My experience connects direct services, program supervision, family advocacy, teaching, and affordable housing operations across Washington.

Housing Program Lead / Supervisor | August 2024–present

Community Action Council of Lewis, Mason, and Thurston Counties — Lacey, Washington.

I supervise 10 housing case managers through mentoring, case conferencing, and individual supervision, and support MSW student internships. I oversee caseloads serving individuals and families experiencing housing instability.

My responsibilities include internal audits, program fidelity reviews, grant management, capacity and outcomes reporting, and data monitoring. I collaborate with finance and leadership on grant applications and support affordable housing leasing, tenant services, and HUD HOME compliance monitoring.

I work with property management, facilities, and leadership on budgets and rehabilitation planning for USDA Rural Development subsidized apartments. Community participation includes Coordinated Entry, outreach, stakeholder, and local planning meetings across Thurston, Lewis, and Mason Counties.

Independent Child Welfare & Housing Consultant | June 2024–present

Positive Resourceful Parenting — Olympia, Washington.

I provide expert consultation, reports, declarations, and testimony in dependency and shelter care cases involving housing barriers. My work includes reviewing housing-related service efforts, developing safety and reunification plans, and coordinating with families and dependency teams.

I collaborate with parent attorneys, child welfare workers, guardians ad litem, children’s attorneys, court stakeholders, and community providers to identify barriers and connect families with appropriate housing supports.

Contracted Social Worker & Faculty Field Instructor | December 2019–June 2024

Washington State Office of Public Defense, Parents Representation Program; University of Washington field instruction.

I supported parents involved in dependency and termination proceedings through attorney-requested social work services. This included advocacy, housing navigation, behavioral health and parenting-service referrals, court reports, testimony, and reunification planning.

I collaborated on therapeutic court systems and specialty services while mentoring student social workers through field placements.

Adjunct Professor | Spring 2020

School of Social Work, Saint Martin’s University — Lacey, Washington.

I developed curriculum and taught child welfare and human behavior to approximately 25 undergraduate students, adapting instruction to an online format during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Family Stability & Housing Case Manager | April 2018–November 2019

Pear Blossom Place, Family Support Center of South Sound — Olympia, Washington.

I provided intensive case management to families in shelter and permanent supportive housing. My work included housing searches, voucher documentation, landlord communication, court accompaniment, service referrals, and collaboration with child welfare and behavioral health partners.

Veterinary practice experience | 2013–2023

At VCA Pacific Avenue Animal Hospital in Tacoma, I worked as a circulating nurse and veterinary emergency and urgent care assistant: full time from August 2017 to April 2018, followed by part-time and relief work through May 2023.

At Companion Veterinary Hospital in Lacey, I served as Office Manager and in Client & Patient Services from January 2013 to September 2016, managing front-office staff, billing, inventory, supplier contracts, and budget tracking.

Shelter leadership | February 2009–June 2011

Catholic Community Services, Tacoma Avenue Shelter — Tacoma, Washington.

As Assistant Program Manager and Women’s Shelter Supervisor, I supported day-to-day shelter operations and supervised approximately 30 shelter workers. Responsibilities included training, crisis intervention, case documentation, housing and employment referrals, and support for community reentry.

Early social work practice | 2007–2008

As a Child Protective Services Investigator III, Afterhours Investigator, and CWTAP intern with the Department of Children & Family Services in Spokane and Tacoma, I investigated allegations, assessed immediate safety needs, supported families, and prepared court documentation from September 2007 to December 2008.

At Volunteers of America’s Hope House in Spokane, I served as shelter staff and a BSW practicum intern from January 2007 to February 2008, supporting shelter operations, advocacy, crisis intervention, referrals, and resident activities.