CCAW Pre-Conference

Event planning, faculty coordination, & on-site execution for Strangulation Series Pre-Conference at the annual Conference on Crimes Against Women. (2021 - Present)

2024 CCAW Strangulation Pre-Conference

Team: Changing Minds

Project and partnership management for Team: Changing Minds initiative, with Futures Without Violence, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, National Council for Mental Wellbeing, and founding investor Harry’s.
(2023 - Present)

Team: Changing Minds

Full Court Press Expert Witness Training Program

Project management, virtual event coordination, and curriculum development for the University of Texas Institute on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault. (2020 - 2022)

UT IDVSA Expert Witness Training

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)

Uber Training - Houston, TX

Uber Training - Austin, TX

Buffett-McCain Institute Initiative to Combat Modern Slavery

Coordinated and executed multiple 2-day training events on labor trafficking for law enforcement and prosecutors.
(2018 - 2020)

McCain Institute Press Release

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)

Texas OAG Press Release

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 and analyzed bills related to child abuse and human trafficking across multiple legislative sessions.

• 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 and case management to survivors of intimate partner violence, and provide additional assistance to attorneys for criminal and 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, & unexplained death cases

Texas OAG Criminal Case Press Release

Operations

Execute daily operations, create recruitment and onboarding practices and policies, and create internal systems to streamline programs.

• Management of preschool program, including enrollment & all operations

• Program evaluation & deliverable tracking

• Review, assessment, & development of onboarding practices and manuals

• Implementation of belonging, diversity, equity, & inclusion practices across agencies and teams

• 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 and 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 and annual grant reports, author grant proposals for new and existing projects, conduct research to identify potential funding sources.

• Grant research, writing, & reporting for non-governmental organization

• Awarded Pediatric Strangulation MDT Training Pilot Project (2017 - 2018)

• Development research, strategy, & messaging

Pediatric Strangulation Article