Charise spent the first 10 years of her career as a nonprofit entrepreneur in the field of youth development and leadership. She currently serves as a technical project manager and trainer. In this role, Charise helps over 40 large, mission-focused, nonprofit and advocacy programs at The Pew Charitable Trusts leverage data using Salesforce, Tableau, and Microsoft365. Her current volunteer efforts include co-leading the Washington DC Nonprofit Salesforce User Group , co-leading the Salesforce.org Open Source Community Project: DEI Framework, co-leading the Salesforce.org Open Source Community Project: NPSP Videography, mentoring, and contributing to the women in tech community.