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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Supported State and Local Government Agencies in improving operational efficiency and maximize public budgets through strategic initiatives, operational assessments, and change management in information technology, customer service, and organizational transformation and redesign. Past engagements include agency-wide organizational assessments, business.

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Formerly PwC Public Sector

New York, NY

Uganda

• Designed and implemented research plan studying the potential for technology to help women combat land corruption
• Managed six-person field research team and interviewed over 150 stakeholders that included community members,government officials, police officers, and NGOs
• Compiled feasibility report for technology and anti-corruption programs, with detailed short and long-term approaches

Greater New York City Area

• Spring 2017 - Macroeconomics for International and Public Affairs (Professor Thomas Groll)
• Fall 2016 - Microeconomics for International and Public Affairs (Professor Paola Valenti)

Tainan City, Taiwan

• Researched best practices in gender development and conducted a gender analysis of the Center’s household garden program in Cambodia, impacting 1400 households
• Developed ‘Gender Guidelines for The World Vegetable Center’s Approach to Household Gardening,’ an internal report distributed to six World Vegetable Center posts to help them integrate gender into their household.

New York, NY

• Supported program staff in evaluation, research, and drafting of the Social Indicators Report, a 200+ page report assessing the impact of city programs targeted at decreasing economic disparity within the city
• Developed proposals for programs that minimize teen pregnancy in low income areas, identify families with significant debt and connect them with financial planning assistance, and implement restorative justice.

• Re-engineered and streamlined a business process used to buy goods, which increased efficiency and grew revenue from $3.5 million to $6 million in first three months for the e-commerce branch
• Managed the hiring, training, monitoring, and terminating of 30 international employees who researched and analyzed data of purchasing trends

Santa Rosa Village, Guyana

• Surveyed needs and developed cross-culturally adapted resources and services for over 20 families and 30 elderly community members affected by hypertension and diabetes, with 100% of the participants implementing.
• Created and implemented Health and Family Life curriculum for over 75 Peace Corps volunteers and teachers, impacting over 2,000 students in over 20 communities
• Facilitated trainings for Peace Corps Volunteers, Teachers, and Students
• Partnered with United Nations Development Project and Ministry of Agriculture to train a local fisherman’s co-op society to create their own aquaculture center
• Camp GLOW(Girls Leading Our World) is a global program aimed at fostering the leadership potential of future generations of women by instilling a sense of empowerment through education
• Designed and evaluated PEPFAR-funded grant for $10,000 alongside 6-member GAD Task Force

Education record

Master Of International Affairs, Economic And Political Development

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Psychobiology

Activities and Societies: Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Mentorship UCLA