ABOUT ME

I am a global health consultant with a background that bridges politics, public health, and implementation science. I began my career on Capitol Hill, where I saw firsthand how policy decisions shape access to care. That experience inspired my focus on translating research into action, helping countries and organizations interpret evidence to design programs that work in real-world settings.

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Over the past 15+ years, I have worked across domestic nonprofits, global implementing partners, patient advocacy organizations, bespoke consulting firms, and the U.S. government, partnering with leaders to address emerging public health challenges. Key highlights include developing a lay patient navigation program in Brazil to improve cancer outcomes; creating monitoring and evaluation guidance for HIV-NCD service integration in Uganda; leading Return to Care programs in the Caribbean to reinitiate and retain people living with HIV in treatment and care; and designing a capacity assessment tool for ministries of health and multi-sectoral partners to strengthen NCD response.

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​My Approach & Philosophy​​

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I believe everyone has a right to health and that who you are, what you do, who you love, and where you live should never determine your access to care. That belief drives my commitment to inclusive, co-created, and locally led approaches that center community voices and lived experience in policy and program design.

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Grounded in social science and public health, I take a collaborative, hands-on, roll up your sleeves approach to help teams anticipate barriers, adapt solutions, and translate evidence into measurable impact.

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Areas of Expertise​​​​​

 

​I provide strategic, technical, and implementation support to partners across sectors to strengthen health systems and improve access to care. My work spans:

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• Leadership & Management: Guide strategic planning, program design, and quality improvement processes; build capacity across teams and organizations to deliver measurable, sustainable impact

• Health Systems Strengthening: Support patient-centered, differentiated models of care (such as patient navigation and HIV-NCD service integration) to improve efficiency, co-ordination, and quality of life

• Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning: Design mixed methods research studies, MEL frameworks, and indicators; translate data into insights that drive adaptive programmatic and policy decisions

• Implementation Science & Knowledge Translation: Bridge global evidence and real world context to co-create practical, scalable solutions that improve health outcomes

• Communication & Advocacy: Lead scientific and technical writing, grant and proposal development, data visualization, and community & patient engagement grounded in cultural humility

• HIV & NCD Integration: Work to integrate noncommunicable disease screening, treatment, and chronic disease management programs within HIV and primary care service delivery systems

• Cervical Cancer & HPV Prevention: Support evidence-based strategies to increase HPV vaccination uptake and expand access to innovations such as HPV self-testing; advance cervical cancer elimination through research, program design, and culturally informed community engagement

• Languages: Professional-level Portuguese (but please don’t test me on Brazilian shorthand!)

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Where I've Worked & Studied

 

I have lived up and down the east coast of the U.S., London, and São Paulo and have worked domestically in the U.S., as well as across Africa, the Caribbean, the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Europe, and South America.

 

I hold a ​Master of Public Health (MPH) in Global Health from Emory University (Atlanta, GA, USA); a Master of Science (MSc) in Comparative Politics from London School of Economics (London, UK); and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science from Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA, USA​​).​