Different settings. A consistent way of working.
I've built what was missing, strengthened what was already there, connected people and ideas, and adapted as conditions changed.
Social Bridging Project / Listos California
Built and led a first-in-the-nation statewide phone and text outreach program: 17 staff, 800+ volunteers, and 170,000+ conversations across 27 counties. Helped secure more than $1 million in grants and government contracts that launched, sustained, and expanded the program.
Nextdoor
Built the neighborhood leadership, civic partnerships, and local trust around Nextdoor throughout San Diego. Membership grew 500% in 18 months, supported by a network of 1,000+ volunteer neighborhood leads, and San Diego reached the second-highest market penetration in the nation.
Indivisible San Diego
Helped build and lead a decentralized civic network, organizing 50+ events drawing thousands, developing coalitions and new organizers, and leading development of an endorsement process that became the basis for a national model.
Emergency shelter response for asylum-seeking families
Recruited, trained, and deployed volunteers across multiple shelter locations during an active humanitarian response, building the volunteer infrastructure while people were already depending on it.
Fitness and community wellness
Built a personal training and nutrition business and ran free community fitness programming in an underserved San Diego neighborhood, including outdoor group classes with consistent crowds of 100+ per session.
Special education, San Diego Unified
Taught and case-managed middle school students with disabilities, led the special education department, mentored staff, and worked with families to build individualized plans and advocacy strategies.
UC San Diego
Organized a 5,000-person community advocacy rally, co-authored peer-reviewed health policy research, and worked across teaching, community health, patient advocacy, long-term care, low vision, and transportation access.