Nurse Midwife

• Aug 2020 - Present

Nurse Midwife

• Oct 2022 - Jun 2023

Research Assistant

• Feb 2019 - Apr 2020

Birth Doula

• Jan 2008 - Jun 2019

Birth and labor assistant, provides care and support to women and families during prenatal phase, labor, and postpartum. Experience working with both English and Spanish-speaking clients. Special focus on serving low-income families and women who have endured domestic and/or sexual violence. Birth and labor assistant, provides care and support to women and families during prenatal phase, labor, and postpartum. Experience working with both English and Spanish-speaking clients. Special focus on serving low-income families and women who have endured domestic and/or sexual violence.

Registered Nurse Labor & Delivery

• Jul 2018 - Jan 2019

Safe Infant Sleep Program Coordinator

• Feb 2017 - Sep 2018

Preventing SIDS and accidental suffocation through social support programs and education. Preventing SIDS and accidental suffocation through social support programs and education.

Medical Assistant

• Mar 2013 - Sep 2016

Assistant to busy integrative family practice. Performs patient intake, vital signs, suture removals, sends orders for labs/imaging, manages prior authorizations, answers patient questions and schedules appointments, attends to phone lines, runs lab controls, stocks rooms, assists physician with procedures, EKGs, aorta scans, bladder scans, A1c, blood glucose tests, administers pediatric and adult vaccines, and helps with other projects as needed. Assistant to busy integrative family practice. Performs patient intake, vital signs, suture removals, sends orders for labs/imaging, manages prior authorizations, answers patient questions and schedules appointments, attends to phone lines, runs lab controls, stocks rooms, assists physician with procedures, EKGs, aorta scans, bladder scans, A1c, blood glucose tests, administers pediatric and adult vaccines, and helps with other projects as needed.

International Programs Specialist - Operations, Latin America

• Aug 2008 - Jan 2013

Coordinated logistics for study abroad programs in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. General Summary of Duties: Under the direction of a Regional Director, the International Operations Specialist provided the principal operating liaison between the Systemwide Office of the UC Education Abroad Program (UCEAP) and (a) UC Study Center staffs worldwide; (b) EAP offices on the UC campuses; and (c) UC students participating in EAP. Responsible for all operational and… Show more Coordinated logistics for study abroad programs in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. General Summary of Duties: Under the direction of a Regional Director, the International Operations Specialist provided the principal operating liaison between the Systemwide Office of the UC Education Abroad Program (UCEAP) and (a) UC Study Center staffs worldwide; (b) EAP offices on the UC campuses; and (c) UC students participating in EAP. Responsible for all operational and logistical activities pertaining to a specified group or “Region” of the approximately 4,800 student EAP participants in more than 150 academic programs in 35 countries worldwide. Maintained primary responsibility for communicating to the Study Center Directors and personnel, campus EAP offices, UCEAP staff, and students on UC and EAP policies pertaining to all operational aspects of students’ programs (applications, visa requirements, housing, on site logistics, health and disability issues, host university acceptance); and directly supervised one or more assistants. Committees: Strategic Initiative - Student Management Committee: 2012 to 2013 Fall 2011 Interim Program Coordinator/site visit to Salvador, Bahia: September 2011 (five weeks) Operations team/IT liaison: 2009 to 2013 Emergency Response Team Alternate Safety Coordinator: 2010 to 2013 Operations/Design and Editorial Liaison: 2009-2010 Operations/Campus Conference Call Coordinator: 2009-2011 Show less Coordinated logistics for study abroad programs in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. General Summary of Duties: Under the direction of a Regional Director, the International Operations Specialist provided the principal operating liaison between the Systemwide Office of the UC Education Abroad Program (UCEAP) and (a) UC Study Center staffs worldwide; (b) EAP offices on the UC campuses; and (c) UC students participating in EAP. Responsible for all operational and… Show more Coordinated logistics for study abroad programs in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. General Summary of Duties: Under the direction of a Regional Director, the International Operations Specialist provided the principal operating liaison between the Systemwide Office of the UC Education Abroad Program (UCEAP) and (a) UC Study Center staffs worldwide; (b) EAP offices on the UC campuses; and (c) UC students participating in EAP. Responsible for all operational and logistical activities pertaining to a specified group or “Region” of the approximately 4,800 student EAP participants in more than 150 academic programs in 35 countries worldwide. Maintained primary responsibility for communicating to the Study Center Directors and personnel, campus EAP offices, UCEAP staff, and students on UC and EAP policies pertaining to all operational aspects of students’ programs (applications, visa requirements, housing, on site logistics, health and disability issues, host university acceptance); and directly supervised one or more assistants. Committees: Strategic Initiative - Student Management Committee: 2012 to 2013 Fall 2011 Interim Program Coordinator/site visit to Salvador, Bahia: September 2011 (five weeks) Operations team/IT liaison: 2009 to 2013 Emergency Response Team Alternate Safety Coordinator: 2010 to 2013 Operations/Design and Editorial Liaison: 2009-2010 Operations/Campus Conference Call Coordinator: 2009-2011 Show less

Assistant to the Chair

• Apr 2006 - Aug 2008

Administrative Assistant to the Chair of the Environmental Studies program at UCSB. Coordinated scholarship application process, faculty recruitment, teaching assistant hiring process, annual newsletter. Assisted with graduation ceremony planning, faculty meeting planning, and other event planning as needed. Administrative Assistant to the Chair of the Environmental Studies program at UCSB. Coordinated scholarship application process, faculty recruitment, teaching assistant hiring process, annual newsletter. Assisted with graduation ceremony planning, faculty meeting planning, and other event planning as needed.