Chicago, Illinois, United States
I am a public health professional who is passionate about educating and aiding others on healthy living, health equity, and diet through a myriad of facets and roles. I believe in utilizing entrepreneurship as a tool to formulate sustainable business models that are not only successful but impactful to the communities they serve. As I progress in my career, my goal is to hone my skills and talents along with discovering and developing new skills to further strengthen myself and gain insight for the future plans I look forward to carrying out.
Managed multiple projects, campaigns, reports, and SOW for various bureaus within the department, such as Family Connects, Healthy Chicago 2025, Lead Poisoning Prevention, Safe Sleep Campaign • Directed and facilitated project operations and development internally and through external vendors • Provided content development oversite, strategy, and design for various projects and initiatives as well provided insight on strategic program operations • Launched various campaigns integral to program operations, expansion, and awareness • Worked with internal department heads, external stakeholders, commissioners, and executives to ensure consistent alignment on goals • Developed best practices, plans, and supporting material for team and project operations • Developed various products for public awareness of CDPH programs resulting in increased engagement of target populations and decrease in barriers of access to information • Provided budget oversight and management of financial agreements for projects ranging from 20k to +200k
Managed day-to-day operations including stocking inventory, sales, cashiering, and advising 15+ daily avg customers for the highest performing store in the greater New Orleans region generating ~$1000/day in revenue • Collected insights on performance metrics for four neighboring stores monitoring # of sales for prioritized items such as vitamins, diet supplements, subscriptions, and sports nutrition • Recommended quality dietary habits and improvements for customers to aid in hormonal imbalances, meal planning, and other health factors • Trained and managed incoming sales associates through shadowing, deploying successful sales methods and best practices
Devised go-to-market initiatives for Black owned plant-based restaurant specializing in Creole vegan cuisine by iterating on business plan, identifying restaurant locations, and executing customer acquisitions strategies • Aided in marketing activities – website development, flyers, social media campaigns, logos, and branding • Expanded demographic and increased customer reach by various food distribution channels – online, catering, Teachable (online teaching healthy eating and culinary skills), food festivals, and cross promotion events
Developed additional revenue stream through Project Café Maria – partnering with farms in Haiti to support small farmers and expand Agrowtopia assets • Received awards at Regional Pitch Competitions through 3M Sales for Social Impact Program and Enactus • Facilitated Heathy Eats program through Aetna grant at local Salvation Army serving Gert Town community food dessert • Implemented community, small business, and campus engagement campaigns to expand Agrowtopia customer base and increase visibility through activities such as Public Health week and door-to-door community engagement campaign
Created efficiencies for streamlining the student connection to internship opportunities, counseling, professional development resources by identifying gap in disparate data systems and recommending updates to improve end-user experience resulting in merger of multiple student resource departments and information systems • Provided counsel to students on career path opportunities influencing increase of 11 students in majoring in Public Health