Disability Rights Advocacy, Writing, Volunteer Mgmt. Project Mgmt

Jawanda Barnett Mast

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Olathe, KS 66062

913-***-**** (cell)

******@*********.***

www.thesassysoutherngal.com

@sassysutherngal

Current: Disability Rights Advocate and Host of Special Needs Blog, www.TheSassySouthernGal.com

Past Professional Experience

Manager Grassroots Advocacy, National Down Syndrome Society

Executive Director – Down Syndrome Association of Memphis & the Mid-South, Memphis, TN

Volunteer Manager – Youth Villages, Inc., Memphis, TN

4-H Youth Development Agent, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Phoenix, AZ

4-H Youth Development Agent, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension, Little Rock, AR

Outreach Coordinator, Collin Intervention to Youth (CITY House), Plano, TX

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Arkansas Department of Human Development, Fayetteville, AR

Organizations, Awards & Related Information

Disability Rights Center of Kansas Board Member

University of Arkansas - Alumni Award for Service to the Community

Olathe South High School Project Graduation Chairperson

National Down Syndrome Congress Advocacy Coalition

National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) National Advocate of the Year

Consultant to Mass General Hospital Virtual Down Syndrome Clinic

University of Kansas Special Education Department External Advisory Committee

Kansas Legislature Emergency Safety Intervention Task Force

Olathe Unified School District Special Services Site Council

Down Syndrome Guild of Great Kansas City Board of Directors

Education

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Master of Science, Human Development and Family Studies

Bachelor of Science – Family and Consumer Sciences

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