Boulder County Public Health (BCPH, www.bouldercounty.org/health/). Boulder, CO.

2008-present Health Planner

2012 Health Planning Operational Plan goal: Improve programmatic efforts to protect and promote health in Boulder County by providing effective public health assessment, planning, and evaluation expertise to the organization, the community, and public health colleagues.

• Assess: Conduct and disseminate results of assessments of population health status and public health issues facing Boulder County.
• Coordinate Boulder County Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS).
• Co-coordinate assessment, prioritization, and strategic planning, culminating in a 5-year
Boulder County Public Health Improvement Process (PHIP) plan.
• Plan: Contribute to and apply the evidence base of public health on an agency level.
• Provide BCPH staff and community partners with information from existing datasets regarding
health status, needs, and resources, as well as current research and recommendations for
evidence-based decision-making in Boulder County.
• Co-coordinate the development of a 5-year Boulder County Public Health improvement Process
(PHIP) plan based on health needs and capacity assessments and prioritization.
• Evaluate: Evaluate the effectiveness of public health processes, programs, and interventions implemented by the agency and contractors.
• Provide ongoing training opportunities to BCPH staff to increase capacity for assessment, planning,
and evaluation of BCPH processes, programs, and interventions.
• Evaluate and improve operational plans for all BCPH programs.
• Co-construct and utilize surveys to assess, plan, and evaluate the effectiveness of BCPH
processes, programs, and interventions and identify needs for improvement.
• Put into place a data management and display system to serve as the framework, repository, and
user interface for indicators of community health status and health system capacity, as well as
priority issues and best practices to improve both.

Responsibilities tied to performance standards:
• Coordinate Health Planning Program activities.
• Directly supervise program staff.
• Develop and maintain key community partnerships to promote program and agency mission.
• Enhance personal and professional growth and development.
• Conduct and disseminate results of assessments focused on population health status and public
health issues facing Boulder County.
• Play an active role in preparing for an responding to community emergencies requiring agency
support (e.g. Fourmile Fire, 2010).

Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine
(http://www.fcm.arizona.edu/), Tucson, AZ.
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2007 Research Specialist, Senior

• Collaborated in the design of study protocols aimed at identifying, understanding, and addressing
regional public health challenges.
• Conducted complex research work and independently reviewed literature to assist faculty researchers in
designing and planning research projects, establishing priorities, and selecting appropriate research
methodologies, techniques, procedures, process and outcome evaluation indicators.
• Developed and maintained relationships with intra- and extramural research partners.


Comitán Center for Health Research (CISC, www.cisc.org.mx). Chiapas, Mexico.

2005-2008 Consultant-Facilitator
2004-2005 Researcher-Coordinator, Aging & Health Project
1995-2000 Researcher-Coordinator, Reproductive Health Project
1994-1996 Supervisor, Resource & Documentation Center

• Conducted formative research, i.e. engaged communities in dialogue on needs and resources; generated options via critical assessment; monitored process, outcome, and responses.
• Instructed and mentored colleagues, students, and public, both individually, in seminars and workshops.
• Coordinated, calendared, supervised, and evaluated team research activities.
• Explored social inequities influencing health disparities, especially among those subject to a matrix of gender, age, ethnicity, health, socioeconomic, employment-based oppression.
• Used findings to orient intervention, e.g. to curb maternal mortality and domestic violence.
• Wrote proposals and reports for funders, including Ford, MacArthur, and Packard Foundations.

El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR, www.ecosur.mx). Via Internet.

2005-2007 Editor & translator for ECOSUR researchers based in Chiapas, Tabasco, and Quintana Roo, Mexico.

• Concretized research in writing for printed, electronic, and in-person dissemination.
• Researched relevant and viable scholarly and extra-academic publication venues.
• Formatted manuscripts to fit publication guidelines.
• Developed multiple permutations to impact diverse audiences through a variety of media.
• Translated manuscripts to be accessed by monolingual English/Spanish-speaking audiences.

University of Arizona College of Medicine
(COM, www.facultyaffairs.med.arizona.edu/wam/grace.cfm). Tucson, AZ.

