Speaking, Training & Presentations

Translate complex frontline experience into useful learning

Selected conference work, public-health training, and presentations on migration, humanitarian operations, trauma, public health, and community response.

Professional relevanceThis record supports roles requiring facilitation, training, executive communication, stakeholder education, public speaking, and translation of complex systems into practical guidance.

American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting · Detroit · April 2025

Asylum politics and local humanitarianisms along the U.S.-Mexico border

Conference presentation co-authored with Lise Nelson, Alex Nava, Liz Oglesby, and Christy Stewart, documented in a University of Arizona faculty curriculum vitae.

University of Arizona source →

Western Region Public Health Training Center · 2020

The Traumas That Asylum Seekers Face

A one-hour training listed in the University of Arizona public-health course catalog addressing deterrence-based policy, migration experiences, and the mental and physical well-being of asylum seekers.

University of Arizona course catalog →

Border Health · 2019

Casa Alitas supports asylum-seekers with volunteer-run shelters

A presentation on the shelter model and the community response required to receive asylum-seeking families after release from federal custody.

Border Health program →

Communication capabilities

Training & facilitationExecutive communicationPublic speakingMedia interviewsResearch translationStakeholder educationTrauma-informed systems
Speaking archive standardEach entry identifies the organizer, date, title, format, and an authoritative event or institutional source whenever available.