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  • "Pretty for a Black Girl": The Importance of Parental Beauty & Body Image Conversations

    March 24, 2018
    Girls of color face a myriad of messages about their beauty and body image, including skin color, hair, and size. This workshop provides parents with tools to encourage their daughters to love the skin they are in, and feel empowered to engage in body positivity conversations.
    • Annual It Takes a Village Conference, Girl Power Inc. Overtown, FL
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  • "The Weights They Carry": Diverse Athtletes' Psychological Well -Being

    March 17, 2018
    Race/ ethnic identity, resource limited background- these are all factors that can become significant stressors for collegiate athletes with already demanding lives. How staff working with these students can identify points for intervention and provide support will be addressed.
    • NATA EDAC Improving Evidence-Based Medical Care for Ethnically Diverse and Underserved Athletes Symposium.
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  • Town of Miami Lakes Women of Distinction Award: Outstanding Achievements in Education

    March 3, 2018
    I was awarded the Miami Lakes Women of Distinction Award for Outstanding Achievements in Education. The Town of Miami Lakes hosted a Luncheon in honor of all awardees during Women’s History Month.
    • Town of Miami Lakes Women of Distinction Awards. Miami Lakes, FL
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  • "What are you doing for others": Dr. King & the Importance Mentoring Student of Color

    January 22, 2018
    The ways in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is linked to the responsiblities faculty have as mentors- particularly when guiding graduate students of color- was presented in this invited keynote address.
    • MLK Evening with Student Access & Success Graduate Student Fellows. Miami, FL
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  • A Reproductive Justice Approach to Understanding Black Women’s Sexual Health Experiences

    November 18 & 19 2017
    This invited keynote address was titled "It’s More than Black and White, and Right or Wrong”: A Reproductive Justice Approach to Understanding Power’s Influence on Black Women’s Sexual Education".
    • Wellseley College & Ashok University's Global Sex/ Education Conference. New Delhi, India
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  • Faculty MENTOR of the Year

    October 29, 2017
    I received the Faculty Mentor of the Year Award from the National Institute for Teaching and Mentoring, the largest national gathering for minority doctorate level scholars in research funded programs (McNair, Sloan, SREB, NASA, Gates Millennium Scholars, NIGMS). I was so honored to receive it because the selection process is primarily is based upon the content of students' nomination letters and their productivity.
    • Institute for Teaching & Mentoring Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA
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  • COUNTDOWN TO GRADUATE SCHOOL: A TIMELINE FOR MAKING YOURSELF AN OUTSTANDING APPLICANT

    October 19, 2017
    This Invited keynote address provides undergraduates with a time line for preparing to apply to graduate school. Beginning in the sophmore year, this discussion highlights the activities, courses and opportunities students should focus on to reach their goal of being admitted to graduate school.
  • FUERZA, ORGULLO Y AMOR: MASCULINITY & HISPANIC COLLEGE MEN’S SEXUAL HEALTH OUTCOMES

    October 10, 2017
    This Hispanic Heritage Month Keynote address focused on the ways in which stereotypes of Hispanic men's masculinity influences research processes, and its implications for behavioral outcomes..
    • Hermano of La Unidad Latina Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity Inc. Hispanic Heritage Month Series. Miami, FL
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  • RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY & REFLECTION: BLACK CHYNA & ROB KARDASHIAN'S DECISION MAKINGr

    August 12, 2017
    This lecture was for the Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust Youth Development Division's Teen Court Program. It focused on the ways in which adolescent decision making is informed by context, time and technology.
    • Miami-Dade County Teen Court Conference
      Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust Youth Development Division , Miami, FL
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