Coordinate parent-guided activity kits and provide individualized motivational interviewing-guided support sessions.
Assist in the successful completion of research study by conducting data collection visits, monitoring progress, and engaging partners from rural communities.
Support the implementation of an analytic process focused on evaluating the extent of reach, feasibility, and accessibility of intervention and complementary control programs.
Assess the magnitude of intervention's effect on diet, activity, and metabolic risk factors.
Health Education Intern
Sea Mar Health Clinic
07.2023 - Current
Collaborated with Food FARMacia team by setting up produce stand, interacting with patients, collecting demographic information, and providing patients with access to fresh produce at no cost.
Produced and translated social media posts and flyers relating to health education topics, clinic programs, and community events.
Mentor
Harvard Ed Portal
01.2022 - 05.2023
Instructed ~15 students in a fourth grade after-school science program and tutored fifth graders with one-on-one instruction with personalized art and math curriculums.
Managed middle school Environmental Club by preparing instructive lessons and bi-weekly field trips focused on empowering students to make a difference in their community.
Care Navigation Intern
Boston Community Pediatrics
08.2021 - 12.2021
Provided comprehensive, relationship-driven care navigation by assisting families with thesocial determinants of health, such as housing and food insecurity, childcare, WIC and SNAP applications, and utility support.
Partnered with community-based organizations to unify disconnected social services and dismantle practices that negatively affect health outcomes.
Research Assistant
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
06.2021 - 08.2021
Assisted with qualitative analysis of 37 interview transcripts in English and Spanish in a project researching in-clinic experiences for those who left the WIC program
Developed and revised analytic codebook, coded transcripts using NVivo software; collaboratively discussed and assigned themes from final codes with Dr Cristina Gago.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - History And Science
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
05.2023
Skills
Nvivo documentation and analysis
R programming language
Native in Spanish
Ethnographic research
Fellowships
Richardson Fellowship in Public Service, 06/2023, 04/2024, Strengthened the partnership between community organizations and local health centers in Seattle, WA and Chiapas, Mexico by identifying effective food security organizations and coordinating pop-up events. Promoted communication through social media posts, weekly radio presentations, and monthly newsletters within the health clinic and community centers.
Cordeiro Summer Research Fellowship, 05/2022, 08/2022, Interviewed migrant farmworker diagnosed with diabetes and staff members of community-based systems of care for the ethnographic section of my senior thesis. Compared prevalence and/or degree of harm of diabetes between migrant workers and local populations in Central California, Southern Spain, and Northern Italy.
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Summer Intern, 05/2021 - 08/2021, Conducted research for "Empowering the South American Diaspora as an Agent of Sustainable Development" and developed a diagnosis on the current state of participation of diasporas. Designed a matrix for the Global Ethical Recruitment Network project based on six principal themes related to the recruitment of migrant workers.
Environmental Education
Recupera Chile assistant, 05/2020, 07/2020, Translated Sea Around Us Curriculum from English to Spanish and recorded lessons for students in Chile.
Harvard NATURE teacher, 09/2019, 03/2020, Collaborated with Eastie Farm by providing hands-on experiential learning opportunities to East Boston students about environmental stewardship and resiliency., Facilitated educational exercises to aid students to learn how to work in groups, collaborate, and collective decision-making.
Awards
Cum Laude in History of Science
Recommended for High Honors in History and Science
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