Abstract Introduction Occupational licensure has a function in society to ensure that public health and safety are protected from bad actors. Additionally, licensing boards have the gatekeeping role in assuring those public health and safety ideals. Nevada ranks as the worst state to live in for children with mental or behavioral health care needs. This […]

Presented below one of my research projects that I worked on during my Masters in Public Health Internship with the Children’s Advocacy Alliance. Included are my Recommendations for how improvements can be made at the systems-level. *Recommendations and opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of CAA or my employer* Introduction There […]

Wait, what? Yes, the Supreme Court declared in 2015 that marriage is a fundamental civil right and that two individuals regardless of sex have the unabridged right to join in blissful matrimony (see Obergefell v. Hodges). Prior to this 2015 ruling, in Nevada, in Sevcik v. Sandoval (2014), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled […]

For my Health Policy & Administration course, part of the Master of Public Health program at the University of Nevada, Reno, I wrote this paper on the necessity to decriminalize those living with HIV in Nevada. HIV is not the same disease as it was in the 1980s and early 1990s, but while this is […]