Experience

UNLV School of Public Health
• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2020 - Present


Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Research Institute Scholar

  • Jun 2018 - Dec 2019

  The purpose of this project is to look at the association between property value, community gardens, and food insecurity. This study will interview key community garden stakeholders in NV to 1) identify where community gardens are located in SNV; 2) understand what efforts they are doing to address food insecurity (most interested in their efforts using community gardens); 3) understand their perceptions of supports and barriers to using gardening as a tool to address food insecurity; 4) Identify any changes in housing values after the implementation of community gardens (using existing, publicly available data sets); 5) Understand their perceptions on changes in property values after the implementation of community gardens. Stakeholders will be identified from existing relationships had by the student and faculty adviser. The study will also use targeted snowball sampling to increase the number of participants - if existing stakeholders recommend additional appropriate contacts, they too will be contacted via phone and asked to complete the interview. Show less



Center for Social Justice

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Student Assistant

  • Jan 2018 - Dec 2019

  The UNLV Center for Social Justice (CSJ) under Student Engagement & Diversity serves as a resource for students, staff, faculty and community members to unite around, educate about, and advocate against social injustices that affect our campus, local, national, and global communities. The CSJ promotes the empowerment and collaboration of all individuals through creating an awareness, community space, and providing support in order to take action and transform lives in the realm of diversity, multiculturalism, and social justice Show less



Friends Committee on National Legislation

• United States
• Government Relations Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advocacy Corps Organizer

  • Aug 2018 - May 2019

  The Advocacy Corps is a 9 month-long program where young adults between the ages of 19-30 get paid to organize their local community around federal legislation. Advocacy Corps organizers connect local activists and leaders with their local member of Congress to affect big, long-term change. During the course of this program, Advocacy Corps organizers learn critical organizing skills and put them into practice with hands-on leadership experience. As an Advocacy Corps Organizer I am organizing around the demilitarization of law enforcement. Show less



The Intersection

• United States
• Research

• Chair of Student Advisory Board

  • Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

  The Intersection is a one-stop resource for UNLV’s highly diverse student body — a comprehensive multicultural center grounded in the academic life of our students. As an intersecting campus resource, The Intersection helps ensure students, particularly first-generation and students of color, successfully navigate their academic careers. Here, all members of campus can discuss their differences, discover their similarities, and build a shared sense of belonging. The Intersection is a one-stop resource for UNLV’s highly diverse student body — a comprehensive multicultural center grounded in the academic life of our students. As an intersecting campus resource, The Intersection helps ensure students, particularly first-generation and students of color, successfully navigate their academic careers. Here, all members of campus can discuss their differences, discover their similarities, and build a shared sense of belonging.



Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

• Chair of Scholarships and Grants

  • Nov 2017 - Nov 2018

  The Scholarships and Grants Committee is tasked with managing up to $185,000 in CSUN student fees with the purpose of dispersing scholarships and grants to undergraduate students. The duties of the Chair include: preside over all official meetings in accordance with Nevada Open Meeting Law, Maintain all agendas and minutes, Deliver a report of the proceedings of their respective committee during the weekly meeting of the Senate, Record the attendance of the members, Vote only in the event of a tie, Undertake all charges deemed necessary by the full committee, and Remove any member who has accrued three or more unexcused absences. The responsibilities of the committee as a whole are to establish the denominations of awards, the number of scholarships to be awarded, and determine the scholarship winners in accordance with established procedures set forth in the CSUN Bylaws, Establish the denominations of awards, the number of grants to be awarded, and determine the grant winners in accordance with established procedures set for in the CSUN Bylaws, Approve or disapprove all funding requests from eligible members of CSUN. Show less



Consolidated Student of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

• Senator

  • Jun 2017 - Nov 2018

  As an elected representative, I represent the Division of Health Sciences at the UNLV. The Division of Health Sciences includes the School of Nursing, School of Medicine, School of Community Health Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, and School of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. As a Senator, I advocate for the benefit of the student body as a whole with an emphasis of the Division of Health Sciences. I have introduced legislation to provide resources for students who conduct Dreamzone Trainings, a training that raises awareness to the institutional barriers and supports for students who are undocumented. I also introduced legislation that stipulates that CSUN Student Government will continue to provide resources regardless of immigration status as well as advocate for pathways to citizenship. Show less



Service Learning Initiatives for Community Engagement in Sociology

• Peer Research Facilitator

  • Aug 2016 - Dec 2017

  As a peer research facilitator I project managed community based participatory action research in Sociology 205: Race and Ethnicity Studies in Contemporary Society. The research group sizes were 4-7 students in collaboration with organizations such as Nevada Minority Health and Equity Coalition, Urban Seed Foundation, and The Intersection at UNLV. Peer research facilitator responsibilities included helping coordinate volunteering with community partners, formatting a master bibliography produced by course work, and giving the community partner a presentation. Other tasks do arise and require flexibility. Show less



Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2017 - Sep 2017

  As a research assistant, I worked on a Partnerships in Community Health Grant provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to the Southern Nevada Health District. My role was to recruit and program for focus groups specifically for hard to reach racial and ethnic minorities. The purpose of the focus groups was to evaluate SNHD progress with the grant money they received. My role also included transcribing and coding the qualitative data collected from focus groups and interviews. As a research assistant, I worked on a Partnerships in Community Health Grant provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to the Southern Nevada Health District. My role was to recruit and program for focus groups specifically for hard to reach racial and ethnic minorities. The purpose of the focus groups was to evaluate SNHD progress with the grant money they received. My role also included transcribing and coding the qualitative data collected from focus groups and interviews.