Experience

Closing the Gap Year, Inc.

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

• President and Founder

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Founder of Closing the Gap Year, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a vision to see a world where all youth and young adults have access to resources and are encouraged to reach their full potential. Focus on board management, program development, community partnership development, and participant engagement. Founder of Closing the Gap Year, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a vision to see a world where all youth and young adults have access to resources and are encouraged to reach their full potential. Focus on board management, program development, community partnership development, and participant engagement.



From Prison Cells To PhD

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Coordinator

  • Sep 2020 - Feb 2021

  Responsible for multiple facets of organization's volunteer arm. Facilitated recruitment; Organized and conducted orientations and trainings; Monitored volunteers’ and participants’ engagement; Created and implemented Policy to ensure participant engagement, program documentation, and program metric capture capability; Linked volunteers with formally and currently incarcerated individuals to create accountability team to support participants' goals to change lives through education. Responsible for multiple facets of organization's volunteer arm. Facilitated recruitment; Organized and conducted orientations and trainings; Monitored volunteers’ and participants’ engagement; Created and implemented Policy to ensure participant engagement, program documentation, and program metric capture capability; Linked volunteers with formally and currently incarcerated individuals to create accountability team to support participants' goals to change lives through education.



Unity Health Care Inc

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Certified Nurse Midwife

  • Mar 2010 - Jun 2019

  Performed comprehensive history and physical assessments, established diagnoses, and formulated treatment, referral, and follow-up care plans; Provided patient education and counseling during pre-conception, prenatal, and postnatal periods; Participated in case and peer reviews to identify and improve system deficiencies and enhance patient outcomes; Consulted and collaborated with members of healthcare team within and across organizations. Performed comprehensive history and physical assessments, established diagnoses, and formulated treatment, referral, and follow-up care plans; Provided patient education and counseling during pre-conception, prenatal, and postnatal periods; Participated in case and peer reviews to identify and improve system deficiencies and enhance patient outcomes; Consulted and collaborated with members of healthcare team within and across organizations.



Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Care Disparities Solutions

• Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2016 - Feb 2018

  Generated first drafts of Structured Interview Questionnaires; Oversaw field/site visits documentation and recordings; Completed field note transcriptions and produced summarized qualitative findings to meet report deliverables; Led focus group; Served as liaison between evaluation team and HEZ sites in order to facilitate inter-agency communication and to coordinate site visits and qualitative interviews; Updated Institutional Review Board (IRB) documents to ensure IRB compliance; Contributed to writing and editing progress reports for submission to the State of Maryland to fulfill contract deliverable. Show less



Unity Health Care

• Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Strong Start Program Coordinator

  • Nov 2014 - May 2017

  Spearheaded and managed Unity's implementation of a federal research initiative to reduce preterm and low birth-weight babies among low-income women; Trained, supervised, and supported team members in patient outreach and data collection and with electronic medical record documentation; Created and managed schedules for 5 Prenatal Care Associates covering 9 clinical sites; Arranged and led team meetings; Identified team member training needs and implemented strategies to improve patient teaching and patient counseling competencies; Surpassed participant enrollment benchmark. Show less



EngenderHealth-CHAMPION Project, Tanzania, East Africa

• Tanzania, East Africa

• Public Health Intern

  • Feb 2009 - Aug 2009

  Helped implement community awareness and outreach programs targeting reproductive health and HIV issues; Revised Standards of Performance for Male-Friendly Reproductive and HIV Health Services to reflect current practices. Helped implement community awareness and outreach programs targeting reproductive health and HIV issues; Revised Standards of Performance for Male-Friendly Reproductive and HIV Health Services to reflect current practices.



Ochsner Hospital

• New Orleans, Louisiana

• Registered Nurse Mother-Baby/Gynecology

  • Jan 2008 - Jan 2009



Methodist Hospital

• Indianapolis, Indiana

• Certified Nurse-Midwife

  • Aug 2005 - Jul 2007