Experience

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  Elevance Health

  • Health Equity Director

    • Jan 2024 - Present

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  The Winters Group, Inc.

  • United States
  • Business Consulting and Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Equity Audit and Strategy Manager

    • Feb 2021 - Jan 2024

  • Learning and Innovation Manager

    • Jul 2019 - Feb 2021

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  Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City

  • Kansas City, Missouri, United States

  • Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Board Member

    • Jan 2021 - Jan 2024
    • Kansas City, Missouri, United States

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  Initium Health

  • Research Analyst

    • Oct 2018 - Jul 2019

    Synthesizing reports and data on Social Determinants of Health and Behavioral Health Consulting Projectsinitiumhealth.org

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  Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

  • Boston, Massachusetts

  • Knowledge Analyst Temporary - Healthcare

    • Jan 2019 - Jun 2019
    • Boston, Massachusetts

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  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Equity Diversity and Inclusion Fellow

    • Sep 2017 - Jan 2019
    • Greater Boston Area

    Selected as part of a team of student leaders and representatives at HSPH to help plan, create, and sustain events, workshops, conferences, and educational opportunities to promote diversity and inclusion across the Harvard Community. Utilized principles of community-building and community engagement to advance the integration of diversity, equity, and inclusion across the Harvard Chan School and the university.

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  Kaiser Permanente

  • Oakland, California

  • Regional Health Education (RHE) Consulting Associate Intern

    • May 2018 - Aug 2018
    • Oakland, California

    Regional Health Education is an internal consulting department with a specialization in health communication and patient voice integration at The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG), serving the Northern California region of Kaiser Permanente. - Developed recommendations for improving patient and provider experiences with fracture prevention medications and osteoporosis utilizing a human-centered design process- Created at an assessment and evaluation framework for shared decision making tools across TPMG and recommendations for clinical integration-Co-designed a wellness coaching training curriculum for insomnia and health sleep behaviors and led a training to TPMG Health Education Coaches.

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  Heartland Health Centers Chicago

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • AmeriCorps Health Promoter

    • Jul 2016 - Jul 2017
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Corps Member of PHIMC National Health Corps Americorps program. Serving as a Health Promoter for Heartland Health Center. Providing 1-on-1 Nutrition Counseling for patients with obesity and other chronic diseases. Conducting Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) assessments, and smoking cessation classes, and other nutrition and wellness related programming for Spanish-speaking communities in Northern Chicago.

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  Varsity Tutors

  • Tutor

    • Jan 2015 - Jun 2017

    I tutor students middle school, college, high school, and adult learners in a variety of topics, from AP classes to Statistics and Test prep.

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  Institute for Social Research University of Michigan

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Research Assistant

    • Dec 2015 - Aug 2016

    http://home.isr.umich.edu/ Monitoring the Future- National Studyhttp://www.monitoringthefuture.org/Data collection and survey analysis for NIH and NIDA funded research studies focusing behavioral health outcomes of alcohol and other drug abuse across the United States.

  • Study Group Facilitator

    • Jan 2014 - Dec 2015

    Facilitate small groups of Introductory Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Students, Create interactive and innovative activities, worksheets, and study materials to help students solidify and grasp difficult concepts.

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  Program on Intergroup Relations

  • Dialogue Facilitator

    • Sep 2015 - Aug 2016

    Facilitating a Race & Ethnicity social justice education seminar at the University of Michigan. Plan and organize curriculum, give student feedback, and help facilitating meaningful, productive communication in dialogue.

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  MEDLIFE

  • Student Advisory Board Member

    • Aug 2015 - Dec 2015

    Help provide assistance, advice, and faciliate communication between midwest MEDLIFE chapters and MEDLIFE national board. Provide accountability and advice with chapter motivation, advocacy, education, and fundraising for the national organization to improve and help chapters in the Midwest region.

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  University of Michigan Health System

  • Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • Eating Disorder and Body Image Program Assistant

    • Sep 2013 - Dec 2015
    • Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Assist in Wolverine Wellness health education programming for body image and wellness. Direct and manage student organization Body Peace Corps involvement. Help create curriculum, manuals, and help train facilitator for body image and eating disorder prevention workshops for residence halls, social justice organizations, and sororities. BMI usage research and campus media literacy workshops.