Experience

OMNI Institute

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher III

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  • Mixed-methods researcher primarily focused in community health, behavioral health, and quantitative methods.• Part of OMNI’s quantitative best practices team, building up and ensuring organizational understanding and capacity for best practices for data management, analysis, and coding.• Serves as the Quantitative Lead for county-, region-, and state-level initiatives, responsible for primary and secondary data collection/aggregation, cleaning, analysis, and reporting. • Develops comprehensive Community Health Profiles, exploring patterns/trends with a broader lens of social determinants of health to help identify disparities that exist in communities due to systemic and structural factors.• Collaborates with local and state agencies to identify critical health needs and strengths, visualizing and communicating findings in a culturally responsive and easily digestible manner.Project examples: Eagle County Community Health Assessment, Boulder County Community Health Assessment, DeKalb County Community Health Assessment, North Carolina Region A Opioid Abatement Strategic Plan, Virginia Substance Abuse Block Grant Show less

• Researcher I

  • Oct 2022 - Jun 2023

• Research Associate I

  • Jan 2022 - Oct 2022



Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

• United States
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate II

  • Jul 2020 - Jul 2021

  • Supported two PhD economists in policy work and research focusing on payments topics, such as consumer payment choice and financial inclusion.

• Research Associate I

  • Jul 2019 - Jun 2020



Alliance Bank Economic Policy Institute

• Flagstaff, Arizona Area

• Research Assistant

  • Apr 2018 - May 2019

  • Co-authored a peer-reviewed publication with Dr. Ryan Fitch that used a discrete choice experiment to better understand Millennial’s preferences for rural-tourism activities. • Prepared and edited tables, presentations, and reports for EDA-funded projects, such as estimating the economic impact of Northern Arizona University using IMPLAN. • Performed data analysis, interpreted survey responses, and collaborated with senior staff in writing the “Flagstaff Visitors Study” prepared for the Convention and Visitors Bureau. Show less



Northern Arizona University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Supplemental Instructor - Economics

  • Aug 2017 - May 2019

  • Designed and led four weekly review sessions that addressed challenging concepts from micro- and macroeconomics courses. • Promoted independent problem-solving and critical thinking skills for 150 students per semester. • Helped improve individual students' test scores by up to 30% as reported by professor.

• Data Analyst / Business Intelligence Intern

  • Jan 2018 - May 2018

  • Used Tableau software to create data visualizations with enrollment data through self-trained learning.



Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology

• Project Coordinator

  • Jul 2017 - Jan 2018

  • Oversaw customer relationship management (CRM) system to track economic impact of startup clients and manage client documents. • Demonstrated solid organizational and project-management skills of 'Entrepreneur Pitch Contest' in collaboration with the City of Henderson, NV. • Created and implemented companywide processes, increasing company efficiency for on-boarding new clients by 33%.

• Project Coordinator / Marketing Intern

  • Feb 2017 - Jul 2017

  • Acted as Interim Operations Manager and trained newly hired Operations Manager. • Analyzed and gathered necessary documentation to prepare for a City of Flagstaff audit. • Managed conference room reservations and payments, processed rent payments and fulfilled invoices through QuickBooks. • Planned and organized various events, such as tenant open houses and monthly meetings.



Oregano's Pizza Bistro

• United States
• Restaurants
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Host and To-Go Specialist

  • Feb 2014 - Jan 2017