Awards and Education

Simon's Rock Award 

AWARDS

Simon’s Rock of Bard College Outstanding Alumnus

HIV and Human Rights service and activism. - 2014

POZ Magazine Award
Top 100 Most Innovative HIV Leaders - 2011

Diversity Network
First place national award winner - 2011

AIDS Institute Scholarship
Inter-generational programming and HIV policy - 2006

Leadership Training Institute
Activism and HIV/Human Rights - 2006

Petrie Foundation Fellowship
Bard College Masters in Teaching Program - 2005.

Lincoln - Douglass Award 

Educational leadership for under-served youth of color
Catherine Street Community Center - NY - 2005

Proctor Gamble Scholarship For Intercultural Training
SITGraduate Institute - VT - 1993

EDUCATION

Community Health Worker Certification 
Multnomah County Capacitation Center, Portland, OR 

• Popular education methodology, social determinants of health, health equity, justice and inclusion for under-served groups in the context of the medical home model, and the Affordable Care Act.

Advanced Studies in Social Entrepreneurial Development

Portland State University, Impact Entrepreneurs

Advanced Studies in History and Teaching

Bard College Graduate School of Education, NY

• Completed half of requirements toward New York State Certification
• Awarded Petrie Foundation Fellowship for excellence in education and social inclusion.

Masters Degree International Administration and Education
SIT Graduate Institute, Brattleboro, VT

• Awarded the Proctor and Gamble Scholarship for Cross-Cultural Training.
• Thesis: "Disaster, History, and Cultural Relativity"
• International development and management
• Special emphasis on training, curricular design, and experiential learning.

Bachelor of Arts Degree Directing and American History
Reed College, Portland, Oregon

Associates Degree (Accelerated Study for Gifted Young Scholars)
Simon's Rock of Bard College, Great Barrington, Massachusetts

Private Preparatory School 
The Hotchkiss School - Lakeville, CT, - Merit Scholar