Background

Alumnus of the University of Michigan School of Public Health MPH program, concentration in Health Behavior and Health Education. Experienced public health program management and program implementation professional, with over a decade of public health practice and public health research experience. Recipient of an award from the Massachusetts State Senate for contributions to substance use prevention in Massachusetts.

Job experience

• January 2017 - January 2020
  Program Coordinator
  Bay State Community Services
  

  Quincy, MA, USA

  - Coordinated the MOAPC (Massachusetts Opioid Abuse Prevention Collaborative) grant program for Bay State Community Services.
  - Led work groups that collaboratively implemented each of the substantive areas of the grant (capacity building, opioid overdose prevention initiatives, etc.)
  - Led a team that developed a health survey instrument to implement with high school youth.
  - Received an award from the Massachusetts State Senate and the town of Braintree, MA for my contributions to substance use prevention.

• August 2016 - January 2017
  Prevention Specialist
  Manet Community Health Center
  

  Quincy, MA, USA

  - Facilitated health education groups for people who were in recovery for substance use addiction, particularly opioid addiction, utilizing a harm reduction approach.
  - Screened patients for hepatitis C, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections in clinical and non-clinical settings.
  - Conducted street outreach to identify individuals who needed overdose prevention information and needed assistance to connect to social services and basic supports such as housing and medical care.
  - Represented Manet Community Health Center's prevention team in municipal substance use prevention initiatives.

• December 2015 - June 2016
  Public Health Prevention Specialist (Grant Coordinator)
  City of Worcester/Central MA Regional Public Health Alliance
  

  Worcester, MA, USA

  - Worked as a public health prevention specialist, representing the City of Worcester's public health department by managing public health grants and facilitating community health initiatives in the municipalities that are part of the Worcester region's public health alliance.
  - Managed the Worcester region's municipal public health grants that focused mental health, focusing on the System of Care (SOC) grant for early childhood mental health and the Mental Health First Aid program.
  - Facilitated the Cultural Responsiveness and Mental Health work groups for the Worcester region's planning process, through which the region identified policy priorities and resource allocation priorities for public health and produced the Community Health Improvement Plan.
  

Education

• University of Michigan School of Public Health
  Master of Public Health
  

  2011 - 2013

  Earned a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, with a concentration in Health Behavior and Health Education.
• Michigan State University
  Bachelor of Arts
  

  2004 - 2008

  Earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Michigan State University.