• Director of Research and Innovation, U.S. Drowning Research Alliance; Co-Founder/Vice President, Drowning Research & Injury Prevention Policy Institute, San José State University

-- Master in Public Health Candidate (SJSU, presently)
-- Director of Research and Innovation, U.S. Drowning Research Alliance (presently)
-- Co-founder and Vice President, Drowning Research & Injury Prevention Policy Institute (presently)
-- Master of Arts, Spanish (SJSU, 2009)
-- Bachelor of Arts, Latin American Studies & Ethnicity, Race, and Migration (Yale University, 2004; graduated with Distinction)

Experience

  • –present
    Director of Research and Innovation, U.S. Drowning Research Alliance; Co-Founder and Vice President, Drowning Research & Injury Prevention Policy Institute, San José State University

Education

  • 2009 
    Yale University, From undergraduate degree, graduated with Distinction

Honours

Trong D. Nguyen Memorial Award (American Public Health Association/APHA, 2024); Presidential Road Safety Scholar (APHA)

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