I am a public health gerontologist working in the Washington, D.C. area as a policy development manager, an adjunct professor for UMBC and UMGC, and as a community engagement consultant. I have significant experience conducting and coordinating a variety of coalition building and programmatic activities to promote healthy aging and health equity.

I completed my Master of Public Health (Health Policy and Management concentration) and Ph.D. in Aging Studies from the University of South Florida. The work completed for my dissertation examined multiple indicators related to cultural competence, including predictors of having a provider of the same race/ethnicity, client perceptions of the cultural competence of their health care providers, and overall satisfaction with care reported by a diverse sample of adults ages 50 to 99.