Summary:

I am passionate about improve access to health care with historically marginalized and oppressed communities. I would like to work towards ensuring organizations foster psychological safety, trust, and accountability.

Education

Master in Public Health Candidate (’23) in Health Policy and Management, Health and Human Rights at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health *Relevant coursework Accounting and Budgeting Empirical Analysis Environmental Justice Health Policy and Analysis ** Data Science

Bachelor of Arts in Health: Science, Society and Policy; Social Justice and Social Policy from Brandeis University (2017)

Experience

  • Qualitative Research at New York Presbyterian Hospital: conduct research on surgical ICU culture, racism, and staff experience (August 2022 - Present)

  • Health Equity Strategic Intern* at New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation: developed and implemented health equity strategic plan at Gouverneur (June 2022 - August 2022)

  • Program Manager, Program Coordinator at Institute for Healthcare Improvement: developed, implemented, analyzed, and improved educational programs on a variety of health and health care topics. Co-managed culture and change management committee (August 2018 - May 2021)

  • Promise Zone Convening Leader, AmeriCorps VISTA at The Center for Family Services/City of Camden, NJ Government: Managed working groups, development and maintained stakeholder/community partnerships on efforts to address poverty in the community (July 2017 - July 2018)

  • Health Career Connection/Health Equity Reearch and Intervention Intern at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Center for Community Health and Health Equity): Conducted data analyses projects (May 2016 - May 2017)

  • BioStatistics Teaching Assistant at Brandeis University (January 2016 - May 2017)

  • Food and Wellness Network Intern at Turning Points for Children: Assisted in daily operations of the FAWN food pantry (June 2015 - August 2015)

  • Discovery Camp Counselor at The Franklin Institute: Ensured the physical and emotional well-being of campers and taught them interactive science lessons (June 2013 - August 2015, during summers and school breaks)

Volunteer and Leadership

  • Transcriber with the Prison Journalism Project
  • Born to Read Volunteer with the Center for Family Services
  • Social Justice and Social Policy Undergraduate Department Representative at Brandeis University
  • Project Plus One Student Chapter Leader at Brandeis University

Skills I have

  • Computer
    • Microsoft Excel
    • Microsoft PowerPoint
    • R
    • SAS
    • STATA
    • ArcGIS
    • Zoom
    • WebEx
  • Languages
    • Proficiency working proficiency - Spanish
    • Elementary proficiency - Haitian Creole
  • Program management - including implementation and evaluation
  • Virtual education and teaching
  • Facilitation
  • Community outreach and stakeholder engagement
  • Quality Improvement

Here’s a page with plotly plots to show some of my work. Data is from NYC Health.