Assistant Manager, International Programs & Events, Global Ties San Francisco – a division of World Trade Center Northern California.—Disinformation Panelist, Global Ties U.S. National Meeting – Washington, DC (January 23, 2020)

Global Ties San Francisco is the San Francisco Bay Area diplomacy arm of World Trade Center Northern California.

International Program Coordinator at Global Ties San Francisco, a division of the World Trade Center Northern California. Role entails coordination and implementation of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), the U.S. Department of State's premier professional exchange program that seeks to build mutual understanding between the US and other nations. I implemented 12 IVLP projects over five months, connecting 88 emerging international leaders from 26 different countries with key decision makers, schools, businesses and community members across the San Francisco Bay Area.

International Visitors Programming Intern at Global Ties San Francisco: A Division of the World Trade Center Northern California. This office implements the U.S. Department of State's premier professional exchange program, the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), which seeks to build mutual understanding between the US and other nations through carefully designed short-term visits to the US for current and emerging foreign leaders.Over the six-month internship, I assisted staff with the implementation of seven IVLP projects, connecting 77 emerging international leaders from 46 different countries with their professional counterparts in the San Francisco Bay Area.Other responsibilities: arrange professional itineraries, coordinate and plan meetings, reach out to potential professional resources, research new leads, create proposals, update DOS database

Contract work through Global Ties San Francisco in which I met participants of the U.S. Department of State-sponsored International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on arrival and guided them through the busy airport to their connecting flights. In true Travelers Aid spirit, I provided International Visitors a "helping hand along the way," with information, directions, and assistance solving unexpected travel problems.

Seasonal employment as an Administrative Assistant. Responsibilities: filing invoices and other documents, labeling, file organization and creation, document organization, office organization, answering and making telephone calls, preparing mail, opening and distributing mail, and other overall assistance and support of the central office of a property management company.