The Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation’s mission is to advance a deeper collaboration between schools and communities to disrupt inequity and meet the needs of today’s diverse learners across Los Angeles County. Serving as the primary philanthropic partner of the Los Angeles County Office of Education, GLA engages diverse problem solvers to address the region’s educational equity challenges and to create the opportunity for all students, with a focus on the most marginalized students and families. I support key projects and initiatives to address critical problems facing LA County students, schools and communities, including: closing the digital divide in Los Angeles County, student centered teaching and learning, and college access and success. This includes grant making, networking districts around key problems of practice, communication and knowledge management, and strategic partnerships.In leading LA County's Delete the Divide digital equity work, I coordinate with private and public agencies and partners to implement and manage the LA Community Impact Hub. This includes: support management of the advisory committee; develop and manage supplemental programming; support partner engagement; manage expenditure reporting and tracking for federal ARP grant dollars. In managing GLAEF's other key program areas, I coordinate with various LACOE departments to implement and manage programs and initiatives. I support in managing related programs, including grant-making, events, developing RFPs, and grants management; assist with events; assist with researching for presentations and developing decks; support the development of new initiatives within GLA’s program areas.I support with fundraising and development, including: refine and implement fundraising strategy, targets and goals; build databases using Raiser’s Edge NXT to track development efforts; develop lists of potential funders and relevant characteristics; grant writing, reporting and management.

Neighborhood Youth Association is a nonprofit program geared to help low-income and at-risk youth with academic enrichment, leadership development, college prep and skill building.-Promoted to management team in 2017. -Meet with Executive Director to help make organization-wide decisions. Assist with hiring. Plan and lead Professional Development.-Continue to develop and run programming for Youth Leadership program-Manage the Volunteer program: recruit and manage volunteers (20-30 volunteers). Serve as supervisor to high school students in their internships (30 students). -Managed all Alumni Programming: developed alumni events, such as professional development workshops and mentoring opportunities-Transitioned program to remote during COVID-19, continuing to provide quality services to community-Built relationships with new organizations and partners in order to run a food drive to support the students and families

Neighborhood Youth Association is a nonprofit program geared to help low-income and at-risk youth with academic enrichment, leadership development, college prep and skill building.-Develop and execute all educational content for high school Youth Leadership Program, including leadership training, professional development, and college access. Direct all steps of the college prep program for low-income and at-risk students, including essay writing, application and financial aid filing, organization of dates and deadlines, and running workshops for students and parents in English and Spanish. Designed and manage Mentorship program to connect high schoolers to first-generation college students. -Set long and short term goals to help 100% of students matriculate to higher education, such as planning and leading college campus trips, working individually with students, parents, teachers and community members, and contributing to fundraising efforts. -Compile monthly and quarterly assessment reports for stakeholders. Implement and manage programming within the annual budget. Plan and execute fundraising events in partnership with stakeholders.

-Was hired by families to help students and parents navigate the college application process-Assisted with creating a college application roadmap, including making a school list, writing application essays, filling out applications and FAFSA forms, and choosing a school-Helped students develop organizational skills and tools -Communicated with parents and students to meet the needs of both throughout the process

Teaching Assistant in Germanic Studies Department: Holocaust in Film and LiteratureAssisted professor in all aspects of instruction, including tutoring, grading, advising and sectional teachingPlanned and led two sections of 30 students every week based on readings and coursework

Program Manager-Oversaw logistical and organizational needs at the nonprofit ESL school. Arranged class schedule according to students’ availability and skill level. Communicated with teachers and students to ensure smooth programming. -Managed payments and budget.-Led promotion and marketing initiatives, including social media, website, and email marketing.English as a Second Language Instructor-Developed curriculum and taught classes to adult English as a Second Language learners.-Tailored lessons to students’ needs, focusing on grammar, reading, writing, speaking and pronunciation.

Maintained health, safety and security of international high school students attending Ashley Hall School while at the “international house” dormitoryConducted group excursions during the weekends to integrate international students into American cultureProvided support to students by assisting with cultural immersion and life in an American high schoolEncouraged and facilitated personal growth while maintaining health, safety and security of students

Responsible for leading high school students to Turkey in order to raise cultural awareness, develop communication skills, and cultivate new attitudes Conducted group excursions and led discussions and reflections on students’ experienceAllocated and kept record of group budget and administered all logistics Planned community service project in a rural Turkish villageEncouraged and facilitated personal growth while maintaining health, safety and security of students in a foreign country

Wrote and edited daily news briefs in conjunction with current eventsRecognized, pitched, wrote and edited feature articles with Jewish content to be published in both JTA.org and its client news sourcesAssisted with social media by monitoring JTA’s Twitter and Facebook accounts

Assigned, read and edited submissions covering Jewish and feminist interests to be published in the quarterly magazineWrote copy and prepared previous issues for online archivesAssisted with publicity and outreach

Completed a solo around-the-world journeyImmersed in local cultures and communities by staying in rural locations for long periods of time, living with local families, learning native languages and working or volunteeringWorked in food market on isolated island in Tonga, communicated only in Tongan as the store's clerkWorked on organic farms in Tonga and Fiji, cultivation of tropical fruits and vegetablesWorked at a library in Bali, Indonesia and gained proficiency in Bahasa Indonesia over 6 month periodTraveled extensively in Southeast AsiaVolunteered in orphanage in rural village in Kenya, helped maintain the grounds, grow, pick and cook the food to feed the community, assist in English and geography classesAssisted microfinance company in Kenya, traveled around Western and Nyanza provinces giving motivational speechesTraveled extensively in east, south and north AfricaWorked as Au Pair in Tel Aviv, immersing myself and gaining fluency in Hebrew languageSee some of my travel writings here: https://alexthenomad.wordpress.com/

Amerat of the Desert is an indigenous Bedouin women's organization based in the Bedouin township Rahat in Israel's Negev Desert. Its mission: is to improve the personal, cultural, social, and legal rights of Arab Bedouin women in the Negev region of Israel, advance the participation of Bedouin women in local, regional and national decision-making and leadership and improve their capacity to reach important health, educational, institutional, legal and social resources to improve marriages, health, and legal rights As Program Associate, I lived with a Bedouin host family in the village. My role included:-Advocate for women’s rights-based legislation in the local community and national government and raise awareness about the need to stop harmful gender abuse, domestic abuse, polygamy, forced early marriage, female circumcision, and ‘honor-killing’ in both the Bedouin community and Israel at large. -Listen to testimonies of women who suffer domestic abuse and translate their stories from Arabic to Hebrew and English for publication in a book. -Create workshops to raise awareness about honor killings in Rahat. -Assist with fundraising and grant-writing.