ALIFA WATKINS

• Managed and supervised city-wide community prevention education and outreach program, overseeing prevention budgets of over $1 million annually, state/federal grant contracts, purchasing invoices, employee timecards, and other administrative tasks in accordance with ABCD, state, and federal grant guidelines.
• Conducted program outreach, recruitment, and marketing strategies that increased community awareness of and access to services by 40% (e.g., Mailchimp, Facebook, Instagram, Eventbrite).
• Coached team members on productivity strategies to accomplish challenging goals.
• Built partnerships with community organizations to expand reach and impact.
• ACCOMPLISHMENT: Created 2 new program models and spearheaded creative directions for 4 flagship programs.

• Restructured webinar training program by designing better-quality materials, providing technical assistance to staff, and modernizing logistics practices, leading to performance improvements amongst outreach staff.
• Revamped presentation templates for 3 flagship workshops, improving their workflow and usability by 30%.

• Recruited, supervised, and trained 12+ peer educators in delivering sex ed workshops for 500 middle and high school youth.
• Administered program budget of over $300k, operations, and peer educator payroll and work hours.
• Spearheaded and implemented new projects to expand scope of engagement.
• ACCOMPLISHMENT: Proposed and organized LGBTQ+ youth 8 community engagements events such as Pride Prom (~175 attendees).

• Implemented research-based teen education program focused on reducing HIV/AIDS in communities of color.
• Facilitated weekly "Be Proud! Be Responsible!" workshops to ~300 low-income middle and high school students.
• Collaborated with other health professionals to provide comprehensive health education services.
• Maintained accurate and complete records to document program activities and outcomes.
• ACCOMPLISHMENT: Integrated gender and sexuality diversity principles into company culture via internal trainings for ~150 staff.

• Collaborated with fellow educators to effectively adapt lessons to encourage participation and learning outcomes.
• In post-program survey, 96% of students reported that I fostered a "comfortable environment for them to learn."

• Managed Alice! Facebook and Twitter accounts for marketing and educational purposes, increasing audience engagement by and followers by 15%.
• Developed and distributed health education materials to increase awareness and understanding.
• Developed and implemented health education social media campaigns and infographics to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent chronic diseases.

• Studying a range of UX Design topics from usability research methods, visual and design concepting, designing for accessibility and inclusion, information architecture, UX analytics, and modern user interface design.

• Coursework of over 200 hours of instruction and completing three end-to-end projects.
• Studying the design process from beginning to end, including Empathizing with users; Defining user pain points; Coming up with ideas for design solutions; Creating wireframes, mockups, and prototypes; Testing designs through usability studies; Iterating on designs based on feedback and Adobe Creative Cloud.

Relevant Technical Skills: HTML | CSS | JavaScript | Node.js | Express.js | MongoDB | Mongoose | React | SQL | Computer Science Concepts | Frontend and Backend Frameworks | Data Structures and Algorithms

Women’s, Gender