2000-2001 Research Assistant, Grace (Generating Respect for All in a Climate of Academic Excellence) Project.

• Conducted interviews re gender disparities with COM tenure, clinical, research faculty.
• Documented gender disparities, identified potential causes, suggested ways to eliminate them.

Stanford University Department of Anthropology
(www.stanford.edu/dept/anthropology/cgi-bin/web/), Palo Alto, CA and Chiapas, Mexico.

1990-1991, 1998 Research Assistant for Anthropologist/Latin Americanist George Collier.

• Conducted bibliographic and on-site data searches, data entry, and coding of sociodemographic and political indicators in southeast Mexico.
• See: Collier & Lowery. 2005. Basta! Land and the Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas, Oakland: Food First.

John Dewey Bilingual School, San Cristóbal, Chiapas, Mexico.

1991-1992 Bilingual English/Spanish teacher for adults and elementary students.

• Created curriculum and designed evaluations for first grade English immersion program.
• Collaborated in the school’s founding and initial year of operation.
• Taught all first grade subjects in English to monolingual Spanish-speaking children.
• Developed myriad displays of students’ English skills (tape recordings, public exhibitions).

Independent research on education and language, San Cristóbal, Chiapas, Mexico.

1989-1993 Researcher and curriculum developer.

• Developed research protocols, reviewed literature, accumulated contextualizing data, prepared for and conducted data collection, analyzed and presented results.
• Analyzed indigenous (Mayan) teachers’ empowerment via formal and hidden curricula of their government-run training program. Resulting manuscript, Taking one’s place: A classroom study of education for indigenous teachers in Chiapas, Mexico (1989-1991), was awarded the Firestone Medal for Outstanding Thesis and the Textor Award for Outstanding Anthropological Creativity (both from Stanford University).
• Linked research with education via project/manuscript entitled, Workers speak: A study of language ability, usage, and learning among workers in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas (1990-1993), a culturally- and contextually-appropriate adult ESL course.

Stanford Literacy Improvement Project, Palo Alto, CA.

1988-1990. English literacy teacher and curriculum developer.

• Taught Stanford University service employees English and literacy skills.
• Improved literacy to promote employee-manager relations and strengthen job skills.
• Developed a handbook for adult English literacy instruction via participatory, relevant, respectful means. Author chapter centered on community resources (e.g. phone book and newspaper classified section) as tools to further literacy skills and empower learners.

P3 Archeological Associates, Salt Lake City, UT.

1989. Assistant, Historical Preservation Survey.

• Surveyed northern Nevada desert surface to identify and preserve archeological sites.
• Distinguished, identified, sketched, and mapped artifacts and archeological sites.

Additional professional experience

Moo Duk Kwan Tae Kwon Do Doyang, Comitán, Chiapas, Mexico.

1995-2005. Co-owner, Assistant Instructor, Administrator, and World Tae Kwon Do Federation certified black belt.

• Taught sparring, forms, self-defense, “stranger-danger” courses to women, men, children.
• Organized and participated in exhibitions, tournaments, exams, workshops, and parades.
• Managed advertising campaigns, including radio, print, and television publicity.
• Promoted community action, e.g. lobbying for neighborhood infrastructure and safety.
• Registered new students and held periodical progress meetings with students and parents.
• Managed administrative duties, accounting, and record keeping.

Bar Association of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

1993-1994. Project Assistant, Volunteer Legal Services Program for HIV+ Immigrants and Refugees.

• Staffed volunteer legal services hotline, fielding questions re deportation/health crises.
• Conducted telephone interviews with HIV+ immigrants/refugees seeking legal aid.
• Recruited and trained attorneys to do pro-bono legal advising and representation.
• Managed extensive, highly-sensitive and confidential client and volunteer databases.
• Compiled information for and drafted relevant narrative, statistical, and funding reports.

Jackson & Hertogs Immigration Law Firm, San Francisco, CA.

1992-1993. Immigration Paralegal.

• Prepared visa petitions for submission to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).
• Served as interpreter between immigration attorneys and Spanish-speaking clients.