Professional Lived Experiences

Current Work

• 2020 to Present: Donawa Wellness, PLLC

• 2022-2023: American Indian Health and Family Services

Consulting

• Mental Health Consultant, MeToo Movement Survivor Sanctuary Curriculum, Remote, 2022

• Mental Health Consultant, American Documentary Mental Health Fund, Brooklyn NY, 2021  

• Mental Health Consultant, Mothering Justice Policy Advocacy Organization, Detroit, MI, 2017

• Diversity Consultant, Michigan State University Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives, East Lansing, MI, 2013-2014

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Clinical

• 2022-2023: American Indian Health and Family Services

• 2019-2022: Integrative Empowerment Group, PLLC

• 2018-2019: Central City Integrated Health
  
  

Programs

• 2021-2022: The Firecracker Foundation Sisters in Strength 

• 2016-2020: Healing by Choice! Founding Member

• 2017-2018: Co-organizer, Healing Justice Track and Healing Justice Practice Space, Allied Media Conference

• 2017: Wayne State University Ralph Bunche Institute, Summer Youth Workshop on Healing (co-facilitated), Detroit, MI

• 2016-2018: The Future Project Director - East English Village Preparatory Academy Site

• 2014-2015: Angola Ministry of Public Administration - American Partner and Program Developer for English Language Learning for Social Service Workers

• 2014: Black Lives Matter Healing Justice Practice Space, Ferguson, MO (article)

• 2012-2013 Michigan State University College Ambition Program (CAP) - Site Coordinator

• 2011-2013: The LatiNegrxs Project, Anti-Oppression Collaborative Blog and Online Platform
  
  

Invited Guest Lectures

• 2018: Introduction to Ethics. Department of Philosophy, Oakland Community College, Southfield, MI

• 2012: Womyn of Color: Radical Thought and Social Transformation. College of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, NY

• 2010: Michigan State University Department of Psychology, Community Psychology 270, East Lansing, MI

• 2007: Movements in Literature: Black Multiculturalism, Department of English, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

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Board/ Service

• 2023: Washtenaw County High Impact Grant Review Team

• 2019-2021: ​National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network, Board Member, 11/19-11/21

• 2013-2014: Michigan State University Non-Academic Opportunities for PhDs

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Education

• University of Michigan, Master's Degree of Social Work '19

• Michigan State University, Master's Degree of Sociology '14 (All But Dissertation)

• Wayne State University, Bachelor's Degree of Sociology '08

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