ABOUT ME
I was born in Brazil but adopted and spent most of my childhood in Maine. From my own experiences and the experience of growing up with a disabled brother, I learned from an early age how "difference" has multiple effects in relation to opportunity and success. With the belief that education plays a key role in breaking cycles of poverty
and marginalization, I have made it my mission to immerse myself in as many diverse situations as possible. With a scholarship from AFS-USA (formerly the American Field Service), I spent my senior year of high school in Argentina.
I received a Bachelor's degree in International Intercultural Studies with a focus on the intersections between gender, sexuality and global economic systems from Pitzer College. After college I worked as both an instructional designer and in the classroom as a K-4 Spanish Teacher. With the desire to enhance my capacity to contribute to deeper systemic change, I pursued dual Master's Degrees in International Education Management and Public Administration. While earning my master’s degrees, I honed my data analysis and technological skills, combining my passion for social justice and education with the power of data analytics and technology.
In my current work, I am developing innovative ways to integrate social determinants of health and behavior within Multnomah County's Electronic Health Records. As the Research Evaluation Analyst Senior for a Latinx culturally-responsive prenatal and postpartum home visiting program, it is my goal to develop and implement community-based and driven research and evaluation methods to expand on the way healthcare professionals and society at large conceptualizes "health".
