Experience

Leading Change Network

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Training Facilitator and Coach

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  >Small group facilitator and coach of personal narrative, team building exercises, and campaign strategy for the Fellowship of the Formerly Incarcerated People and Families Movement. >Small group facilitator and coach of personal narrative, team building exercises, and campaign strategy for the Fellowship of the Formerly Incarcerated People and Families Movement.



The Concilio

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Promotora

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  > Block walk and staff vaccine events to educate and deliver the COVID-19 Vaccine> Currently developing alternative methods to involve our community in these education efforts.

• Promotora

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  > Block walk and staff vaccine events to educate and deliver the COVID-19 Vaccine> Currently developing alternative methods to involve our community in these education efforts.



re:power

• Belgium
• Services for Renewable Energy
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Training Facilitator and Coach

  • Aug 2021 - Aug 2021

  >Small group facilitator and coach of personal narrative, team building exercises, and campaign strategy for Food Justice Movement organizers.

• Training Facilitator and Coach

  • Jul 2021 - Jul 2021

  >Small group facilitator and coach of personal narrative, team building exercises, and campaign strategy for youth climate organizers.



United for Respect

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Online 2 Offline (O2O) Trainer and Partnership Coordinator

  • Aug 2020 - Mar 2021

  O2O concentrates on base building and campaign strengthening through a digital organizing/community organizing fusion model. My roles: >Facilitated and handled logistics for online trainings about the O2O organizing model using the Zoom platform for up to 20 people. >Planned and recruited for O2O quarterly reunions for previous training participants including planning curriculum and securing speakers. >Worked with partnership organizations by implementing the O2O model using digital organizing tactics to move people from an online platform into a one on one conversation or committee meeting. >Developed curriculum and updated workbook for the O2O training. >Designed monthly newsletters. Show less

• Training Facilitator and Coach

  • Aug 2020 - Aug 2020

  >Small group facilitator and coach of personal narrative, team building exercises, and campaign strategy for the Fellowship of the Formerly Incarcerated People and Families Movement. >Small group facilitator and coach of personal narrative, team building exercises, and campaign strategy for the Fellowship of the Formerly Incarcerated People and Families Movement.



American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of TX

• Policy and Advocacy Strategist

  • Aug 2019 - Aug 2020

  ACLU of Texas' mission is to defend the civil rights and civil liberties of all people in Texas, by working through the legislature, the courts and in the streets. My roles: 1. Coalition Building and Community Partnerships: >Represented the ACLU of TX in three coalitions and actively played a role in three separate campaigns to pass local policy around Reproductive Justice, Immigrants’ Rights and reallocating funds away from the police budget. Role included: Researching and developing local policy Forming initial campaign goals and strategy and re-grouping through changing political conditions Maintaining healthy relationships with coalition partners of different sizes, building relationships with elected officials, hosting in person and online events for volunteer education and recruitment >Developed community partnerships with local LGBTQ+ youth organizations and gave LGBTQ+ Know Your Rights and allyship trainings for teachers and students with the goal of growing Gender and Sexuality Alliances (GSAs) in schools. 2. Volunteer Management and Training >Managed volunteer steering committee members to plan, promote and recruit for a large Reproductive Rights conference which entailed coordinating and recruitment for events on their campus. >Participated in four volunteer and organizer training convenings across the country and facilitated groups of up to 100 people as a part of a facilitation team on the topics of race, implicit bias, and organizing history and skills such as house meetings and phone banking. Show less



AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet

• Youth Organizer

  • Jun 2018 - Jul 2019

  ACLU of WI mission is to defend the civil rights and civil liberties of all people in Texas, by working through the legislature, the courts and in the streets. My roles: 1. Community Organizing >Planned, coordinated and recruited for: The 2018 Youth Social Justice Forum (YSJF), a one-day state-wide event with 350+ middle and high school students. The 2018 and 2019 Summer Justice Institute, a two-week intensive civil rights institute for 25-30 high school students. >Developed relationships with students and teachers to create the foundations for ACLU Student Alliances in four Milwaukee public schools and two suburban schools. >Managed three community engagement interns to aid in developing youth programming. >Integrated students into our criminal justice reform campaign and mentored youth organizers to recruit over 100 students into our state budget advocacy campaign. >Represented the ACLU of WI as an invited speaker at press conferences, rallies of 100-1,000+ people, places of worship and the ACLU staff conference. 2. Training and Facilitation >Trained student leaders in event planning and recruitment skills via the ACLU Smart Justice Youth Meetup, a one-day event attended by 60 high school and college students. >Conducted Know Your Rights in Law Enforcement Encounters and LGBTQ+ Rights in Schools training throughout the Milwaukee Public School system. Show less



DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)

• Urban Transit Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Bus Driver

  • Feb 2015 - Jan 2016

  >Was a member of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1338. >Drove the smaller 17 passenger bus. >Left this work due to a workplace injury. >Was a member of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1338. >Drove the smaller 17 passenger bus. >Left this work due to a workplace injury.



Workers Defense Project (WDP)

• Membership Organizer

  • Dec 2012 - Aug 2014

  Workers Defense Project is a community organization for low-wage, immigrant workers in the Texas construction industry. *This timeframe encompasses my time as a part-time worker and eventual full-time worker transition. It does not include the semester I spent interning before being hired. My role: >Lead a state-wide team of five safety trainers to implement WDP’s Safety & Health training program, with supervision, and surpassed grant goals. >Helped improve Dallas-based English Language Learning (ELL) program and supervised two ELL instructors and monitored student progress. >Organized and facilitated events such as direct actions and membership meetings. >Developed key relationships with attorneys, state agencies, student groups & media. >Facilitated more than 45 workers’ rights trainings of 3 to 40 participants. >Recruited members and developed their leadership towards campaign involvement. Show less



La Isla Foundation

• Intern

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  La Isla Network is dedicated to ending the epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of undetermined causes (CKDnT) through a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach.My Role:>Supported medical clinics and surveying of community for research of identifying origin of CKDu in sugarcane workers.

• Intern

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  La Isla Network is dedicated to ending the epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of undetermined causes (CKDnT) through a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach.My Role:>Supported medical clinics and surveying of community for research of identifying origin of CKDu in sugarcane workers.