About Me
What motivates me is improving human service systems that impact the day-to-day lives of families and children, particularly families living in poverty and communities of color. For over 5 years, I’ve leveraged my background in research and policy toward that goal by partnering with public, private, and non-profit agencies to translate data into strategies to support children and families.
I am currently the Director of Research, Evaluation, & Learning at the Children’s Health Fund, where I lead the evaluation and monitoring of a national network of 26 programs across the country reaching 100,000 children and family members with health services each year, as well as research projects to further our advocacy efforts ensuring all children have access to healthcare.
Previously, I served as Director of Data Analytics at Action Research, where I led operational research and program evaluation consulting projects for agencies like the NYC Administration for Children’s Services and NYC Department of Homeless Services. I started as a Research Assistant at Action Research when the company’s only other employee was the founder. Five years later, Action Research employs six staff and is recognized as a national expert in child welfare research. What I’m most proud of is that I contributed to several successful system reform efforts with the NYC Administration for Children’s Services and led a landmark study that furthered the cause of providing effective legal defense to parents involved in child welfare court cases across the country. In addition to leading impactful analytic consulting, I shaped the growth of the company through mentoring and hiring staff, implementing project management and cloud storage software, and designing professional development and training programs to develop the company culture.
When I'm not working on those, I speak about predictive analytics in child welfare, advocate for legislative changes to child welfare in NY, and write poetry and play country blues and ragtime guitar.
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