I am originally from the Caribbean, attended University of the West Indies for one year and majored in Psychology. I later migrated to the US and attended Borough Manhattan Community College (CUNY) and majored in Counseling and Psychology, then transferred to Herbert H. Lehman College (CUNY) and majored in Community Health and Epidemiology. I worked with Borough of Manhattan Community College as part time assistant transfer counselor for eight years. I also worked for Chase Manhattan for eight years and St. Joseph’s Hospital Yonkers New York as a Psychiatric Technician for seven years. In 1992 I transferred to St Joseph’s Hospital Tampa and relocated with my husband and two children. I worked at St Joseph’s Hospital in Pedi ICU and CCU as a Patient Care Technician. During this time I was offered a Supervisor at the Department of Juvenile Justice W.T Edwards Detention Center as a Supervisor full time for one year while working part time evenings at Tampa Electric Company in Customer Support. While there I was offered a Case Manager position with Hillsborough County Health Department Healthy Start Program. I accepted and spent one year in that department at which time I was promoted to Epidemiologist I in department of STD/TB surveillance, after three years in that department, I was transferred to Health Promotion and Education to head up the Community Outreach Health Educator/Coordinator program for five years. I was once again promoted to the Department of Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance as an Epidemiologist II, to assist in developing the new Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program for Hillsborough County. After eleven years in that department with no room for promotion, I applied to Hillsborough County Government to work as a Community Health Educator in Aging Services. However I was assigned to Code Enforcement instead as a Code Investigator where I worked for five year until I was rifted out of my position due to a Reduction in Force. Shortly thereafter, I was offered a Supervisor position with Positive Spin Inc. and remained there for one year at which time I was laid off. I then accepted a position with Metropolitan Ministries as a Housing Specialist. After three years I was promoted to Housing Manager and remained in that position for eight years. During that time The Program Manager position came open at Positive Spin Inc., I apply and was accepted, and have been there now for almost two and a half years.
As a Program Manager I have the privilege of partnering with families and employees in managing the overall day to day activities of the program. I am fully engaged with the planning, ensuring effective quality assurance of the program internally and externally. My team and I proactively monitor the programs progress, we build relationships with other programs because we want to ensure the highest level and quality of our service delivery.
I do what I do because I am very passionate about working with families in my community, especially those families with children who are homeless, on the verge of becoming homeless or have experience homelessness or struggling to make ends meet. This is a passion I have had since I was a teenager, working alongside my grandparents with our church to care for families in our community who were less fortunate.
I do what I do because I am very passionate about working with families in my community, especially those families with children who are homeless, on the verge of becoming homeless or have experience homelessness or struggling to make ends meet. This is a passion I have had since I was a teenager, working alongside my grandparents with our church to care for families in our community who were less fortunate.
First I would like to credit our families because they have a desire to change. By providing them the tools and resources we support them in their journey. One of the ways we do that is providing the case managers and support staff with the proper training and coaching they need to help each individual in developing themselves to become self-sufficient.
Positive Spin, Inc. is a recognized 501(c)(3), non-profit organization serving the Tampa Bay community.
