Lead Direct Care Counselor over PHP/IOP programs with experience working with residential clients.
Emphasis in English/ Journalism and Sociology | Helped establish JSU's Earth Club: planned campus events, advocated, and implemented fund-raising and volunteer opportunities | Helped establish university chapter of RESULTS | Volunteered for campus newspaper and radio station (The Chanticleer and WLJS91.9 FM) | Also involved in: Writing Club, Active Minds, Inc. | Studied abroad (Rome, Italy - 2013) | Awarded summer film scholarship (Baton Rouge, LA - 2011) | Awarded 2-year academic scholarship (2010)
Granted a yearlong fellowship with RESULTS, Inc., a nonprofit, grassroots advocacy 501(c)(4) organization which pushes for specific policies and legislation to address poverty and empowers people to become powerful voices for the end of poverty through grassroots advocacy. Will receive training and support over 12 months to become a more powerful advocate | Will attend the RESULTS International Conference in Washington, DC. In July 2019 and the REAL Change Spring Policy Summit in D.C. in Spring 2020 to learn about RESULTS priority issues more in depth. Will meet directly with members of congress and their staff on Capitol Hill | Will commit an average of 6+ hours per week to working with RESULTS and attend bi-weekly meetings (held on late evenings/ nights)