Alexander Levin-Epstein Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

• Coordinate and implement the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) program across four host locations for more than 100 students each summer and more than 20 students during the academic year.
• Maintain partnerships with key stakeholders, including the U.S. Department of State, consortium organizations, and partners in host locations.
• Provide leadership and support to country partners in program implementation, including program evaluation, guidelines, policies, procedures, logistics, and more.
• Lead program in facilitating weekly planning meetings and routine meetings with program partners.
• Develop plan of work, program calendar, and task lists, and document best practices and lessons learned in programming.
• Assist with crafting written materials that support program needs, such as student handbooks, newsletters, website articles, etc.

New York, New York, United States

• Managed assigned student support cases, provided on-program support, and contributed to overall program implementation for the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) program and the Kennedy-Lugar.
• Partnered with program managers and country offices to coordinate program activities, including recruitment and outreach for potential students, application review for selected students, collaboration with country.
• Maintained ongoing communication with parents, students, and partner organizations.
• Developed and planned eight virtual event each year and assisted in coordination of workshops for program alumni.
• Led strategic implementation of the program’s online presence and regularly updatedand maintained websites and social media platforms.
• Created written communications materials for program reports, newsletters, programhighlights, success stories, etc.

New York, New York, United States

• Assisted with student support, alumni programming, and website posting and upkeep for the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program.
• Supported development, planning, and implementation of virtual events and workshops for YES alumni.
• Contributed to the editing and compilation of YES program reports and routine program communications (newsletters, highlights, emails).
• Coordinated and implemented a comprehensive communications plan and calendar for iEARN-USA.
• Created and wrote social media and website content to highlight and promote iEARN-USA, including through creating graphics, writing articles and newsletters, and crafting posts.

New York, New York, United States

• Oversaw the implementation of hundreds of interviews with program applicants, including through organizing multiple interview events, by training and providing support for local volunteer teams.
• Reviewed hundreds of program interview forms to guarantee quality assurance and standardization.
• Conducted confidential and detailed interviews with more than 20 applicants and recruited program alumni to act as interviewers and volunteers at events.

Strasbourg, France

• Created e-booklets, made informational graphics, and edited guides for Erasmus-funded projects.
• Composed newsletters, wrote reports on topics related to international exchange and mobility, and translated documents from French to English.

Morocco

• Organized classes, including weekly English classes, and other activities for students at the local youth center and high school boarding residence.
• Co-led, with a local counterpart, a weekly Life Skills program for more than 20 teenagers.
• Established a library in the town's primary school in conjunction with a local association.
• Assisted in the training of newly arrived volunteers and led sessions on mental health and support systems as member of the Peace Corps Volunteer Support Network.
• Edited PeaceWorks, a volunteer-run literary arts digital magazine, and Morocco World News, an English-language, Moroccan-led online newspaper.
• Participated in Special Olympics for youth with disabilities and local camps for youth in nearby villages.

Washington, D.C., USA

Led group activities and assisted teachers in a preschool classroom to foster social and literacy development as part of the Jumpstart Summer Corps program.

Master 2, Social Development And Inter-Mediterranean Migrations

Laurea Magistrale, Asylum & Migration, Intercultural Mediation, And History & Culture In The Middle East & North Africa

Máster Universitario Erasmus Mundus, Communication, Development Cooperation, And Sociocultural Mediation In The Mediterranean

Master Erasmus Mundus Mim, Arabic Language And Sociology

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology And English Literature, Minor In Film And Media Studies

Concentration In Contemporary French History, Memory, And Identity