Experience

Lenape Regional High School District
• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• High School Teacher

  • Jul 2019 - Present


Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center

• Senior Health Promotion Coordinator

  • Mar 2016 - Mar 2019

  • Mentored a team of 6 Nutrition Education Health Promotion Facilitators • Delivered Nutrition Education and Physical Activity Coaching programs to 19 Head Start Preschools in the Denver Metro Area • Managed and coordinated program delivery, observation, and evaluation with Preschool Directors via phone, email, and in-person communication • Managed nutrition education material procurement • Developed and implemented professional development trainings for Culture of Wellness in Preschools staff on content relevant to our work in preschools (ex. Classroom Management Techniques, Licensing, Food Safety, Myers Briggs Assessment etc.) • Facilitated Pre-Service Trainings to participating preschools on the logistics of the Culture of Wellness in Preschools Program • Assisted in various research related tasks (ex. data collection, data entry, required trainings, literature reviews, manuscript writing) • Assisted in the development of a nutrition education curriculum based on Federal best practices • Acknowledged by upper management as being a team player and "a quick learner with the ability to pick up details that are complicated and difficult for most to figure out without a lot of hands on training" Show less



PolicyLab at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

• Clinical Research Coordinator

  • Oct 2013 - Oct 2015

  • Coordinated a multi-center research study implementing nutrition education cooking classes with low- income families with young children in West Philadelphia by setting up monthly team meetings with participating centers, communicating all logistical project needs with participating partners, and acting as point of contact for the project • Managed the petty cash account utilized for the project • Managed and coordinated research activities of 3 student interns • Facilitated peer-mentored nutrition education cooking classes • Communicated with participants via email, phone calls, and text messages before and after each class and to schedule pre- and post- evaluation meetings • Facilitated collaboration between CHOP and The Enterprise Center of West Philadelphia (scheduled meetings, email communication, attended community meetings as the face of the project) to conduct door-to-door surveys that assessed the barriers to CSA participation among the community • Coordinated data collection for an AHRQ R03 grant project in the hospital setting with 5 student interns (scheduled time slots with nursing staff at the hospital and acted as a liaison between interns and the PI on the project) • Completed various tasks related to research (ex. recruitment, focus group transcription, data entry, qualitative/quantitative analysis, qualitative transcript coding, manuscript preparation, literature reviews, IRB submissions and continuing review submissions) • Presented original research by Dr. Fieldston et al at the annual meeting of the Eastern Society of Pediatric Research (March 2014) Show less



CCLC

• United States

• Assistant Preschool Teacher

  • Dec 2012 - Sep 2013

  • Created and implemented engaging classroom lesson plans for children age 16 months to 2 years old. • Completed daily reports of classroom activities, child interactions, and individual child activity. • Aided in portfolio development. • Created and implemented engaging classroom lesson plans for children age 16 months to 2 years old. • Completed daily reports of classroom activities, child interactions, and individual child activity. • Aided in portfolio development.



DC Greens

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

• Intern

  • Feb 2013 - May 2013

  • Collaborated to plan and develop the organization’s School Garden Internship Program. • Identified the necessary components for an effective evaluation plan by reviewing previous evaluations completed in the field and created the materials (pre-post- and process evaluation tools) necessary to effectively evaluate the School Garden Internship Program and Growing Garden Teacher Program. • Provided assistance in research related tasks beneficial to the organization • Programmatic Assistance (monthly newsletter writing, focus group support, evaluation and statistical summary report creation, map creation) Show less



Hopital Evangelique de Bombardopolis

• Researcher/Administrative Assistant

  • Oct 2010 - Apr 2011

  • Conducted primary data collection on food availability and the general health status of Haitian adults living in and around Bombardopolis, Haiti. • Report preparation and program maintenance of Malnutrition and AIDS/TB treatment programs. • PEPFAR program data entry. • Organized and administered food from the World Food Programme to malnutrition program recipients (ie. AIDS/TB patients, pregnant/breastfeeding mothers and children). • Provided assistance with the hospital financial bookkeeping. Show less