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9 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />Iheoma Iruka <br />Volunteer Application <br />Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br />Name: <br />Name Called: <br />Home Address: <br />Phone: (Day) <br />Phone: (Evening) <br />Fax: <br />Email: <br />Place of Employment: <br />Job Title: <br />Year of OC Residence: <br />Dr Iheoma Iruka <br />200 NC 54 #E-104 <br />Carrboro NC 27510 <br />919-843-8085 <br />240-238-4241 <br />iiruka@hotmail.com <br />Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute <br />Postdoctoral Fello <br />Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br />Zone of Residence: Carrboro City Limits <br />Sex: Female <br />Ethnic Background: African American <br />Date of Birth: 6/4/1979 <br />Boards/Commissions applied for: <br />Board of Social Services <br />Joint Orange Chatham Community Action Agency <br />Work Experience: <br />- I have worked in Miami coducting research regarding low-income and minority families <br />and ways to assist them in making their children success <br />- I am currently working on a pilot to provide training to parents to improve their children's <br />language skills <br />- I have worked as a researcher in government contract agency working on projects <br />dealing with family census data and children's school readiness <br />- I have been evaluator for afamily-based preschool program <br />Volunteer Experience: <br />I was a Big Sister for Big Brothers Big Sister <br />I was a board member in the Montgomery County Victims and Sexual Assut Program in <br />Maryland <br />I a consultant/evaluator for an Early Head Start program <br />Education: <br />Ph.D. (2005)in Child Applied Development Psychology (University of Miami) <br />M.S. (2003)in Child Applied Development Psychology (University of Miami) <br />M.A. (2000)in Psychology (Boston University) <br />B.A. (1999) in Psychology with minor in Criminal Justice (Te <br />