Education
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2020 - 2022
Washington University in St. Louis
Master's of Social Work: Social Impact Leadership
Business administration and evaluation for social impact, with focus in diversity, equity and inclusion. Received Dean’s Scholarship in Social Work, evaluated to hold promise of superior performance & leadership. Received honors in innovation and entrepreneurship.
Experience
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2021 - Present
WEPOWER
Bilingual Storytelling Lead & Research Associate
• Create compelling narratives that increase external stakeholder engagement and build organizational brand
• Conduct in-depth interviews with staff and stakeholders to ghostwrite equity-centered profiles
• Stream-line program evaluation and data analysis and present findings to leadership, increasing organization’s data-informed decision-making
• Draft and translate social media, website copy, and collateral materials in English and Spanish -
2022 - 2022
BioSTL
Project Manager & DEI Consultant
• Doubled staff and senior leadership participation in diversity, equity, and inclusion programming by conducting needs-assessments, then modifying and facilitating curriculum to better meet the needs of 30+ employees
• Led team and 75+ public/private stakeholders in a full-cycle research project that uncovered region’s current practices in work-based learning, identifying major pain points and strategies for improvement
• Engaged senior leaders, staff, contractors, and broad regional leadership in various research techniques, such as qualitative interviews and focus groups, quantitative surveys, user labs, and participatory design sessions -
2021 - 2021
Community Innovation and Action Center
Consultant
• Developed training curriculum and implemented leadership training program for area coalition leaders
• Researched best practices of evaluation strategies for various collaborative program initiatives and presented to regional corporate and non-profit leaders
• Drafted and facilitated use of new strategic planning workbook for board and senior leadership, resulting in increased meeting participation and efficiency -
2016 - 2018
Independently Contracted
Communications Trainer & Coordinator
• Coordinated and facilitated high-impact training programs to support organizational leaders and community
members in DEI, bias awareness, and effective conflict resolution
• Engaged high-profile community leaders in race-based dialoguing program—scheduling, program planning,
drafting and co-facilitating content
• Designed and distributed qualitative/quantitative client surveys to measure and track programs’ impact,
enabling continuous program improvement -
2011 - 2015
Independently Contracted
Project Manager & Trainer
• Designed and led community art installation projects from start to finish, managing clients, vendors and volunteers, and ensuring that projects were executed efficiently, on time and on budget
• Recruited and trained up to 50 volunteers per project in natural building techniques, maintaining steady
workflows and inspired involvement throughout projects’ duration