Rebecca L. Edwards

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Employment

****-******* *********** ****** ******** Prevention Educator VARIOUS Freelance

• Title IX Coordinator and Investigator certified by ATIXA.

• Sex educator certified by San Francisco Sex Information.

• Develop and present curriculum on healthy relationship promotion, sexual health, Title IX, affirmative consent, and bystander intervention for high school and college students.

• Assist in revising and implementing university policies and procedures to comply with the standards set forth by the Office of Civil Rights.

• Trained trauma-informed crisis advocate and volunteer on crisis intervention line at sexual violence prevention non-profit organization. 2011-2015 Manager of Global Programs STANFORD, CA

Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), Stanford University

• Developed and managed large-scale, sustainable partnerships between STVP and international universities, which generated more than $800,000 annually.

• Maintained satisfaction of partners to 100% desire-for-renewal rate.

• Designed from scratch, hired teaching team, oversaw logistics, and facilitated STVP Faculty Fellows Program, serving more than 80 international entrepreneurship educators, and resulting in new partnerships.

• Collected data and delivered impact reports annually to address quantified impact of global programs.

• Designed community engagement activities to strengthen relationships between STVP team and faculty, staff and students across Stanford campus. 2009 –2011 Asset Building Program Coordinator EUREKA, CA Redwood Community Action Agency

• Led coalition of non-profit service providers and increased participation from 4 to 18 active members through consistent leadership and homemade chocolate chip cookies.

• Recruited, trained, and managed volunteers to staff tax sites across two counties.

• Oversaw and coordinated all aspects of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance

(VITA) program including outreach and promotion, volunteer management, and the implementation of volunteer-based tax sites across two northern California counties.

2010 Adjunct Faculty EUREKA, CA

College of the Redwoods

• Taught first-year college transition class to enable a smooth entry for a diverse set of students.

• Developed curriculum to foster collaborative, supportive classroom environment. 2006 –2009 English Instructor PERÚ, ARGENTINA, U.S. Freelance, Institutes, Kaplan, Inc.

• Taught beginner, intermediate, advanced, conversational, and TOEFL English.

• Utilized classroom experience for cultural exchange and understanding. 2008 – 2009 Researcher/Evaluator HUARMEY, PERÚ

Village Empowerment Project

• Conducted strength-based research to determine community resources and project impacts in order to increase sustainability of appropriate technology project in rural Peruvian communities.

• Designed and administered interviews with Peruvian participants to determine best practices for future collaborations.

2007 –2009 Graduate Research Assistant LOWELL, MA

University of Massachusetts Lowell

• Assisted in research on gender at the Center for Women and Work.

• Recruited and trained volunteer team for the Lowell Senior Count, a large-scale wellness assessment for all citizens over the age of 60 in Lowell, MA.

• Completed literature reviews and assisted in writing for future publications. 2003 –2005 Girls‘N Power Coordinator GREENFIELD, MA Franklin Community Action Agency

• Coordinated all aspects of Girls ‘N Power, including curriculum development, outreach, fundraising, and budgeting, in order to support the development and empowerment of at-risk girls.

• Facilitated goals and values-based curriculum to support youth program participants in making healthy life choices.

• Hired, supervised, and mentored peer leaders as well as an AmeriCorps volunteer.

• Acted as fiscal assistant for center, maintaining updated budget information for all groups.

• Managed budget for all programs within the youth center as acting fiscal assistant. Publications • Co-author of Society for Community Research and Action Presentation 2009:

“Treating Gender as an Ecological Variable: Challenges for Community Researchers.”

• Co-Author: “Honduran Migration to the United States, 1940 - Present. Languages • Intermediate Spanish (Written and Verbal) Education

2009 University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA

Masters of Arts in Community-Social Psychology

Cumulative GPA: 4.0

Diversity in the Workplace Certificate

Graduate Research Award

2003 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Honors College Amherst, MA Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

Cumulative GPA: 3.91

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