In her first term, Massachusetts State Senator Becca Rausch passed a bill addressing racial disparities in maternal health. As her Communications Director, I crafted our press and media engagement strategy, worked with coalition partners to bring it to fruition, and wrote press releases, opeds, social copy, and a floor speech on the topic.

Watch the speech

I interviewed and photographed 10 patients at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program - one in Spanish - about how BHCHP helped them. I picked the best quote from each interview and designed the cards, which we gave out at the annual gala and throughout the year, as a way to bring our patients’ voices directly to supporters.

At Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP), I was one of the organizers of #SafeForMeToo, a safe space to support women living on the street or in shelter who experience sexual violence at alarming rates. The event was held at BHCHP’s weekly HER Saturday clinic, a weekly women-only day program (trans and enby-inclusive) where women can relax, get something to eat, get boots in the winter or sunscreen in the summer, get a hair cut, watch a movie or sing karaoke, speak to social workers or therapists, and seek medical care.

Learn more about #SafeForMeToo here.

For Overdose Awareness Day at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, I ran an ambitious campaign that included a new website, digital launch, an on-the-ground guerilla marketing/awareness campaign, and an in-person event. The goal was to honor those we had lost, support our grieving community, and help people in our own backyard see people struggling with addiction as neighbors rather than “addicts” or “zombies” as they sometimes call them. Hill Holliday designed the website KnowMoreOD.com and accompanying social graphics, seen here, based on my direction and BHCHP’s own research. Working with AHOPE, the City of Boston’s needle exchange, and BHCHP’s own clinical staff, we gathered stories of actual patients who had died from overdose and got consent from their families to share them in our chalking effort throughout the city, which drew significant media attention. Family members came to the event that evening, where we projected photos of those who had passed alongside brief descriptions of who they were, and attendees were encourages to share their own stories of loved ones.

Read more about the #StoriesNotStigma campaign here.