Legal Advocate, Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI)/Sexual Assault Legal Institute (SALI)

• May 2022 - Present

Peer Review Consultant

• Apr 2009 - May 2022

• Reviewed sexual assault and other crime victim topic-related proposals for funding offered through the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. • Participated in consensus calls with fellow peer reviewers to discuss scoring of reviewed proposals. • Reviewed sexual assault and other crime victim topic-related proposals for funding offered through the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. • Participated in consensus calls with fellow peer reviewers to discuss scoring of reviewed proposals.

Paraeducator

• Jan 2019 - Jul 2021

• Assisted elementary school teachers in-person and in a virtual setting with the implementation of lesson plans and Individualized Education Programs, and the preparation of instructional materials. • Worked with general education and special education students in small groups and individually to provide additional instruction and literacy intervention. • Assisted elementary school teachers in-person and in a virtual setting with the implementation of lesson plans and Individualized Education Programs, and the preparation of instructional materials. • Worked with general education and special education students in small groups and individually to provide additional instruction and literacy intervention.

Teacher Helper, Temporary Employee

• Feb 2017 - Dec 2018

• Assisted elementary school students with disabilities who require direct adult supervision throughout the day. • Assisted elementary school students with disabilities who require direct adult supervision throughout the day.

Realtor

• Aug 2014 - Nov 2016

• Worked with home sellers, buyers, and renters to show properties and educate them on the home selling and buying processes. • Performed comparative market analyses to estimate home properties' values to help sellers determine listing prices and help buyers determine offer prices in negotiations. • Prepared sales contracts. • Hosted open houses to market homes to the general public. • Worked with home sellers, buyers, and renters to show properties and educate them on the home selling and buying processes. • Performed comparative market analyses to estimate home properties' values to help sellers determine listing prices and help buyers determine offer prices in negotiations. • Prepared sales contracts. • Hosted open houses to market homes to the general public.

Weekend Receptionist

• Feb 2010 - May 2014

• Greeted real estate agents and visitors who came into the office and called on weekends, and did clerical work. • Greeted real estate agents and visitors who came into the office and called on weekends, and did clerical work.

Fellow

• Mar 2005 - Nov 2008

• Managed all aspects of OVC-funded cooperative agreement, including writing funding proposals, carrying out activities related to project goals, and submitting semiannual progress reports and quarterly financial status reports. • Worked with OVC staff mainly in Program Development and Dissemination Division to provide support to OVC-funded grant projects that focused on sexual assault issues and public awareness. • Assisted in the planning of annual National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) prelude events. • Assisted OVC in development and administration of initiative that provided reimbursement to communities across the Nation for expenses associated with activities and events that raised awareness of crime victims’ rights and services during NCVRW. • Facilitated publication of training and technical assistance resources. • Attended conferences and other events addressing crime victim issues. • Served as representative on OVC Web Committee and as the committee’s Acting OVC Web Content Manager, which entailed co-leading OVC Web Committee meetings, approving content for upload to OVC Web site, and serving on Office for Justice Programs Web Council. • Served as point-of contact for PDDD’s faith-related activities by submitting programmatic data and coordinating cluster meeting for OVC’s faith-related initiatives grantees. • Reviewed concept papers and applications on wide range of crime victim-related topics, as well as nominations for 2008 National Crime Victims’ Service Awards, and made recommendations for selection.

Volunteer Hospital Advocate and Hotline Counselor/Weekend Supervisor

• Sep 2003 - Aug 2007

• Served volunteer corps by managing logistical and procedural problems that arose during weekend hotline and hospital advocacy shifts, and helped volunteers process their feelings about shifts. • Provided advocacy, support, crisis counseling, information, and referrals to sexual assault victim/survivors through the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program at Howard University Hospital and on the 24-hour rape crisis hotline. • Assisted sexual assault victims/survivors in preparing crime victim compensation paperwork. • Completed training for weekend supervisors, and completed 65-hour comprehensive training program for volunteers that covered crisis counseling, as well as medical and legal issues related to sexual assault.

Public Policy Program Assistant

• Jan 2004 - Mar 2005

• Researched and summarized crime victim-related legislation, resources, and funding opportunities for biweekly policy update. • Provided support to projects involving development of crime victims’ rights law database and on-line tool for guiding community agencies in establishing a Sexual Assault Interagency Council to collaboratively respond to victims of sexual assault. • Attended congressional briefings and other events addressing violence against women. • Researched and summarized crime victim-related legislation, resources, and funding opportunities for biweekly policy update. • Provided support to projects involving development of crime victims’ rights law database and on-line tool for guiding community agencies in establishing a Sexual Assault Interagency Council to collaboratively respond to victims of sexual assault. • Attended congressional briefings and other events addressing violence against women.

Graduate Research Assistant

• Aug 2002 - Dec 2003

• Used Internet to research existing research on topics like redlining. • Proofread and edited research proposals. • Organized data using Excel, SPSS, and Access. • Used Internet to research existing research on topics like redlining. • Proofread and edited research proposals. • Organized data using Excel, SPSS, and Access.

Victim Services Graduate Intern

• Jun 2003 - Aug 2003

• Contacted victim service providers to update referral database used by hotline advocates. • Developed and submitted revisions for bulletins addressing various types of crime. • Contacted victim service providers to update referral database used by hotline advocates. • Developed and submitted revisions for bulletins addressing various types of crime.

Probation Clerk/Intern

• Jun 2001 - Aug 2002

Summers 2002 and 2001 • Shadowed probation officers in field, firing range, court, and office. • Researched restorative justice as possible means of changing offenders’ attitudes. • Attended Mothers Against Drunk Driving victim impact panel. • Reviewed and approved domestic travel requests for Minimum Unit, and maintained record of monthly supervision reports and fine/restitution balances for Minimum Unit offenders. • Contacted consulate offices to update International Federal Offenders Travel Requirements Directory.

Data Entry Clerk

• Feb 1999 - May 2002

• Entered information from surveys and Vital Statistic certificates into computer using KE3. • Entered information from surveys and Vital Statistic certificates into computer using KE3.