Erica A. Briggs, Servant leader

• Extensive experience as program lead for educational and creative initiatives, especially those related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Highly efficient in organizational planning and budget management. Especially successful in overcoming challenges of limited resources, effectively designing high-quality, cost-effective programming.
• Dedicated educator and curriculum designer, trained to introduce essential critical thinking skills that enable learners to more effectively organize and compare information to make thoughtful decisions. 
• Skilled at creating a sense of community in the learning environment, one that fosters life-long learning.
• Relation-centered advocate and community caretaker with a focused commitment to building strong connections that authentically reflect compassion  and genuine concern for the healing and growth of others. 
• Committed to supporting the development of community ministries and non-profit organizations that serve traditionally disenfranchised communities. 
• Skilled in community outreach, building community support, key coalitions and strategic partnerships with agencies and departments.
• Creative artist and writer, expressing themes of identity, culture, nature, and resilience.

Master of Professional Studies, CORNELL UNIVERSITY - Ithaca, New York

• Major in Africana Studies:  thesis research in the social construction of race in America using literature as a form of qualitative analysis and exploration.  Thesis included the completion of a novel.
  

Bachelor of Arts, MILLS COLLEGE - Oakland, California

• Major in Communications: Video Production; minor in Ethnic Studies.
  

Additional Graduate Studies

• Counselor Education/School Counseling: completed core curriculum; practicum at Eastside High School. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, Florida
• Families in Youth Development, College of Health, Education, and Human Development. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY Fall, 2013.