Resume

• 2014

  Journal of Applied Social Science

• 2013

  •Supported event with placement of event signage. Compiled participant packets and folders.

  Southern California Forum for Diversity on Graduate Education

  •Represented UC Irvine Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference hosted by the University of Florida.\n•Attended poster presentations and distributed recruitment material for graduate programs.\n•Served on a student led panel entitled “Transitioning to Graduate School.”\n

  UC Irvine

  Public Speaking

  Managing Community Stakeholders

  Nonprofits

  Boundary Spanning

  Customer Service

  Tool Development

  Case Management

  Client Advocacy

  Training a Research Team

  Community Outreach

  Report Writing

  Social Work

  Program Evaluation

  Focus Groups

  Writing

  Qualitative Research

  Higher Education

  Research

  Research Design

  Grant Writing

  Evaluating the Policy-Practice Gap in a Transitional Housing Program: An Innovation in Process Evaluation

  Anaid Yerena

• 2011

  •Attended student research presentations and provided feedback.\n•Exchanged emails and met with students to provide support

  answer questions

  and provide feedback on summer research projects.\n

  UC Irvine

  H.I.S. House

  Bridgewater College

  •Conceived and drafted the mission

  goals

  and invitation letter for Part 1 of two-part conference hosted by Cal State Fullerton College of Health and Human Development.\n•Met with planning committee to discuss the geographic and conceptual scope of the conference.\n•Participated in research to assemble a list of professors conducting research in the field of homelessness in Orange and Los Angeles Counties. Contributed to finalizing list of invited speakers.

  Planner

  Homeless Population Issues Conference

  Orange County

  California Area

  California State University

  Fullerton

  •Managed up to 18 cases for Hospitality House and emergency shelter program

  which provides over 15

  000 shelter nights each year. Supported clients with mental illness

  criminal backgrounds

  and histories of domestic violence in need of housing services. \n•Held weekly and biweekly meetings with regular clients

  in addition to providing assistance to approximately 10 emergency shelter clients each week. \n•Organized and led group meetings on various life skills

  including budgeting and financial management

  interviewing

  professional dress

  and how to find stable housing.

  The Salvation Army

  Teaching Fellow in Social Welfare

  Bridgewater College

  Assistant Professor in Sociology and Social Work

  Bridgewater College

  •Implemented and oversaw after-school tutoring program for students in grades K-8. Provided resources to homeless individuals.\n•Supported compilation of materials for grant applications. Assisted in the planning and implementation of luncheon fundraisers

  including raffles and silent auctions.

  Assistant to the Director

  Orange County

  California Area

  H.I.S. House

  UC Irvine

  Jewish Community Services of South Florida

  Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

  Supervisor

  Bridgewater College

  UC Irvine

  Irvine

  CA

  •Assists multiple classes in the School of Social Ecology including Policy

  Public Health

  Psychology

  and Methods course. \n•Designs and deliver assessments and course content to 25-300 students

  depending on the course. \n•Evaluates and facilitate student progress and learning.

  Teacher's Assistant

  Irvine

  CA

  •Used teaching and classroom assessment to foster learning in a Social Psychology class of 35 students. \n•Planned and delivered interactive lectures

  class activities

  printed materials and learning assessments.\n•Stayed current in the field to provide research and real-world applications for course concepts.\n•Developed opportunities for students collaboration on course content through surveys and projects.\n•Managed course through lesson planning

  student and departmental correspondence

  grading

  and online course management tools for record keeping.

  Adjunct Faculty

  Concordia University

  Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

  Division Director

  Jewish Community Services of South Florida

  •Surveyed homeless individuals in Orange County

  CA by conducting structured interviews as part of one-day

  nationwide effort to document homeless population across the US. \n•Certified by now O.C. 211 to train other volunteers in identifying the homeless

  counting techniques

  and survey administration.

  Surveyor and Trainer

  O.C. Point-in-Time Count

  Orange County

  California Area

  O.C. 2-1-1

  •Advised committee comprised of agency Board members and community representatives re: the implementation and delivery of all programs

  including adult rehabilitation

  disaster services

  emergency shelter

  transitional shelter

  family services

  outreach

  youth programs

  worship centers

  and human trafficking recovery services. \n•Attended committee meetings and makes programming recommendations to agency Board of Directors.\n•Advised programs served over 200

  000 people in 2014.

  Community Representative

  Program Committee

  Orange County

  California Area

  The Salvation Army

  Spanish

  Dean’s Dissertation Writing Fellowship

  School of Social Ecology

  Dean's Award for Community Engagement

  School of Social Ecology

  Dean’s Diversity Research Award

  School of Social Ecology

  Newkirk Center for Society and Science Fellowship

  University of California

  Irvine Newkirk Center for Society and Science

  Graduate Student Mentoring Award

  School of Social Ecology

  Center for Organizational Research Small Grant

  University of California

  Irvine Center for Organizational Research

  Public Impact Fellowship

  University of California

  Irvine Graduate Division

  Lee Student Support Fund

  Society for the Study of Social Problems

• 2009

  •Prepared and distributed meals to homeless individuals as part of grassroots community program serving over 3

  000 meals each week.\n•Conducted health surveys to determine whether clients’ insurance coverage

  medical needs

  and capacity to pay for needed treatment or medications. \n

  Isaiah House: Orange County Catholic Worker

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  Social Ecology

  University of California

  Irvine

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Social Ecology; Planning Policy and Design

  University of California

  Irvine

• 2005

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  Psychology

  McNair Scholars Program

  Housing and Residence Life

  University of Central Florida

• 610

  In the United States

  in 2013

  042 people were estimated homeless in one night. Improving the effectiveness of homeless assistance programs

  particularly aligning programs’ practices with their goals

  is critical to serving this population. Using a theory that predicts homeless exits

  this study presents an innovative

  low-cost evaluation tool that can be used by a wide range of human service providers to conduct more frequent “in-house” process evaluations. The Gap Assessment of Policy and Practice (GAPP) tool streamlines process evaluations thus improving social programs. To test this tool’s effectiveness

  we compared the results of a traditional process evaluation and a GAPP tool evaluation of a homeless assistance program. Both evaluations revealed a consistent disparity between program activities and expressed goals. The GAPP tool is less time intensive and provides a useful road map for structuring a process evaluation for program providers

  thus increasing program impact by encouraging more frequent and efficient self-assessments.\n

  Evaluating the Policy-Practice Gap in a Transitional Housing Program: An Innovation in Process Evaluation

  Emergency shelter is considered the “point of entry” into the social service system for homeless individuals. Despite the benefits of using emergency shelter

  many homeless individuals remain unsheltered. The author argues that it is not enough for services to be available to the homeless. These services must also be accessible so that homeless individuals obtain the benefits they provide. Qualitative interviews with homeless women (N = 39) revealed that the inaccessibility of emergency shelter

  despite the availability of it

  discouraged women from seeking and attaining shelter. Interventions that address barriers to accessing services will encourage more homeless women to seek and use shelter.

  The Cost of Seeking Shelter: How Inaccessibility Leads to Women’s Underutilization of Emergency Shelter

  Jessica

  O.C. 2-1-1

  The Salvation Army

  California State University

  Fullerton

  The Salvation Army

  Jewish Community Services of South Florida

  UC Irvine

  Concordia University