Experience

Vista Autism Services

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Quality Supervisor

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Lead the Quality Department through supervision of staff, allocation of work, and direction of priorities. Manage quality improvement projects, ensure the organization is meeting regulatory requirements related to quality, identify opportunities for improvement across the organization, and analyze and report on service line data.

• Quality Improvement Specialist

  • Apr 2021 - Mar 2023

  Supported Vista's organizational initiatives through building custom systems, investigating programmatic trends, and developing recommendations for business line leaders. Designed and selected data collection tools, gathered, analyzed, interpreted, and reported data and recommendations for program monitoring of each business line. Optimized workflows across the organization to reduce waste and ensure the quality of services provided to Vista clients.



Vista Autism Services

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Dec 2018 - Oct 2020

  Coordinated Vista's research efforts, supported Vista's clinical operations, and provided professional support services as needed. Collected, analyzed, and interpreted data sets for organizational initiatives. Participated in the development of workflows and processes for the infrastructure of the Quality and Research Department at Vista. Participated in behavioral/educational research collaborations and ran study trials with participants. Coordinated Vista's research efforts, supported Vista's clinical operations, and provided professional support services as needed. Collected, analyzed, and interpreted data sets for organizational initiatives. Participated in the development of workflows and processes for the infrastructure of the Quality and Research Department at Vista. Participated in behavioral/educational research collaborations and ran study trials with participants.



Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Downstream Scientist & Scientist Group Lead

  • May 2017 - Sep 2018

  Supervised 14 fellow scientists and engineers working in the same department at our bio-pharmaceutical client location in West Point, PA. Performed high-throughput assays of 1000+ samples per week using liquid handling robotics. Oversaw the design, organization, and day-to-day management of a liquid-handling robotics laboratory. Supervised 14 fellow scientists and engineers working in the same department at our bio-pharmaceutical client location in West Point, PA. Performed high-throughput assays of 1000+ samples per week using liquid handling robotics. Oversaw the design, organization, and day-to-day management of a liquid-handling robotics laboratory.



Indiana University of Pennsylvania

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Tutor

  • Sep 2015 - May 2017

  • Tutored fellow undergraduate students enrolled in Human Anatomy, Human Biology, Genetics, or Ecology and Evolution. • I answered questions, helped with assignments, and helped students form good habits tailored to the classes' expectations.• Planned and led cadaver dissection review sessions for nursing majors enrolled in Human Anatomy to prepare them for their practical exams, while ensuring proper security, respect, and maintenance of the cadavers.

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  • Conducted research in the microbiology/immunology lab of Dr. Vida R. Irani in the Department of Biology in the College of Natural Science and Mathematics at IUP. Research focus was on a bacterium called Mycobacterium avium and its ability to survive and proliferate inside host macrophages.• Presented research at the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists (CPUB) Conference, the IUP Undergraduate Scholar's Forum, the IUP Women in Math, Science, and Technology Program, and the Greensburg Branch American Society for Microbiology Conference. Show less



University of Virginia

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Intern

  • May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Summer undergraduate research intern in the laboratory of Dr. Adam Goldfarb in the Department of Pathology. Work focused on the ontogenesis of a protein transcription pathway involved in megakaryopoiesis that is disrupted in fetal and neonatal stem cells. Two oral presentations were given as a part of this internship: The Undergraduate Posters and Presentations Forum, and the SRIP (Student Research Internship Program) Final Symposium. Both were located at University of Virginia. Summer undergraduate research intern in the laboratory of Dr. Adam Goldfarb in the Department of Pathology. Work focused on the ontogenesis of a protein transcription pathway involved in megakaryopoiesis that is disrupted in fetal and neonatal stem cells. Two oral presentations were given as a part of this internship: The Undergraduate Posters and Presentations Forum, and the SRIP (Student Research Internship Program) Final Symposium. Both were located at University of Virginia.



Ross Stores, Inc.

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sales Floor Associate

  • Jun 2015 - Jan 2016

  Cash register, sales floor recovery, fitting room, and cleanup of the store for closing. Cash register, sales floor recovery, fitting room, and cleanup of the store for closing.



Cedar Crest Pharmacy

• Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

• Cashier/Marketing Assistant

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Overseeing and working free vitals clinics in the Lehigh Valley community while simultaneously promoting the company, which included testing blood glucose, blood pressure, and pulse oxygen levels in patients. Basic usage of pharmaceutical software to organize, renew, run, and find information on patient prescriptions. Handling most customer interaction within the pharmacy itself. Answering phone inquiries and requests. Overseeing and working free vitals clinics in the Lehigh Valley community while simultaneously promoting the company, which included testing blood glucose, blood pressure, and pulse oxygen levels in patients. Basic usage of pharmaceutical software to organize, renew, run, and find information on patient prescriptions. Handling most customer interaction within the pharmacy itself. Answering phone inquiries and requests.



Miller-Keystone Blood Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quality Assurance Assistant

  • Jul 2013 - Jan 2014

  Scanning, organization, and filing of employee training worksheets into company database. Scanning, organization, and filing of employee training worksheets into company database.