Erik B.

Soto
http://www.erikbsoto.com

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3939 Ellington Road, Philadelphia, PA 19131 484-522-5211 erik.soto@yahoo.com

EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE & TROPICAL MEDICINE: London, United Kingdom 10/2006 09/2007 Master of Science (MSc.) in Public Health, Health Service Management Concentrator Thesis: Universal Health Care Coverage in America: Historical Politics of Health Care & the Presidential Election COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL & PUBLIC AFFAIRS: New York, New York 8/2005 5/2006 Completed a years worth of graduate coursework in International Development and Global Public Health THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: University Park, Pennsylvania 8/1998 8/2002 Bachelors of Arts (BA) in Psychology National Honor Society in Psychology, PSI CHI Induction (2001)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Urban Affairs Coalition GALAEI Division Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 05/2012 4/2013 Infectious Disease and Behavioral Health Medical Case Manager Provide one-on-one Medical Case Management and Counseling to individuals living with HIV/AIDS, other infectious diseases and behavioral health challenges. Maintain an active client load of up to 55 individuals and assist them in attaining resources such as housing, financial, medical, food, clothing and so forth. Provide HIV counseling and appropriate follow-up Contractual Health Consulting Various Sites throughout the Northeast, United States 10/2010 5/2012 Biometric Health Consultant Provided health consulting services on an as needed fee for service basis for various health and wellness firms located throughout the country for work done in the tri-state region Provided health education and services at corporate health fairs and health awareness events Provided blood pressure screenings, glucose testing, lipid profile, body mass index and fat ratio screenings Coordinated and managed multi-day health fairs within pharmacies Provided counseling for specific ailments such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and proper nutrition Some companies worked for include the following: o Onsite Health Diagnostics, Irving, TX o Principal Wellness Company, Indianapolis, IN o Well Call, San Francisco, CA o US Wellness Inc., Germantown, MD

Democracy USA / National Council of La Raza Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 05/2010 08/2010 Executive Assistant to the Director Temporary Grant Funded Contractual Position Providing leadership to a group of 12 plus bilingual canvassers assisting in registering new voters Motivated canvassers and provided strategies to help them attain voter registration goals Strategically scouted and planned best localities throughout the city to register new voters Provided the Director of the organization with an array of assistance from research to program planning and evaluation.

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City Gates Church Homeless Centre London, United Kingdom 12/2007 2/2010 Assistant Director Organized food procurement from donors while actively identifying new sources Supervised and coordinated volunteers (for food pick-ups, food preparations, hygiene and speaking engagements) Engaged in public relations to strengthen community ties and raise awareness/increase the centers community profile Led motivational public speaking series Provided counseling and other services

U.S. Department of State Secretarys Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) Washington, DC 05/2006 8/2006 Pickering Fellow Intern Wrote briefings on conflict prone countries to serve as quick references for possible engagement purposes Researched lessons learnt from past multi-national peacekeeping operations so as to institutionalize best practices Worked on the Lebanon Task Force assisting American citizens evacuate Lebanon during war, safely & expeditiously Coordinated and wrote the planning teams weekly initiative updates for the Coordinator (Ambassador)

Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Office of the Health Commissioner Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3/2003 8/2005 Executive Assistant to the Deputy Health Commissioner Analyzed federal, state and local legislation which were to affect assigned departmental units Prepared a variety of periodic and special reports pertaining to the departments operations Reviewed and analyzed the operation and administrative procedures of units to help capture best practices and ensure compliance and efficiency Made presentations and represented my superiors at meetings of professional, organizational and community groups with authority to make commitments of departmental resources Coordinated health fairs for all eight of the Citys health centers The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Bio-Behavioral Health University Park, PA 1/2001 8/2002 Research Associate Engaged in a yearlong research project dealing with smoking consumption within the United States Presented at Puerto Ricos, 1st Conference on Public Health & the 12th Tobacco World Conference Helsinki, Finland Provided administrative support The World Health Organization Geneva, Switzerland 5/2001 8/2001 Intern/Tobacco Free Initiative Reviewed tobacco data (consumption/production) for numerous countries and prepared a report on data availability Assisted the preparation of the World Health Organizations 2002 Tobacco Atlas publication Engaged field work in Senegal, performing statistical analysis on data gathered relevant to tobacco usage in Dakar Prepared a report summarizing statistical analysis and study findings

