Co-designed and facilitated several youth-engaged research and evaluation processes, the most recent of which was to inform a philanthropic funder's approach to supporting youth health programs (partnership with Informed Change).
Spearheaded and implemented an initiative focused on team improvement at a nonprofit social enterprise, which involved developing a curriculum, leading conversations, and monitoring progress on goals in an effort to foster a more cohesive and effective work environment.
Co-facilitated listening sessions on camper engagement strategies with staff, campers, and families from a national network of nature-based youth development programs (partnership with Informed Change).
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"As a functional nutritionist and entrepreneur, my vision has always been to help the underserved in a way that is accessible and educational in order for them to achieve and sustain their long term health goals. Part of making that a reality was creating a 10-week online program that caters to the pre- and try 2 diabetes community. Despite having tremendous wisdom and education on the realm of diabetes, health & wellness and making sustainable lifestyle changes, turning that knowledge into an actual step-by-step course required additional expertise of which I myself did not possess.
"Before anything could be 'built,' an outline needed to be created. Janyesha served as an extremely contributory part of this process. Her ability to help me take my ideas from the vision I had in my head and pairing it with her ability to critically analyze the information & effectively communicate back to me some of the things I had difficulty articulating myself - gave me the confidence that her values around coaching, communication and ensuring that it was my complete vision being brought to life was her top priority. Janyesha’s broad-mindedness was especially welcomed as it allowed her to operate as a sort of backboard to bounce my ideas off of & was extremely helpful in addition to her ability to confidently ask clarifying questions that my ideal student would have. This allowed me to ensure efficiency and clarity throughout each lesson and use wording that would speak directly to the type of person that would be ingesting the material.
"One thing I found was an essential part of working together was the gentle yet assertive way Janyesha was able to pull out of me my core reason behind doing this work and encouraging me to put some of it into my course content which ultimately helped me to connect deeper to my ideal client, create trust & relatability as well as reestablish myself as the expert in my field. I was able to take pieces of this outline and turn it into content for social media which allowed me to generate over $10K in revenue in the first 90 days of launching my course! Janyesha is an expert in her field. She knows what she is doing and operates as not only a supportive force for creation but also a constructive mentor. She was most certainly an invaluable part of this process and I would most certainly work with her again in the future."