Higher Education Professional
Master of Arts | Teachers College, Columbia University
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Divisionally recognized organizational administrator with 6+ years of experience supporting leaders’ growth with an emphasis on collaboration through advisement, leadership development, diversity advocacy and professional development at private, public and liberal arts institutions and people of diverse backgrounds in higher education.
Seek to continue to develop as a knowledgeable professional in student, organizational and professional development and growth. An advocate of education with a rich experience as well as a positive reputation of inspiring others to excel in academic, social and developmental activities. Versatile in involvement, athletic and academic pursuits. Recognized by colleagues for encouraging advisement, computer application expertise, quick learner and detailed oriented.
Education​​
Teachers College, Columbia University '14
​New York, NY
Masters in Arts, Higher and Postsecondary Education
Organizaiton and Leadership
College Educational Quality National Research Team Member
Kappa Delta Pi International Education Honor Society, Treasurer
Ramapo College of New Jersey '12
Mahwah, NJ
Bachelors of Science in Business Administration
Anisfield School of Business, AACSB Accredited
Concentration – Management
Dean’s List Spring 2010
Spring 2011 – China Immersion, Beijing & Shanghai, China
Cumberland County College '09
Vineland, NJ
Associate in Arts in Business Administration
President’s List Fall 2008
Dean’s List Fall 2007 / Spring 2009
NJ STAR Scholar & School Counts! Scholar
Skills
Knowledge Based Skills​
Budgeting
Diversity advocacy
Event & program development
Event & program management
Facilitation
Involvement
Mentoring
Student organization transition
Training
Volunteer management
Technical Skills​
Lock systems:
Solitaire & Wincodes
Microsoft Office Suite:
Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Dreamweaver
Drupal 7
Google document management
Site Executive
Word Press
People Skills
Collaborator
Discipline
Harmony
Includer
Motivator
Resourceful
Relator
Results-Oriented
Self-Starter
Team Player
Selected Interests
Black Male Achievement
College Access
Community College Transition
Higher Education
Male College Student Success
Mentoring
Organizational & Staff Development
Student Affairs
Student Experiences & Satisfatcion
Student Government
Student Involvement Opportunities
Selected
Work​
Experience​
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Life Design Lab
Assistant Director of Life Design - Diversity and Inclusion
February 2020 - Present
Collaborate with diversity and inclusion offices to help students design their lives with their social identities in mind.
Envision with staff and students designing one’s life through a lens of social identities such as multicultural, racial, sexual orientation, religious / spiritual, gender.
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Design and facilitate workshops and office hours use design thinking and social justice principles to improve diversity, equity and inclusion for all students and alumni.
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Develop plan for professional development, career advancement, life design, connections with alumni, employer engagement, experiential learning, and mentoring opportunities for under-represented communities, especially first generation and limited income, on the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University.
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Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Student Leadership and Involvement
Assistant Director of Student Organizations
July 2017 - February 2020
Coordinator of Student Organizations
April 2015 - June 2017
Support and advocate for student organizations and issues by strategically developing plans to improve areas such as collaboration, communication and organization management.
Provide overall guidance and advisement for student organizations on developing their groups from starting a new group to transitioning leadership.
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Advise student government association members on appointments and evaluations, allocating funding, programming and policy implementation and management.
Advise the Sophomore Class Council in building a community through advocacy, financial literacy, increased participation, leadership development, peer feedback and creating better residential experiences.
Implement workshops that improve student organization processes and to be better leaders and global citizen.
Facilitate the coordination of activities, programs, and services that support the holistic growth and development of first year students at Hopkins.
Advise the Freshman Class Council in building a community through advocacy, financial literacy, leadership development, peer feedback and creating better residential experiences.
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Office of the Dean of Student Life
Campus Programming Coordinator
October 2014 - March 2015
Facilitate the coordination of activities, programs, and services that support the holistic growth and development of first year students at Hopkins.
Advise the Freshman Class Council in building a community through advocacy, financial literacy, leadership development, peer feedback and creating better residential experiences.
Coordinated Family Weekend programming that served 800+ families through online registration, on site check-in, and other program logistics in collaboration with campus partners such as dinning, parent programs, multicultural affairs, athletics, etc.
Developed and analyzed budgets ranging from $4,000 – $200,000.
Facilitate three search processes to fill vacant positions in orientation, leadership development and student activities.
Create weekend programs in collaboration with faculty in the Center for Leadership Education and community members in the city for a winter break intersession program whose purpose is to engage students in the Baltimore community.
Manage the recruitment and training of the orientation core student staff team through electronic marketing and communication, interviews and planning and implementation of training curriculum.
Columbia University, New York, NY
Office of Multicultural Affairs
Graduate Assistant, Leadership and Advisement
August 2012 - May 2014
Collaborate with Assistant Director in the coordination and growth (20% increase in participation) of a mentoring initiative that includes 100+ students from various social and ethnic identities including Arab/Middle Eastern, Asian, Black, Indigenous, International, Latino, and LGBT.
Advise four-five students in the coordination and the development of an initiative that provides a safe and supportive space for men of color in their personal and academic development.
Create institutional memory for departmental programs such as a graduations and mentoring program by gathering 3+ years of information into a central location for use by current and future staff.
Facilitated seminars that improved students’ knowledge around social and ethnic identities.
Institute and advise an initiative that aims to provide a safe and supportive space for men of color in their personal and academic development.
Developed office brochure for marketing to reach student population of 4000 or more.
Introduced multiple proposals for annual graduation ceremony
References are available upon request.