Position:
Research Assistant/ Outreach Worker/ Prevention Counselor at Miriam Hospital, Founder and advocate for male sex workers at Project Weber, HIV Prevention Counselor and Outreach Worker at AIDS Care Ocean State, Public Speaker/ Educator at AIDS Care Ocean State Speakers Bureau, Director / Producer at Richfilms
Location:
Providence, Rhode Island Area
Work:
Miriam Hospital
since Jan 2011
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Research Assistant/ Outreach Worker/ Prevention Counselor
Project Weber
since Jun 2010
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Founder and advocate for male sex workers
AIDS Care Ocean State
since Mar 2008
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HIV Prevention Counselor and Outreach Worker
AIDS Care Ocean State Speakers Bureau
since Mar 2008
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Public Speaker/ Educator
Richfilms
since Jul 1998
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Director / Producer
Rhode Island Community Planning Group
Dec 2008 - May 2012
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RICPG Member
AIDS Care Ocean State
Mar 2008 - Aug 2008
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Residential Assistant to persons living with HIV/AIDS
Youth Pride
Oct 1999 - Feb 2000
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Outreach Worker
Interests:
To see services, resources,and support provided to the many young men living on the streets who exchange sex for money.
Honor & Awards:
-Presented at the University of Rhode Island’s Human Sexualities Class on international and local male prostitution.
-Presented the Project Weber needs assessment data at the 2010 RICPG Annual Event.
-Presented at The 2010 HIV Prevention Leadership Summit in Washington DC.
-Create events to educate community members and professionals about Male Sex Workers
-Worked together with the CDC (Center for Disease Control) about Male Sex Workers after identifying a cluster of recently diagnosed HIV positive men in Providence, R.I..
-Presented an educational training on Male Sex Workers at the Rhode Island College Institute for Addiction and Recovery titled Male Prostitution in RI: Barriers and Complications in Treatment/Recovery.
-Presented at the 25th Annual ANAC Conference titled "Lost in the Streets" in Tucson, Arizona.
-Featured in the documentary film INVISIBLE.