Started out as a youth worker who focused on leadership development for girls and young women at Alternatives Inc. in Uptown. Expanded to build citywide collaborations for girl-centered youth programs through the Chicago Girls’ Coalition. For the past 14 years, has built an independent consulting practice that provides opportunities to collaborate with nonprofits, universities, community-based health collectives, schools and government offices.

 

Consulting practice

focuses primarily on:  

 

                                                                      Nonprofit Consultant: Support & Strategy 

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                                                                      Community-Based Participatory Action Researcher

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                                                                      Inclusion Consultant & Advocate 

          

                                                                      Decentralizing Whiteness Facilitator

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1) Nonprofit Consultant:

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• Curriculum Development

• Program Planning and Evaluation 

• Coaching and Team Building 

• Time Studies and Efficiency Coaching 

• Conference Coordination 

• Organizing and Convening Conferences

• Dissolution assistance for Nonprofits that are closing 

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2) Community-Based Participatory Action Researcher 

Facilitates highly participatory research projects that center

the people most impacted by the issue.  Teams comprised of

staff, program participants and board members are coached through

every step of the research process: 

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• Developing the learning questions

• Identifying and crafting their data collection tools

• Gathering their data using surveys, interviews, photo journaling, etc. 

• Analyzing all the data they collect 

• Using their findings to position themselves as "experts" in their field

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3) Inclusion Consultant & Advocate

Founder and co-facilitator of the Parent Circle, a parent-run

support and advocacy group for parents of kids who have disabilities.

Facilitated monthly Parent Circle meetings for five years

at an elementary school on Chicago’s north side. Worked as an

Inclusion Consultant for Aspire Inc. making recommendations for short term

and long term shifts towards inclusive policies and culture. 

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• Parent Advocate

• Assist with the creation of Parent Circles

• Speaking Engagements and Workshops on benefits of inclusion

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4) Decentralizing Whiteness Facilitator 

Facilitates one time workshops and/or ongoing processes with people

of European descent who want to dismantle and heal white supremacy.

The format of this work is tailored to the particular needs of each group or

organization. Anti-racist work is ever-changing and requires a life-long commitment.

 

• White Affinity Groups

• Decentralizing Whiteness Workshops for Boards

• Anti-Racist Parenting Circles 

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