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SELECTIVE VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps Volunteer Alert Network (Present), is a group of medical, public health, and others who are ready to serve Philadelphia during public health emergencies or other times of need. Volunteers are preidentified, pre-trained and pre-credentialed to be ready to respond when an emergency happens. Volunteers supplement existing public health, emergency and medical resources, which may become overwhelmed during a disaster. Magen David Adomthe Red Shield of DavidUK Christian Friends Member (2007 2008), part of the International Red Cross/Crescent movement and an, a-political, non-sectarian organization serving as Israel's only emergency service fundraised while promoting interfaith dialogue and amicable collaborative networks Diabetes Alliance Committee Member (2003 2005), a multi-service network of interested organizations concerned with Philadelphias at risk diabetic population. Assisted in planning Philadelphias first ever diabetes conference in Spanish Philadelphia Animal Care and Control Associations, Assistant Chair Committee Member (2003 2005), 1 and 2 annual golf outing. Planned and oversaw the annual golf outing whose proceeds helped fund the citys animal shelter
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SELECTIVE RESEARCH & PRESENTATIONS

Universal health care coverage in America: historical politics of health care and the presidential election of 2008, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, thesis, March, 2008 A three-year poverty reduction strategy for achieving the millennium development goals by 2015 in the Dominican Republic, wrote the executive summary and the chapter on the nations health system, in addition to being one of two final editors. The report was presented by our course ProfessorDr. Jeffrey Sachsto the Dominican Republics Ambassador at the New York Embassy; Columbia University, New York, Dec/Jan 200506 Cigarette smoking behavioral patterns in the U. S, poster presentation at the 12th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Helsinki, Finland (with Gary King, Ph.D.), August 3 8, 2003 Recent cigarette smoking behavior among Hispanic populations in the U.S., Oral presentation at Puerto Ricos First Annual Conference on Public Health, San Juan, Puerto Rico (with Gary King, Ph.D.), April 10 12, 2002 Are prohibitions on smoking adhered to by public transportation users in Dakar, Senegal? Poster presentation at Penn State Universitys, Department of Bio-Behavioral Health, Second Annual Scientific Research Poster Session, April 8th, 2002

SELECTIVE AWARDS, HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

City Of Philadelphia (November 2009 Present), Certified Bilingual Poll Observer

The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship (April 2005 September 2006), The Fellowship, funded by the US Department of State, covered some graduate funding, mentorship and a summer internship within the State Department Philadelphia Latino Partnership Fellow (September, 2003 August, 2004), the training focused on development planning, outcome measures & evaluation. The capstone experience included an excursion within Latin America Multidisciplinary International Research Training (MIRT) Fellow (May, 2001 August, 2001), Awarded funding for International research focused on smoking among youth and interventions strategies Penn State University National Honor Society in Psychology, PSI CHI Member Induction (2001)

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Development tools: Operating Systems: Other Software: Social Media: Access, FrontPage, Publisher Windows XP, Vista & Seven Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, SPSS, Visio, Lotus Notes, STATA Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Received Top Secret Security Clearance from the United States, Department of State Full fluency in Spanish; conversational Portuguese; intermediate Italian and French Travel: Traveled throughout the United States, in addition to: Puerto Rico, Mexico, France, Switzerland, Italy, England, Spain, Senegal, Philippines, Finland, Estonia, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Costa Rica, Wales, Morocco, Scotland, Aruba, Venezuela, Colombia and the Republic of Panama

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