About me

CONTRACTOR (YABERRA) 

I collaborated with the Emory Global Health Institute (EGHI) to help develop an interactive digital footprint showcasing EGHI's and Emory's global health projects. The goal was to highlight the institutions' commitment to promoting health equity and improving global health outcomes and provide an accessible, engaging, and informative resource for internal stakeholders and the public. 

• Establish project scope and objectives in collaboration with EGHI stakeholders.
• Develop a detailed project timeline and milestones.
• Conduct regular update meetings to ensure alignment and address any project changes.
• Internal joint efforts to consolidate data on global health projects from various departments within Emory and EGHI
• Organize and clean the collected data to ensure accuracy and relevancy.
• Standardize data formats to simplify integration and analysis.
• Create initial design sketches and wireframes for the digital interface, focusing on usability and aesthetic appeal.
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers to refine concepts based on stakeholder feedback.
• Develop interactive prototypes to demonstrate the functionality of the digital footprint.
• Develop data model to integrate and consolidate in Tableau Prep
• Use Tableau to create dynamic and interactive data visualizations dashboards 

Assistant Digital Communications and Web Specialist 

I worked on a surge team with the CDC Foundation to help assist the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's (NYC's DOHMH) COVID-19 web pages and digital web team. My role involved: 

• Redesigning and strategically restructuring high-traffic webpages for NYC's DOHMH Vital Records and Clinic Services significantly improved user accessibility and engagement during the critical phases of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Conducting a UX|UI research study to analyze local and international health websites. This helped identify key UX/UI improvements for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's (NYC's DOHMH) COVID-19 web pages. The study focused on key metrics such as ease of navigation, page load times, mobile responsiveness, readability, and accessibility compliance.
• Cross-collaborated with the Executive Press Secretary's Office, the language and translation department, and the heads of the Digital Web team, I played a key role in translating all the changes and posting NYC's DOHMH press releases within a short turnaround period. 
• Enhancing and revising the West Nile Virus pages, including frequent posts on spraying and updates for residents during high season. The revision process involved optimizing the information architecture, prototyping, and refining the usability based on internal feedback.
• Conducting monthly comprehensive reviews to update and correct web and link errors. This helped optimize them for best SEO practices and provided a smoother, more efficient user experience. 

This role required a combination of project management acumen and strong interpersonal skills to successfully guide and restructure volunteer operations toward the shared impact of Code for America’s initiatives.    

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive project timeline.
• Align team efforts with project goals and ensure adherence to timelines.
• Facilitate regular team meetings and update sessions.
• Design and conduct interviews with Brigade Leads and Volunteers.
• Analyze interview data to identify trends and insights.
• Prepare reports on findings and recommend strategies for organizational improvements.
• Helped facilitate and discussion towards meaningful strategies to enhance volunteer and peer engagement.
• Organize feedback sessions to ensure continuous communication and involvement.
• Develop and implement outreach materials and communication plans to keep all stakeholders informed and engaged.

• Co lead supporting Atlanta’s local communities engaged in civic-minded, social good technology projects that make metro Atlanta more inclusive, diverse, equitable and accessible. 
• Manage relationships and project submissions with/from civic-minded individuals, nonprofits, and government organizations in the Atlanta area for a bi-weekly civic hack night.

• Advised the Executive Director of an alternative energy economic empowerment nonprofit on developing and automating effective email marketing campaigns.
• Redefined the nonprofit's brand for more effective communications.
• Developed digital marketing tracking and reporting systems.

• Selected to the C-level team that successfully guided the President of this 13,000-person organization, which fights global poverty in eighty-four countries, through hundreds of events, appearances, high-level meetings, and presentations each year.
• Collaborate cross-functionally across the organization to ensure the President was outfitted with the full spectrum of information for internal and external engagements