Bridging Data and Science with Social Impact
Dr. Vicki Cabrera helps mission-driven organizations use research, evaluation, and social science to measure impact and strengthen programs that empower people to thrive.
Meet Dr. Vicki Cabrera
I understand the challenges mission-driven organizations face in achieving and demonstrating impact because I’ve lived them. Before I became a researcher and evaluator, I served in AmeriCorps VISTA, worked as a nonprofit program manager in New York City, and co-founded a school for a poverty-alleviation NGO in the Philippines. These experiences shaped my passion for empowering underserved and marginalized communities and showed me the complexity of this work.
After earning my PhD and moving to Los Angeles, I now bridge research and practice to help changemakers in California, the U.S., and the Philippines use an evidence-based approach to demonstrate and strengthen their impact to advance well-being and workforce development.
Vicki Cabrera, PhD
Expertise
An Evidence-Based Approach
Vicki helps social impact organizations replace guesswork with decisions rooted in data, research, and social science.
Measuring and Maximizing Impact
She helps clients use research and evaluation to improve, learn, and clearly demonstrate their impact to funders and interest holders.
Unlocking Human Potential
With expertise in well-being science and organizational psychology, she specializes in programs that advance well-being and workforce development.
Purpose-Driven, Evidence-Informed
With a PhD in Positive Organizational Psychology & Evaluation and an MPA in Public & Nonprofit Management, Vicki blends deep expertise, extensive social sector experience, and a passion for empowering others. She helps social impact organizations use an evidence-based approach grounded in data and science to strengthen programs and demonstrate results.
Awards
Award-winning research. Recognized excellence.