Experience

Hearts and Hands Therapy Services, Inc.

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Registered Behavior Technician

  • Aug 2021 - Present



Lumina Autism

• Alpha

• Registered Behavior Technician

  • Aug 2020 - Present



Self Employed

• Online Audio and Video Media
• 700 & Above Employee

• Academic Writing Consultant

  • Mar 2014 - Apr 2017



Venadar

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Apr 2015 - Nov 2015



Mercer University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Writing Tutor II

  • Jan 2015 - Feb 2015

  Provide feedback and guidance regarding writing for students from various schools at the Atlanta campus of Mercer University. Review students’ documents for grammatical errors. Guide students using APA, AMA, MLA, and Chicago styles of writing. Assist students with content and organization of writing. Provide feedback and guidance regarding writing for students from various schools at the Atlanta campus of Mercer University. Review students’ documents for grammatical errors. Guide students using APA, AMA, MLA, and Chicago styles of writing. Assist students with content and organization of writing.



ICF

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Mar 2011 - Oct 2013

  Provided support for a number of divisions of ICF International (ICFI), a public health research company. Collaborated with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to gather surveillance data on teen pregnancy prevention initiatives, policies, curricula, and services available to target and comparison communities across the United States. Supported the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)-funded Children's Mental Health Initiative (CMHI) National Evaluation for Systems of Care by coding qualitative data from cohorts of communities with a broad array of community-based services. Cleaned data from the automated management and reporting system and performed systematic quality assessments of data collection efforts at each grantee site. Collaborated with the team responsible for compiling the 2011 Short Report to Congress. Provided assistance as needed to the Global AIDS Program by cleaning data collected as part of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Data included demographic information, mortality and morbidity rates, AIDS education and prevention efficacy, and infrastructure information. Gathered preliminary information regarding smoking legislation to inform projects within ICFI. Show less



Health Care Ethics Consortium of Georgia-Emory University

• Greater Atlanta Area

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2012 - Jan 2013

  Collaborated with Consortium members to work toward the group’s goal of optimizing health care by putting ethics at the forefront of service delivery and medical practice. Attended meetings of consortium members to discuss plans for the annual conference. Compiled support materials for the annual conference. Helped develop plans for the Consortium’s growth in and beyond Georgia. Collaborated with Consortium members to work toward the group’s goal of optimizing health care by putting ethics at the forefront of service delivery and medical practice. Attended meetings of consortium members to discuss plans for the annual conference. Compiled support materials for the annual conference. Helped develop plans for the Consortium’s growth in and beyond Georgia.



Emory University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Contributor for Exposure Notification Recommendations

  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2012

  Developed ethics guidelines for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for community exposure notification programs: Explored historical and cultural factors affecting the need for and use of exposure notifications in health care settings. Surveyed academic literature from a wide variety of disciplines to determine outcomes of relevant cases, professional attitudes and standards, legal standards and relevant cases, and medical factors affecting exposure and illness dissemination. Worked with team members to produce a formal report to a diverse committee of CDC employees, including public health officers, ethics committee members, researchers, and physicians. Presented the formal report to committee members to be used for reference in the catalyst case, as well as future incidences of employee exposure and possible need for notification. Show less



The University of Tennessee at Knoxville

• Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Graduate Student Researcher/Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2010 - Dec 2010

  Worked in the Infant Perception/Action Lab affiliated with The University's Developmental subdiscipline of the Experimental Psychology Program and assisted a graduate student teacher of a section of undergraduate level general psychology. Operated the Flock of Birds apparatus for collecting kinematic data. Operated the Tobii50x Infrared eye tracker for collecting visual attention data. Operated recording equipment to ensure synchronization of different elements of the infant attention and motor performance studies. Coded visual data for start and stop times of trials, frequency and duration of fixations, frequency of saccades, points of fixation, and changes in attention. Proctored exams and quizzes for an undergraduate section of psychology. Directed study sessions for undergraduate students prior to tests. Graded students' tests using a Scantron machine in accordance with University guidelines. Managed students' grades on Blackboard. Show less



Marcus Autism Center

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Behavioral Data Analyst

  • Aug 2009 - Jul 2010

  As an intern and eventual employee, worked one-on-one with clients in the Language and Learning Clinic and Severe Behavior Day Treatment Clinic on target skills of language acquisition and management of severe behavior. Completed basic applied behavior analysis training. Implemented protocols for six to eight clients. Assisted with research directives by practicing errorless behavior modification techniques and three-step compliance protocols. Collected data on baseline behaviors for program development. Gathered and distributed data sheets for individual research protocols. Show less



Georgia Tech Center for Conservation and Behavior

• Greater Atlanta Area

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2008 - Aug 2009

  Assisted graduate students from The Center for Conservation and Behavior at Georgia Tech with various research protocols to explore animals' behavior for training purposes and zoo patrons' attitudes for conservation purposes. Assisted with feeding apparatuses to explore food preference for training purposes among elephants at Zoo Atlanta. Administered surveys assessing exhibit-goers' attitudes and learning based on interactive and passive educational tools being utilized in the orangutan exhibit. Show less