Experience

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  Emory university

  Sept 2014 - May 2016

  Research assistant

  -Completed an honors thesis on pilus structure and function relationships during Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation. -Determining the relationship between the cellular capsule and outer membrane vesicles in Vibrio vulnificus.-Examining interactions between bacteriophage and flagella during infection of Caulobacter crescentus.

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  A.i. dupont hospital for children| nemours

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Research student

  -Identified prognostic factors predicting the success of a lingual frenotomy in breastfeeding infants with ankyloglossia-Responsible for obtaining IRB approval for the study.

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  Peace corps

  Aug 2017 - May 2019

  Community health promoter

  -Collaborated with local professionals to create and coordinate a funded, multi-institutional, community health program. -Trained health and municipality workers on health promotion strategies to lower the rate of childhood malnutrition and anemia. -Equipped teachers with strategies for educating teens about HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, contraception, and sexual health.

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  Friends first

  Sept 2019 - Sept 2020

  Program coordinator

  -Coordinated and facilitated the STARS Peer Mentoring Program and Project AIM in schools across the Denver metropolitan area. -Mentored high school and middle school students and helped them to develop healthy relationships and a future focused mindset.

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  Johns hopkins school of nursing

  Feb 2021 - Aug 2022

  Intern at the center for global initiatives; global alliance for nursing and midwifery
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  Centro sol

  Apr 2021 - Sept 2021

  Research assistant
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  Mission health

  Oct 2022 - now

  Pulmonary pcu nurse
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  Buncombe county health and human services (bchhs)

  Mar 2024 - now

  Public health nurse ii