Boomer Esiason Foundation  |  New York, NY

Director, Advocacy and Strategy  |  May 2025 – Present

  • Direct community engagement, government affairs, and patient advocacy efforts, including internal and external communications, education, outreach, patient engagement, and public policy platform.

  • Lead clinical trial awareness initiatives in collaboration with industry partners, filling gaps in community awareness of clinical trial enrollment opportunities.

  • Continue all responsibilities inherited from Analyst role (see below).

Analyst, Community Health Programs and Public Policy  |  October 2023 – May 2025

  • Summarized and created external communications (newsletters, policy briefs, social media posts, infographics, and research updates) for an audience of 50,000+, translating complex information into accessible, actionable content.

  • Wrote internal and external communications to identify opportunities, risks, sensitivity analyses, and action plans to leadership regarding state and federal legislation.

  • Managed community Grant Program across multiple award cycles: advised strategy, collected proposals, coordinated reviews, conducted interviews, and reconciled disbursements totaling over $1 million to nonprofit partners, academic research centers, and care centers.

  • Developed, planned, and executed BEF's Policy and Advocacy Fellowship end-to-end: built educational curriculum, recruited 10+ participants, tracked milestones, and standardized processes to train the next generation of cystic fibrosis patient advocates. 

  • Led local and national community engagement initiatives to advance public policy goals.

  • Compiled research reports incorporating data from 500+ community members, synthesizing quantitative and qualitative insights into evidence-based recommendations for leadership, tracking program progress, timelines, and goals.

Mount Sinai Institute For Exposomic Research│New York, NY/Virtual

Environmental Medicine Communications Assistant│May 2021 - August 2022

  • Created content for the Learning Hub of The Institute for Exposomic Research website to spread awareness of environmental health issues and to educate consumers, parents, and children

  • Facilitated the NYC Exposome Symposium and NIEHS EHSCC Annual Meeting in July 2022 

  • Developed teacher and caregiver guides based on Mount Sinai's “Healthy World, Healthy You” children's activity books to use in NYC classrooms in collaboration with an NYC public school teacher 

  • Compiled a database of children's environmental health curricula, activities, and academic papers

New York State Children's Environmental Health Centers Summer Academy│Virtual

Co-facilitator│June 2022 - July 2022

  • Led small-group advocacy projects focused on climate change and human health.

  • Collaborated with practitioners from New York State Children’s Environmental Health Centers to expand knowledge of environmental health and develop health communication skills for high school, college, and medical students.

  • Prepared small group meetings with co-facilitator to facilitate and review projects and to delegate tasks.

Student│June 2021 - July 2021

  • Completed an advocacy project with small groups focused on safer cleaning messaging for asthma patients, which was featured in the American Academy of Pediatrics in Action NYS Chapter 1 November 2021 newsletter.

Lotte.v1│New York, NY/Virtual  

Fashion Intern│December 2021 - August 2022

  • Created social media campaigns focused on environmental advocacy, personal style, and sustainability.

  • Curated a bi-weekly newsletter featuring personal styling references and advice.

  • Conducted research regarding potential consumers, brand partners, and market opportunities.

  • Assisted in-person shoots for ad campaigns, prepared materials and clothing on set, helped to set up, and coordinated with models, photographers, and stylists to produce images for content.

Columbia Gourmand │New York NY

Digital Content Lead│January 2023 - May 2023

  • Edited and managed features from contributing writers from the Gourmand Digital Committee.

  • Wrote and developed blog posts on NYC-based food events and club news.

EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

Columbia University, Columbia College | New York, NY

BA in Sociology and Public Health  |  GPA: 3.96  |  Cum Laude  |  Dean's List (Fall 2020 – Spring 2023)

Harvard Kennedy School – Executive Education | May 2025

Certificate: Persuasive Communication — Narrative, Evidence, and Impact