Professional Experience

Fall 2020 – Present

Assistant Professor

Department of Communication

Rutgers School of Communication & Information

Associate Member

Cancer Prevention and Control Program

Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Member

Center for Cancer Health Equity

Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Core Faculty Member

Rutgers Global Health Institute

Affiliated Faculty

Rutgers University Center for Latin American Studies

2013 –2015

Community Health Educator

Moffitt Cancer Center-Ponce School of Medicine Partnership (U54CA163068)

National Cancer Institute’s Center for Reducing Cancer Health Disparities’ National Outreach Network

2010 – 2012

Program Analyst

Department of Health and Human Services

Pinellas County Government

2008 – 2010

Assistant Policy Analyst

Office of the Director/Strategy & Innovation

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

2006 – 2007

ORISE Research Fellow

Office of Vaccines Research and Review

Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research - Food & Drug Administration

Teaching

Rutgers School of Communication & Information

04.192.359: Persuasive Communication (Undergraduate course)

17.503.588: MHCI/MCM Capstone (Graduate course)

17.503.503: Mediated Health Communication (Graduate course; originally 558)

04.192.408: Health Messages and Campaign Design (Undergraduate course)

Rutgers Global Study Abroad

16.194.574: Health Communication and Health Inequities Across the U.S. and P.R.

17.503.565: Health Disparities Across U.S. and Greece (Graduate course)

Johns Hopkins University

AS.280.441: Social Media and Public Health (Undergraduate course)

Ponce Health Sciences University

MPH 6701: Principles of Health Education in Practice (Graduate course)

Awards & Honors

2021-2024 Recipient of Loan Repayment Program in Health Disparities Research, NCI/NIH (L60 CA264692; 50% student loan debt repayment)

2018-2020 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award – Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research, NIH (F31 CA224615)

2018-2019 Center for Reducing Cancer Health Disparities GMaP Region 1 Research Project Support Program Award, NCI/NIH (P30 CA177558-05S3)

2019 Doctoral Distinguished Research Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

2018 Center for Qualitative Studies in Health and Medicine’s Dissertation Enhancement Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

2017-2018 Gordis Teaching Fellow, Johns Hopkins University Public Health Program

2015-2018 Ruth L. Kirschstein NCI Predoctoral Fellow (T32 CA009314)

2009 Emory University’s Office of Community and Diversity 2010 “We are Emory!” 100 Community Builders