Manager, Community Marketing

• Jul 2021 - Present

Founder and Executive Director

• Apr 2020 - Present

Community food pantry that operates from the perspective of “Take what you need, leave what you can”.Melba House Blessing Box strives to provide food, necessities, and help people access needed resources. Community food pantry that operates from the perspective of “Take what you need, leave what you can”.Melba House Blessing Box strives to provide food, necessities, and help people access needed resources.

Community Health Worker Instructor

• Jan 2012 - Present

State-certified, Community Health Worker Instructor for CHW certification courses and CE trainings. State-certified, Community Health Worker Instructor for CHW certification courses and CE trainings.

Grant Reviewer

• Mar 2017 - Present

Evaluate grant applications and provide an analysis and rating of the quality of each grant application based upon published selection criteria. Evaluate grant applications and provide an analysis and rating of the quality of each grant application based upon published selection criteria.

Director/Manager, Community Outreach

• Jan 2019 - Jul 2021

Adjunct Professor

• Mar 2017 - Jan 2021

Teach Introduction to Community Health, Community Wellness and Promotion and Social Justice tract. Teach Introduction to Community Health, Community Wellness and Promotion and Social Justice tract.

Community Development Manager/Specialist in Community Health Impact

• Sep 2013 - Jan 2019

Direct community engagement and impact at 3 COPC’s that serve over 180,000 residents of West Dallas, Oak Cliff, Bachman Lake and Grand Prairie areas of Dallas. Objective is to advance achievement of patient-centered medical home, analyze and evaluate community engagement and marketing needs and measure outcomes against goals Overall objective is building stronger and healthier communities through patient and community engagement by aligning efforts with stakeholders such as nonprofits, schools, faith based, businesses and foundations. Direct and coordinate the monitoring, analysis, documentation, and reporting of the performance of all ongoing programs and projects. Direct engagement of system efforts and collective impact framework with stakeholders to spearhead and organize community programs that promote health and well-being.

Program Coordinator-Health Education

• Dec 2008 - Sep 2013

Directly accountable for managing all aspects of program operations for health education component. National Healthy Start case management program, staff, consortium, client outreach and recruitment. Manage and ensure compliance with all federal and local hospital and HRSA grants standards of programming. . Manage and direct sustainable programming in partnership with local, state, and national Healthy Start Affiliates, hospital and clinic systems and federal funding officers.Direct all health education classes for teen parents who participated in case management services. Directly responsible for budget and expenditures for all health component grants and funding sources.

Public Health Educator

• Feb 2007 - Dec 2008

Chief Executive Officer

• Apr 2014 - Jun 2017

• Love for Kids is a 42 year old program that impacts 3000 children and their families each year by ensuring access to education and resources to attain self-sufficiency. • Directly responsible for the total reorganization and development of education and resource based programs and events. • Manage and secure $480,000 total budget ($185,000 operating budget, $200,000 assets and $95,000 reserve)• Developed programing for low income youth and parents, special needs children and senior citizens to reach 3000 individuals yearly. • Leadership and day-to-day management of the organization employees, volunteers, interns, consultants and board members. • Developed 3 year strategic plan to completely rebrand and overhaul 40 year old programming. • Implemented and directed new development and fundraising processes that incorporated businesses, individuals, foundations, and grants. Key Accomplishments:• Total redesign nonprofit that had a base of operation of 3 events a year to a fully operating, service provision nonprofit, whose services now include family engagement, helpline, literacy program, and clothes closet. • Stabilized Board of Directors and directed yearlong audit of total operations and budget. • Designed and implemented measurements and outcomes of programs and volunteers• Stabilized budgets and reduced costs for all programs and events.• Implement consistent policies and procedures to ensure regulatory and contract compliance, and serve as audit contact and handled daily accounting operations• Performance exceeds expectations and achieved outstanding results in organizational goal attainment, financial management and program development.• Designed diverse fundraising development plan. Increased funding base from 4 funders to base that includes individuals, businesses, and foundations.