Our director, Rachel, has worked as a consultant since 2021. Consulting services through Confianza Collective include support for community organizations, businesses, and research teams doing community-engaged work.

Consulting

Areas of Expertise

Community Partnerships

Support includes facilitating conversations and strategic planning around:

  • Partnership goals

  • Community-driven priorities

  • Practical and public-facing deliverables

  • Managing team dynamics over time

Qualitative Research

Consultations can help teams set and accomplish goals related to:

  • Co-designing projects with partners

  • IRB proposals

  • Interview or focus group protocols

  • Making sense of the data

  • Developing deliverables for partners

Writing Support

One-on-one or team support for:

  • Initial brainstorming & goal setting

  • Working through writer’s block

  • Collaborative writing

  • Revising based on feedback

  • Communicating value of work to different audiences

Testimonials

  • “Rachel is a fantastic resource! I have worked with her on various research projects, IRB documents, grant proposals, and scholarly works. She approaches research with compassion, empathy, and enthusiasm. She does a wonderful job of providing constructive feedback on writing while ensuring that the writer's voice and purpose stay at the forefront. I can't recommend working with her enough.”

    Chloe Cardosi, MA, PhD Candidate

  • “I collaborated with Rachel on multiple writing and research projects, and these projects helped me develop as a writer who could write for many kinds of audiences across various contexts. She helped me understand how an effective writing process works, how to write collaboratively, how to lead a team, how to write a proposal, how to write for publication, how to communicate with reviewers and editors, and many more things.”

    Gitte Frandsen, PhD