Portfolio
Projects & Partnerships
CCAW Pre-Conference
Event planning, faculty coordination, & on-site execution for Strangulation Series Pre-Conference at the national Conference on Crimes Against Women.
(2021 - Present)
Team: Changing Minds
Project and partnership management for national initiative, with Futures Without Violence, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, National Council for Mental Wellbeing, & founding investor Harry’s.
(2023 - Present)
Full Court Press Expert Witness Training
Project management, event coordination, & curriculum development for the University of Texas Institute on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault.
(2020 - 2022)
Uber
Planned event details for 6 regional human trafficking trainings for Uber drivers across Texas and provided substantive, tailored training at 4 events.
(2019 - 2020)
Buffett-McCain Institute to Combat Modern Slavery
Coordinated and executed multiple 2-day training events on labor trafficking for law enforcement and prosecutors.
(2018 - 2020)
Citywide Immersive Training Initiative
Planned and executed all details for a multi-event, human trafficking awareness initiative including training for professionals and a public film screening, reaching over 650 people in Southeast Texas over 3 days.
(2019 - 2020)
Advocacy, Policy, & Casework
Coalitions & Task Forces
Coordinate efforts and events for regional and statewide coalitions and task forces, including launching regional task forces focusing on pediatric strangulation.
Regional Pediatric Asphyxiation Task Forces
Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Task Force
Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Coordinating Council
Central Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking
Austin/Central Texas Family Violence Task Force
Legislative Affairs
Tracked & analyzed hundreds of Texas bills related to child abuse & human trafficking.
Implementation of legislatively-mandated training content
Bill tracking, summary, & analysis
Resource witness testimony for human trafficking bill (86th Texas Legislature, 2019)
Coordination of legislative recommendations
Implementation of legislative mandates for state agencies
Authored content for statewide strategic plan
Casework
Served as witness coordinator in a first-degree felony human trafficking case, provided advocacy & case management to survivors of intimate partner violence, & provide assistance to attorneys for criminal & civil cases.
Victim Advocate for survivors of intimate partner violence
Witness coordination for criminal trial & witness preparation assistance
Case research, document review, & report writing for child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, & homicide/unexplained death cases
Operations & Development
Operations
Execute daily operations, create recruitment & onboarding practices & policies, create internal systems & workflows to streamline programs.
Supervision of up to 35 staff
Management of preschool program, including enrollment & all operations
Program evaluation & deliverable tracking
Review, assessment, & development of onboarding practices & manuals
Evaluation of organizational culture & recommendations for improved team satisfaction
Capacity Building
Cultivate and manage strategic partnerships, develop ongoing structures and practices for teams and programs, and assist with development of organizational vision.
Gaps analysis & identification of potential stakeholders
Management of strategic inter-agency partnerships
Implementation of professional development programs & team-building activities
Task management & timeline development for projects & teams
Asset mapping, brainstorming, & vision building
Grant Writing
Compile content for quarterly & annual grant reports, author grant proposals for new & existing projects, conduct research to identify potential funding sources.
Grant research, writing, & reporting for non-governmental organization
Grant writing success rate of nearly 60%
Secured over $21 million in total funding for nonprofits
Awarded & implemented Pediatric Strangulation MDT Training Pilot Project (2017 - 2018)
Oversee grant deliverables & reporting requirements
Development research, strategy, & messaging
Training & Media
Training
Provide substantive instruction & tailored training related to intimate partner violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, adverse childhood experiences, & survivors with unseen disabilities.
Key Trainings & Courses:
Health Disparities in Society (University of Florida, 2013)
Pediatric Strangulation (2018)
Human Trafficking 101 (2019 - Present)
Adverse Childhood Experiences (2021 - Present)
Survivors with Unseen Disabilities (2023 - Present)
Aquatic Crimes Against Women (2023 - Present)
Sexual Healing for Survivors (2024 - Present)
Speaking & Media
Provide media interviewing & panel expertise related to violence & author content for press releases & transcripts.
Press release language development
Creation of questions & transcripts for recorded content for leaders & elected officials
Liaison with media for events coverage & promotion
Media interviewing related to subject matter expertise & events promotion
Panel participation for internal & public awareness events
Uber Interview, Austin (KVUE, 2020)
Uber Interview, Houston (KRIV, 2020)
Training for Luling High School (Luling, TX; February 25, 2020)
Uber Interview, KVUE (Austin, TX; 2020)
Austin Police Department Virtual Press Conference (Human Trafficking Awareness Month, 2021)
Training for Texas Municipal Police Association (Virtual; June 10, 2021)
Writing & Editing
Selected Work
Contributor to Publications:
Child Protection: Collaborative Intervention Strategies (Domestic Violence Assessment, Volumes 1-3, STM Learning, Inc; Forthcoming)
Combining Strangulation and Sexual Abuse as Tools of Intimate Partner Abuse (Civic Research Institute: Sex Offender Law Report, Vol. 24, No. 1)
Honoring Texas Victims: Family Violence Fatalities in 2021 (Texas Council on Family Violence, 2022)
Detecting Sexually Motivated Asphyxiation (Civic Research Institute: Sex Offender Law Report, Vol. 23, No. 2, Feb./March 2022)
Honoring Texas Victims: Family Violence Fatalities in 2020 (Texas Council on Family Violence, 2021)
Strategic Plan – Charting an End to Human Trafficking in Texas (Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Coordinating Council, 2020)
Conference Papers:
Unveiling Piety: A Discussion of Hijab, History, and Agency within the Egyptian Women’s Mosque Movement; Politics of Religion: Graduate Student Symposium (Florida State University, 2013)
Redefining a Survivor-Centered Approach: Questioning ‘Violence,’ ‘Victim,’ and Gendered Dichotomies in an Intimate Partner Violence Law Clinic; The Feminism & Legal Theory Project: A Workshop on the Geographies of Violence: Place, Space, & Time (Emory University, 2014)
Skills
Research:
Academic research & literature reviews
Case & legal research, including open-source information
Writing:
Curriculum & educational materials
Conference proposals & tailored audience/objectives
Ghost writing: press releases & speaker scripts/remarks
Review & Editing:
Statewide public reports
Outreach, social media, and marketing messaging & materials
Content synthesis & ensuring single author voice
Strategic Plan – Charting an End to Human Trafficking in Texas (Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Coordinating Council, 2020)
Blog Post (4/8/21)
Honoring Texas Victims: Family Violence Fatalities in 2020 (Texas Council on Family Violence, 2021)
Blog Post (10/9/21)