Professional Experience

Litigations Coordinator 10/2009-6/2020 

California Men’s Colony & Wasco State Prison California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

• Compilation, completion, and review of records
• Records production
• Liaison between the institution and all outside legal entities.
• Facilitation of legal representation for the accused
• Expert witness with an emphasis on inmate files and records
• Worked directly with The California Attorney General's Office (all district offices)
• Worked with Federal and State Courts nationwide
• Worked with District Attorney Offices nationwide
• Worked with Public Defenders Offices nationwide
• Worked with The Governor's Office on extraditions 
• Worked directly with numerous licensing boards (State Bar, Nursing Boards, Psychology Board etc.)

Correctional Counselor II Supervisor 10/2007 -10/2009

Central California Women’s Facility
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

• Chaired numerous Inmate Classification Hearings
• Supervised Correctional Counselor I
• Reviewed classification files with recommendations
• Maintained Ad-Seg caseload
• Acting Facility Captain experience (out of class)

Correctional Counselor I  4/2000- 10/2007
Corcoran State Prison & Valley State Prison for Women California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

• Supervised inmate classification caseload
• Establishing appropriate programs (ie. educational programs, vocational programs)
• Lifer Board Reports
• Transfer recommendations (both locally and nationally)

Correctional Officer 12/90-4/2000
Corcoran & Central California Women’s Prison & Valley State Prison for Women California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

• Inmate supervision (minimum/maximum male/female units)
• Inmate supervision across multiple areas (housing unit, dining hall, etc.)
• Control booth officer
• Transportation officer

License Private Investigator December 2020 to present 

2012      Masters of Science Criminology, Law, and Society 

University of California, Irvine

• 3.9 GPA
• Master’s Thesis: Security Threat Groups Ones: Prison Gangs

2003      Bachelors of Science Criminology with a minor in Corrections 

California State University, Fresno