Education....Experience....Leadership....Publications and Film....Lectures....Conferences

Education

MBA, Haas School of Business (candidate, class of 2009)
University of California, Berkeley, CA
• Honors: Haas Merit Scholar, Point Foundation Scholar
• VP, Black Business Student Association; VP, Q@Haas

Master of Arts, Human Sexuality Studies (2004)
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology (1997)
New College of the University of South Florida, Sarasota, FL
• Honors: National Merit Finalist, National Achievement Scholar

Experience

Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, San Francisco, CA
Training & Professional Development Manager (2006 - 2007)

Open Enterprises, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Coordinator, Staff Training Program (2002 - 2005)
Board of Directors: Member-at-Large, Secretary, and Vice President (2000 - 2005)
Member, Educational Outreach Team (1999 - 2004)

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Community Leadership

Trainer, San Francisco Department of Public Health (2006)
AIDS Office Counseling Staff Training, San Francisco, CA

Board of Directors, New Leaf Services (2004 - 2005)
Member of the Board, San Francisco, CA

Trainer, Women's Community Clinic (2002 - 2003)
Annual Volunteer Group Training, San Francisco, CA

Board of Directors, Harvey Milk Institute (2000 - 2003)
Member of the Board; Chair of the Board, San Francisco, CA

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Publications and Film

"Why Lesbians Should Care about Bi Women's Health" in Curve Magazine, July 2008.

"Studying Sex" in Best Sex Writing 2008, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. (Cleis Press: 2007; first printed in ColorLines Magazine)

"Bisexual Health: An Introduction and Model Practices for HIV/ STI Prevention Programming," with L. Bessonova, J. Ebin, & M. Miller, edited by the Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. (2007)

"When Vibrators Attack: Help Is on the Way for the Sex-Toy Sensitive" in Playgirl Magazine, June 2007.

"And Then You Cut Your Hair: On the Femme Side of the Spectrum," with Sandy Chang, in Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity, edited by Matt Bernstein Sycamore. (Seal Press: 2006)

"Best Lesbian Place to Work: The Second-Largest Lesbian Company in the US, Babeland Knows How to Make Work Fun" in Curve Magazine, November 2006.

"Studying Sex: A One-of-a-Kind College Course is Helping to Transform the Burgeoning Field of Sexuality Studies" in ColorLines Magazine, Spring 2006

On My Skin / En Mi Piel (director). 8 min., color digital video. 2006. Produced by Black and White All Over Films; distributed by AltCinema Productions.

"Bisexual Cowboys in Love: Brokeback Mountain and the Bi-Tragedy Genre" in American Sexuality Magazine, 3(4), 2005

"Up the Mountain from Petionville: A Conversation Between Two Haitian American Queer Women," with Marlene Barberousse-Nikolin, in Waking Up American: Coming of Age Bi-culturally, edited by Angela Jane Fountas. (Seal Press: 2005)

"Untitled, in Bisexual Community chapter" in Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World, edited by Robyn Ochs (Bisexual Resource Center: 2005)

"Beyond the Down Low: Examining the politics of black male desire" in American Sexuality Magazine, 3(2), 2005

"Book Review: Bisexual Women in the 21st Century" in American Sexuality Magazine, 2(5), July/ August 2004

"Kissing Off Jessica Stein?" Bay Times, May 2, 2002

"Bi and For the People" Bay Area Reporter, March 28, 2002

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Lectures

Bisexual Lives: Representations and Realities
• Sexual Minorities and Sexual Health, Towson University. Baltimore, MD. Spring 2008.
• Bi Visibility Project, University of California - Davis. Davis, CA. Fall 2007.
• 6th Annual Summer Institute on Sexuality, Inequality, and Health, National Sexuality Resource Center of San Francisco State University. San Francisco, CA. Summer 2007.

Research on Bisexual Health
• LGBTI Health Elective, University of California - San Francisco Medical School. San Francisco, CA. Spring 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2008.

Introduction to Bisexuality Studies
• Introduction to Human Sexuality Studies, San Francisco State University. San Francisco, CA. Fall 2006.
• Colloquium in Human Sexuality, San Francisco State University. San Francisco, CA. Fall 2005

After Kinsey: Bisexuality and Female Sexual Behavior
• Theories of Female Sexuality, San Francisco State University. San Francisco, CA. Fall 2005.
• Introduction to Human Sexuality Studies, San Francisco State University. San Francisco, CA. Fall 2005.

Sexual Compatibility for Female Couples
• Issues in Lesbian Relationships, City College of San Francisco. San Francisco, CA. Spring 2005.

Lesbian Erotic Imagery
• African American Sexuality Studies, California State University – Hayward (now CSU – East Bay). Hayward, CA. Summer 2002.
• Variations in Human Sexuality, San Francisco State University. San Francisco, CA. Summer 2002.
• Introduction to Human Sexuality Studies, San Francisco State University. San Francisco, CA. Fall 2002.

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Conferences

Bisexual Health: What Psychologists Need to Know
The Wright Institute's 5th Annual Symposium on Culture & Diversity; Berkeley, CA. April 15, 2008.

Bisexual Health: Findings & Recommendations from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Gay & Lesbian Medical Association's 25th Annual Conference; San Juan, PR. September 28, 2007.

LGBTQI Cancer Risk Reduction and Screening Guidelines
Cancer in Our Lives: Raising Awareness in the LGBTQI Community, joint conference of the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association and the American Cancer Society; San Francisco, CA. October 14, 2006.

Up the Mountain from Petionville: A Conversation Between Two Haitian American Queer Women
Haitian Studies Association's 17th Annual Conference, University of Massachusetts – Boston; Boston, MA. October 14, 2005.

All the Words are Mine: How Women Make Connections between Sexual Orientations and Sexual Experiences with Female and Male Sex Partners
International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture, and Society's Fifth International Conference, San Francisco State University; San Francisco, CA. June 22, 2005.

Mixed Marriages: Lesbian and Bisexual Women in Relationships
• Q-Grad Conference on Gender and Sexuality, University of California – Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA. November 15, 2003.
• North American Conference on Bisexuality, San Diego, CA. August 22, 2003.

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