Research area of interest is in the field of Gerontechnology and the development technological solutions designed to optimize the health and independence of older adults to successfully age.

• quantitative health data analysis

• digital behaviors/information behaviors in the context of chronic conditions

• health-related social media use

• health-seeking behaviors

• aging population research

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, University of California Los Angeles

Master of Science in Nursing, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

Bachelor of Arts, American Literature & Culture, University of California Los Angeles

Registered Nurse: Nursing Research Institute
July 2022—present
Registered Nurse/CNII/CNIII: HPB/Transplant/Thoracic PCU
September 2017—present
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA

UCLA School of Nursing Remote Teaching Resource Task Force
January 2020—July 2021

Teaching Apprentice
September 2017—July 2020
University of California, School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA

• Spring 2020: N173—Introduction to Nursing Research and Writing II

• Spring 2019: N204—Nursing Research and Critique

• Winter 2019: N39A—Adult-Gero Primary Healthcare for Advanced Practice Nurses I

• Fall 2018: N231—Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nurses

• Winter 2018: N230B—Advance Pathophysiology

• Fall 2017: N204—Nursing Research

Research Assistant—Dr. Janet Mentes
September 2015—August 2017
University of California, School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA

Registered Nurse
June 2015—September 2017
Centinela Hospital Medical Center, Inglewood, CA

Administrator and General Manager
2008—2012
Hayes Home Board and Care Facility, Long Beach, CA

United States Army Reserves, 250th Transportation Company
June 2003—July 2010
United States Army, 736th TC/ 1st Infantry Division
2004—2005
Operation Iraqi Freedom II