Experience

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  Maryland Department of Health

  • Baltimore, Maryland, United States

  • Epidemiologist

    • Nov 2023 - Present
    • Baltimore, Maryland, United States

    Evaluation and Performance Measurement Specialist for the CDC’s Public Health Infrastructure Grant for the Maryland Department of Health.

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  Gates Millennium Scholars Program

  • Scholarship Holder

    • May 2013 - Present
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  University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)

  • Baltimore, Maryland, United States

  • Research Analyst

    • Sep 2022 - Nov 2023
    • Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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  Self Employed

  • Greenville, South Carolina Area

  • Postpartum Doula

    • Jun 2019 - Jul 2022
    • Greenville, South Carolina Area

    A postpartum doula provides evidenced based information on things such as infant feeding, emotional and physical recovery from birth, mother–baby bonding, infant soothing, and basic newborn care. A postpartum doula is there to help a new family in those first days and weeks after bringing home a ...

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  University of South Carolina

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    • Aug 2019 - May 2021

    The second project I assisted on with Dr. Cozad involved her development of a Rheumatoid Arthritis phone application that allowed patients to record their symptoms and medication side effects. For this project I coded interviews of study participants’ experience with the phone application and the impact it had on shared decision making with their health provider. I wrote and presented the methods and results from our investigations related to the evaluation of the application on shared decision making and user experience.

  • Research Assistant

    • Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

    This project's aim was to better understand the decision-making process patients used to determine their colorectal cancer screening preferences to be used to guide shared decision making among patents and their health care providers with the end goal of increasing screening rates. My role within this project included conducting literature reviews on the impact of colorectal cancer screening decision aids effect shared decision making and exciting interviews with patients to clarify their colorectal cancer screening knowledge and preferences.

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  Institute for the Advancement of Community Heal...

  • Greenville, South Carolina, United States

  • Summer Fellow

    • May 2019 - Aug 2019
    • Greenville, South Carolina, United States

    The summer after my senior year I worked as a fellow under Furman University's Institute for the Advancement of Community Health working on a research project examining the impact of the built environment on childhood obesity in Greenville County, SC. For the study, I conducted literature rev...

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  Carl Sandburg Home National Histortic Site

  • Flat Rock, NC

  • Docent Intern

    • Jun 2015 - Aug 2019
    • Flat Rock, NC

    Welcome and educated visitors about the Carl Sandburg Home through interpretative tours of the site.Operate the information service desk and bookstore.

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  The Field Academy

  • United States
  • Primary and Secondary Education
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Board Member

    • Aug 2015 - Jan 2019

    Ensure that the mission and values are carried out and provide direction for the organization.Our mission is to provide programs that connect, engage, empower, and educate young people from across the United States in order to inspire enduring learning and create a just and healthy world.

  • Trip Leader and History Course Instructor

    • Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

    Mentored, led, and taught ten exceptional high school students during a 5-week program learning about the history and roots of environmental justice movements in the Central Appalachian region.

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  Furman University

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Furman University Fellow

    • May 2018 - Aug 2018

    I created my own fellowship as part of my Capstone requirement for my B.S. in Public Health. I spent half of the summer working under Dr. Hudson, who at the time was the head of the Office of Human Research Protections at Greenville Memorial Hospital, and the other half working with Dr. Fair for the non-profit, LiveWell Greenville, whose mission is to advance equitable access to healthy eating and active living for every Greenville county resident. Under Dr. Hudson, I attended bi-monthly Institutional Review Board committee meetings, conducted literature reviews on the research ethics surrounding biorepositories, and utilized that information to aid in organizing an event to education staff and faculty of Greenville Memorial Hospital on the ethics, regulations, and protections of human subjects and biorepositories. With LiveWell Greenville, I applied my skills and submitted an approve IRB application for a childhood obesity study and participating in data collection of food waste at four sites for a local Summer Food Service Program evaluation study.

  • Resident Assistant

    • Aug 2016 - May 2018

    Interpreted and maintained institutional and Housing and Residence Life policies and procedures for student residents. Promoted a sense of community through interactive programming, like resident socials once a month.

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  Greenville Health System

  • United States
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Community Health Advocate

    • Mar 2017 - May 2017

    Educated Emergency Room patients about gaining access to their health records, through an online platform called MyChart, and assisting them create an account.

  • Data Collector

    • Jun 2016 - May 2017

    Research Associate Program Participants in Emergency medicine, Radiology, and Surgery at Greenville Memorial Hospital (RAPPERS)Observed incoming ER trauma injuries during a 12-hour shift, twice a month and recorded the attending physician's methodology used for CT scan determination.

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  City Year

  • San Antonio, Texas Area

  • Diplomas Now AmeriCorps Member

    • Aug 2014 - Jun 2015
    • San Antonio, Texas Area

    Tutored 9th grade students using planned sessions in Algebra I during and after school.Coached and mentored ten students in behavior and attendance, using innovative incentive programs, guided by monitored quantitative and qualitative data.

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  Youth Empowered Solutions (YES!)

  • Asheville, North Carolina Area

  • Youth Advocate

    • Aug 2010 - Jan 2012
    • Asheville, North Carolina Area

    Established programs to educate, empower, and give youth the tools to advocate for tobacco prevention in their schools and communities