

• China
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• UniWorld Production Intern

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  • Ad Campaign Production • Contract Agreements • Organized Photography Data Base • Editorial Assistant • Video Editing • Ad Campaign Production • Contract Agreements • Organized Photography Data Base • Editorial Assistant • Video Editing


RefineryNYC
• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Production Assistant Intern

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2013


Yahoo!

• Information Technology and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Yahoo/CBS Road to Saturday Assistant Camera Operator

  • Oct 2012 - Oct 2012

  Camera Assistance Camera Assistance



Essence Music Festival

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer

  • Jul 2012 - Jul 2012

  Historical Black College University Public Relations coordinator Historical Black College University Public Relations coordinator



NBC News

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• KARD Intern (NBC 10/FOX14)

  • 2012 - 2012

  Internship: Gaining knowledge in broadcast media. • Web Site Traffic Growth. Writing online stories for the local web site. • Camera Operator, gaining knowledge on hand held and on set cameras. • Hopewell High School Reunion Reporter, an aired documentary about the Hopewell High School. Internship: Gaining knowledge in broadcast media. • Web Site Traffic Growth. Writing online stories for the local web site. • Camera Operator, gaining knowledge on hand held and on set cameras. • Hopewell High School Reunion Reporter, an aired documentary about the Hopewell High School.