Co-designed a healing-centered equity readiness assessment and supported five Benefits Enrollment Centers through research, coaching, technical assistance, site visits, customized learning experiences, a virtual Equity Hub, instructional videos, dashboards, and implementation tools. The work integrated healing as a core dimension of organizational equity while strengthening leadership, culture, partnerships, and service delivery. Co-led with: Zahara Consulting, LLC and QPOC Labs.

What began as a series of healthy relationships workshops evolved into a three-year partnership with Carlow University. Together, we co-created strategies to engage men and boys, strengthen trauma-informed and healing-centered approaches to gender-based violence prevention, and foster a campus culture rooted in care, belonging, and accountability. The partnership culminated in a three-day Communities of Care initiative that brought together students, faculty, and staff through interactive workshops and narrative change strategies designed to build lasting community capacity.

Partnered with Survivors Pathway to co-design a survivor-centered program, develop its concept and identity, conduct research and data analysis, and write competitive federal grant proposals aligned with the organization’s vision and community needs. The collaboration resulted in the organization’s first federal award from the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW).

Co-designed a healing-centered equity readiness assessment and supported five Benefits Enrollment Centers through research, coaching, technical assistance, site visits, customized learning experiences, a virtual Equity Hub, instructional videos, dashboards, and implementation tools. The work integrated healing as a core dimension of organizational equity while strengthening leadership, culture, partnerships, and service delivery. Co-led with: Zahara Consulting, LLC and QPOC Labs.

Designed and implemented a funding intelligence system to strengthen Voces Latinas’ long-term fundraising capacity. Conducted comprehensive funding research, developed a customized grant tracking database, and identified more than 14 funding opportunities aligned with the organization’s mission and strategic priorities. The project established a sustainable process for researching, organizing, and managing grant opportunities, strengthening the organization’s readiness to pursue future funding.

Co-authored the national publication Supporting Men in Healing from Sexual Violence: Tip Sheets in collaboration with the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and Just Detention International. Authored the opening framework, “Walking with Men in Their Healing Journey,” which introduces a healing-centered, culturally responsive approach to supporting male survivors of sexual violence and establishes the guiding principles for the resource. The publication equips advocates with practical strategies to strengthen engagement, safety, and healing for diverse communities of men.

Co-designed a multi-phase participatory research initiative and community campaign with Latino men and local partners in rural Comerío, Puerto Rico. Designed and facilitated staff training on healthy masculinities, followed by a healing-centered dialogue circle with local men whose insights informed community-driven messaging, custom illustrations rooted in the local context, and a QR-based engagement tool to identify men’s needs and priorities.

Partnered with the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence to design and facilitate a national convening that advanced inclusive, survivor-centered approaches for supporting male-identified survivors of domestic violence through peer learning and collective problem-solving.

Partnered with the Texas Department of State Health Services to co-facilitate a learning session at the Texas State HIV/AIDS Conference alongside Dr. Josie Serrata. The session explored the intersections of sexual trauma, HIV, and healing, equipping health and community professionals with culturally responsive, trauma-informed approaches to supporting survivors, reducing HIV risk, and strengthening healing-centered care across HIV prevention and service systems.

Designed and facilitated a narrative change learning experience that helped Child Advocacy Fellows critically examine dominant narratives and strengthen communication strategies that foster belonging, challenge harmful frames, and amplify community strengths.

Designed and implemented a funding intelligence system to strengthen Survivors Pathway’s long-term fundraising capacity. Over a three-month engagement, we built a centralized information hub, developed a customized grant-tracking database in Excel, administered surveys to precisely match funding opportunities to the organization’s mission and strategic priorities, and identified more than 18 funding opportunities. The result: a sustainable, repeatable process for researching, organizing, and pursuing grant opportunities, positioning the organization for long-term funding readiness.

Co-designed and co-facilitated a healing justice learning experience with 10 partners of United Voices for Justice, exploring the intersections of racism, interpersonal violence, and the criminal legal system. Together, participants developed strategies for coalition building, communities of care, and healing-centered systems change.

Served as a featured panelist at the AIDS United Midwest Learning Symposium, contributing to a regional dialogue on racial justice, health equity, and community engagement in HIV prevention planning. Shared strategies for strengthening trust, shifting power dynamics, and increasing the leadership of Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color in community planning processes to improve equitable access to HIV prevention services.

Co-designed a healing-centered equity readiness assessment and supported five Benefits Enrollment Centers through research, coaching, technical assistance, site visits, customized learning experiences, a virtual Equity Hub, instructional videos, dashboards, and implementation tools. The work integrated healing as a core dimension of organizational equity while strengthening leadership, culture, partnerships, and service delivery. Co-led with: Zahara Consulting, LLC and QPOC Labs.

Co-designed a healing-centered equity readiness assessment and supported five Benefits Enrollment Centers through research, coaching, technical assistance, site visits, customized learning experiences, a virtual Equity Hub, instructional videos, dashboards, and implementation tools. The work integrated healing as a core dimension of organizational equity while strengthening leadership, culture, partnerships, and service delivery. Co-led with: Zahara Consulting, LLC and QPOC Labs.

Co-designed a healing-centered equity readiness assessment and supported five Benefits Enrollment Centers through research, coaching, technical assistance, site visits, customized learning experiences, a virtual Equity Hub, instructional videos, dashboards, and implementation tools. The work integrated healing as a core dimension of organizational equity while strengthening leadership, culture, partnerships, and service delivery. Co-led with: Zahara Consulting, LLC and QPOC Labs.

Partnered with the Director of ResourceWell to strengthen the platform’s long-term strategy through community-centered research and engagement. Co-designed community listening sessions, developed research protocols and surveys, gathered insights from consultants, nonprofit organizations, and funders, and translated findings into actionable recommendations to strengthen the consultant experience, organizational partnerships, platform growth, and long-term sustainability. The work combined participatory research, strategic planning, and community engagement to help shape ResourceWell’s future direction.