ANNA LIVIA PEARE
**** *. ********* ***. #3-925-***-****
Los Angeles, CA 90066 ******@****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Bilingual (English/Spanish) health professional with an interest in maternal and child health and health policy. Exceptional teamwork, leadership, program management, and problem-solving skills. Extensive experience developing grant reports.
EDUCATION
Master of Public Health (M.P.H.), Community Health Sciences June 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Community and Regional Development, Minor in Spanish June 2016
University of California, Davis, CA
EXPERIENCE
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA January 2021 – Present
Public Health Specialist and Program Manager for Schools
Develop California-wide training for K-12 risk communication training for K-12 school administrators, staff, and teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Analyze data and evaluation of the risk communication training and lead efforts for continual quality improvement.
Organize and manage weekly webinars on topics related to school reopening in collaboration with the California Department of Public Health
Provide technical assistance on school reopening and school-based contact tracing to local health jurisdictions across California.
Oversee a team of three working on school-related COVID-19 projects at the Fielding School of Public Health.
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA June 2020 – January 2021
Project Coordinator, Connected California COVID-19 Virtual Training Academy (VTA)
Managed the day-to-day operations of Virtual Training Academy (VTA), a California Department of Public Health funded program run by UCSF and UCLA to train the state’s COVID-19 pandemic response workforce.
Organized Zoom webinar trainings to ensure that approximately 500 California State employees were trained weekly to be COVID-19 Contact Tracers and Case Investigators.
Provided technical assistance on contact tracing and case investigation training to the Andean Parliament member countries (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru).
Led the communications task force team of eight in the creation and dissemination of COVID-19 information and public health safety practices, including mask wearing, social distancing, and vaccine-related updates.
Analyzed monitoring and evaluation surveys from VTA participants and develop quality improvement projects for the program.
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA March 2020 – June 2020
Graduate Student Researcher
Conducted research with Dr. May Sudhinaraset, Assistant Professor in Community Health Sciences, on an immigrant status and national reproductive health equity bills publication funded by the National Health Law Program.
Wrote a successful grant proposal for a new research project to study the social and health impact of COVID-19 on undocumented immigrants in California, funded by the University of California Office of the President.
Developed survey questions and analysis plan for an on-going study examining maternal health outcomes during COVID-19 in Kenya.
U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Rockville, MD June 2019 – September 2019
Graduate Student Intern
Analyzed qualitative and quantitative data for the 52 nation-wide LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and other related Disabilities) programs and wrote a summary report for Congressional budgetary use.
Collaborated with Program Officers in the Division of Children with Special Healthcare Needs to evaluate U.S.-wide population health programs (titled Family-to-Family) for children with special health needs.
Collected data and wrote summary reports for one-page documents highlighting new Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) grants, including the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program.
Wrote five analytical reports on nationwide CoIIN (Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Networks), including those for infant and maternal mortality, for Dr. Michael Warren, Associate Administrator of MCHB.
Mary’s Center, Washington, DC February 2017 – September 2018
Program Coordinator
Organized, coordinated, and co-facilitated bilingual group care for prenatal, pediatric, and chronic care medical visits.
Tracked budgets and expenditures and analyzed patient health improvement and outcomes.
Wrote quarterly funding reports for grants provided by the Washington D.C. Department of Health (DC Health) and the Centering Healthcare Institute.
SKILLS
Foreign Language: Fluent in Spanish; Computer: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, STATA, ArcGIS