I have a bachelor’s in Sociology and Spanish from SUNY Geneseo and a Master’s in Sociology, track in gender, sexuality and society from the University of Amsterdam and in December (2024) I am graduating from CUNY Graduate school of Public Health with a Master's in Public Health, Health Policy and Management. My Sociology master's research focused on the intersections of female sexuality, migration, human trafficking, and migration from Eastern Europe to the Netherlands. I worked as a sexuality educator at Northwell Health's school-based health centers in middle and high schools in Queens. In addition to facilitating HIV/STI and pregnancy prevention programming to middle and high school students. I lived in Lithuania for almost two years, where I managed projects in Lithuania's public sector to improve access to mental health services and to expand sexuality education and SRH policy. Under the Ministry of Social Security and Labor's Youth Affairs Agency, I initiated and published Lithuania's first Sexuality Education Practical Guide for youth workers and other professionals working with youth. Currently, I work at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Center for Population Health Data Science, as the Deputy Panel Manager, for the NYC Health Panel.
