Danielle Rodriguez

My primary career has been in refugee resettlement and health which I've worked within various roles impacting the social driver of health of economic empowerment to program oversight of statewide domestic refugee medical and mental health screenings in Maine and refugee health education, health care navigation support, and psychosocial support programs in Utah and Maine.

The secondary career that I wish to grow more into is higher education - teaching or program development. I've found my motivation to teach in the field of journalism and media studies, and am interested in applied communication studies around visual communication strategies, interpersonal communication, health communication, intercultural communication and organizational communication. I would like to continue learning in the fields of digital design and strategic communication to support these teaching motivations.

As hobbies, I enjoy skiing, dining, baking and cooking, hiking, reading spending time at the beach - especially if playing volleyball and eventually I will love trail running again.

Refugee Health & Resettlement positions served in past:

• State Refugee Health Coordinator of Maine
• Refugee Health Promotion Coordinator for Utah Department of Health and Human Services
• Refugee Health Contracts Coordinator for Utah Department of Health and Human Services
• Job Developer for Utah Refugee Services Office
• Family Employment Counselor for Utah Department of Workforce Services - Refugee Team
• Interim Program Coordinator for Transitions for Refugee Youth Afterschoool Program of the University of Utah Center for Mathematics and Science Education
• Utah Refugee Education & Training Center Site Specialist - Salt Lake Community College
• Refugee-led Community Based Organizations Capacity Building AmeriCorps VISTA
• Research Assistant for PartoPen maternal health labor monitoring mHealth pilot.

Grants managed over career (fiscal and programmatic):

• Federal Office of Refugee Resettlement (Administration for Children and Families)
  • Maine's Domestic Medical Screening Program
    • Cash and Medical Assistance (CMA)
    • Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA)
  • Refugee Support Services (RSS) - Refugee Health Promotion
    • Maine and Utah's Refugee Health Promotion (RHP)
    • Maine and Utah's Afghan Health Promotion (AfHP)
    • Maine's Ukrainian Health Promotion (UHP)
    • Utah's Refugee Mental Health Initiative (ReMHI) 
• Utah's Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED)
  • Strategic Workforce Initiative - Welding (2020 - 2021)
  • Learn & Work Initiative - Community Health Worker Training Program (2021 - 2022)
• Utah State Board of Education (USBE)
  • Perkins V Special Projects Grant - Community Health Worker Training Program (2020 - 2021)

Grants managed over career (programmatic only):

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 Funding:
  • Utah's Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) for Refugee Health Program Response (2019 - 2022)
  • Utah's COVID-19 Community Partnership (CCP) for Refugee Health Program Response (2019 - 2022)

Grants employed and accountable to collecting quality data for reporting to over career:

• Bill and Melinda Gates Grand Challenges Exploration Grant (2012)
• National Science Foundation Grant (2012)

Teaching Experience:

• Faculty Lecturer of Journalism and Mass Media Studies at Utah Valley University; Adjunct Instructor of Applied Communication Studies (2017 - 2022)
  • Courseload:
    • Interpersonal Communication
    • Intro to Communication
    • Intro to Mass Communication
    • Media Ethics
    • Public Speaking
    • Reporting for Mass Media
    • Organizational Communication
    • Visual Communication
    • Small Group Communication & Decision-Making

Other Work Experience:

• University of Colorado LEEDS School of Business Library Assistant (4 years)
• University of Colorado ATLAS Administrative Assistance (2 years)
• Service Industry - Food & Beverage (5 years)
• Sporting Goods Industry - Footwear Department (7 years)

Master of Science, School of Engineering & Sciences at University of Colorado

• Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD)
  • “Development” refers to engineering innovations to meet global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  • Practical Fieldwork Experiences:
    • Technology Integration in the ESOL Afterschool Classroom
    • Research Pilot on PartoPen labor monitoring mHealth tool

Bachelor of Arts, School of Arts & Sciences at University of Colorado

• English Literature & Composition, General
• Certificate Tracks:
  • Digital Media (Alliance for Technology, Learning & Society)
  • Community Studies (Institute of Ethical & Civic Engagement)
  • Leadership (President's Leadership Class)