Brandy Williams

An user experience researcher seeking to extend methodologies further by practicing and working within a company, research lab, or hospital that by implementing projects and utilizing UX design. Hard-working Supervisor with exceptional experience leading teams, delivering results and exceeding expectations. Creative and motivated leader adept at utilizing exceptional design and planning strengths to accomplish complex projects. Skilled in teaching new concepts and best practice strategies.

• Executive Director and Founder for a non-profit organization, Community Youth Self Empowerment.
• Certified Educator in Comprehension Science
• Teacher Mentor for Beginning Teachers. Provided a variety of formal and informal feedback, observed their instruction, and provided resources to train them into better educators.
• PLC Leader teacher for Earth and Environmental Science, Chemistry, and Physical Science.
• Improved peer academic performance as a SIP leader for UNCG in historically difficult courses such as general chemistry.
• Collaborated with team of 3 Peer Mentors UNCG in the development of Student Success for over 100 first-generation college peers during their freshman year of college. Developed them with soft skills and academic skills to prepare them for college and employment.
• Trained more than 12 full time associates on how to utilize technology platforms and created curriculum canvas courses for them to implement in their classrooms.
• Successfully restructured and implemented Flexible Grouping as a case study to research the effects on student performance while leading 3 teachers.
• Assisted in BIS/BAS research and 4 psychology dissertations that were later published in a Journal.
• Submitted my researcher paper to a Journal for Publishing
• Observed numerous Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists, and Pharmacy Technicians

• Community Self Empowerment Inc, for this non-profit organization, I have volunteered and been promoted to an Executive Director and new Founder in attempts to better our community by providing affordable housing for our youth, facilities for seniors and disable children, and educating our youth on holistic and mental health. (2023-Current)
• Carolina Healthcare Systems-Pineville, At this hospital, I volunteered as a receptionist for the Intensive Care Unit, I escorted patients and their family members to patient rooms and consolidated them during such stressful events. I received the opportunity to shadow numerous Nurse Anesthetists and even shadowed an Anesthesiologist, Dr. Adayapalam, while contemplating on pursing medical school. (2018-2020)
• Vidant Medical Center, At this hospital, I volunteered as a patient escort for the Radiology Unit. I transported patients to their destinations via wheelchair or accompanying them. (2016-2017)
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro, At this university, I studied and worked for two years under the supervision of Dr. Nelson-Gray and with graduate students to research psychopathy, BIS/BAS approach and borderline personality disorder. In this lab, I conducted experiments, gathered data, and wrote research papers to assist graduate students in their research for their dissertations. Dr. Nelson-Gray publishes books based on such research. (2013-2015)
• Realo Pharmacy, At this pharmacy, I had a mentorship while in high school. I took Honors Biomedical Sciences to concentrate on the medical field because even then I knew I desired to study medicine. (2011)