Experience

Texas Council on Family Violence

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

• Prevention Manager

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  Austin, Texas, United States

• Prevention Coordinator

  • Jul 2018 - Mar 2022

  Austin, Texas -Develop statewide prevention resources, provide tailored technical assistance, and facilitate prevention training and programming for TCFV’s member network of 1,300+ agencies and individuals -Oversee day-to-day implementation of deliverables, budget, and grant reporting for federally funded projects -Advance organizational culture change through the development of equitable policy and practice as a member of the agency’s Change Council, including advancing racial equity, advocating for… Show more -Develop statewide prevention resources, provide tailored technical assistance, and facilitate prevention training and programming for TCFV’s member network of 1,300+ agencies and individuals -Oversee day-to-day implementation of deliverables, budget, and grant reporting for federally funded projects -Advance organizational culture change through the development of equitable policy and practice as a member of the agency’s Change Council, including advancing racial equity, advocating for employee wellness, building trust across the agency, and monitoring leadership accountability -Successfully advocated for the first enhancement of Texas health education standards in 20 years to include age-appropriate information on contraception, STI’s, human trafficking, sexting, and healthy relationships -Achieved legal reform to ensure inclusive services of victims of family violence, including mandating racial equity, LGBTQ, and cultural responsiveness training, as a co-lead of a statewide committee. -Promote internal policy changes to increase the agency’s fiscal efficiency and responsibility -Champion the inclusion of youth voices in violence prevention programming throughout Texas as the coordinator of a diverse, statewide youth advisory board -Assemble a quarterly task force meeting of state and local community partners to discuss and advise on current goings on at the intersection of health and gender-based, patriarchal violence -Co-produce and co-host TCFV’s first-ever weekly podcast--Down the Rabbit Hole -Manage planning and implementation for statewide Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month engagements -Conceived and executed the annual three-day Statewide Conference as a member of the planning committee -Facilitated more than 50 trainings for 1,800+ people on topics intersecting with gender-based violence (e.g., anti-oppression, health equity, community engagement, immigration, and harmful masculinity) -Increase agency visibility through an enhanced Instagram presence



Emory University School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2016 - Jun 2018

  Atlanta, Georgia



Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence

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

• Camp PEACE Intern

  • May 2017 - Jul 2017

  Decatur, GA Practicum experience: Educated adolescent boys through violence prevention and mindfulness curricula. Evaluated programmatic experiences with the Alternatives to Violence Program and therapeutic yoga. Counseled children on healthy relationships, conflict transformation and resolution, and emotional control.



Hubbard House, Inc.

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

• Victim Advocate

  • Sep 2014 - Jun 2016

  Jacksonville, Florida Area Completing child assessments. Facilitating children's counseling groups. Planning events for children and their families. Conducting individual case management meetings with children. Educating children about the effects of domestic violence, healthy conflict resolution, and healthy relationships. Developing safety plans with children for a variety of situations.

• Youth Prevention Facilitator AmeriCorps Member

  • Sep 2013 - Jul 2014

  Jacksonville, FL Planning and facilitating presentations to middle and high school students on Healthy/Unhealthy Relationships, Teen Dating Violence, Safety Planning, and Conflict Resolution. Educating youth and the community in general about intimate partner violence.



North Florida Health Corps

• Service Project Committee Member

  • Sep 2013 - Jul 2014

  Jacksonville, Florida Area Researching, planning and executing monthly service projects in which all of the Corps members participate.



Kroger

• Germany
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Store Clerk

  • Aug 2008 - Aug 2013

  Murfreesboro, TN



MTSU CARES

• President

  • Nov 2012 - May 2013

  Murfreesboro, TN



MTSU Catholic Campus Ministry

• Fundraising Chair

  • Jun 2011 - May 2013

  Murfreesboro, TN

• External Director

  • Jul 2010 - May 2011

  Murfreesboro, TN

• Awakening Coordinator

  • Jun 2010 - May 2011

  Murfreesboro, TN



St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church

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

• Volunteer

  • Aug 2012 - Feb 2013

  Murfreesboro, TN Clerical duties: filing, answering phones, errands, paperwork, bulletin stuffing, greetings, data inputting.



Child Family Health International

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

• Clinical Intern

  • Jul 2012 - Jul 2012

  Durban Area, South Africa Volunteer clinical internship; working in and observing the various aspects to the South African healthcare system, with a specific focus on the HIV/AIDS epidemic.