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I'm currently serving as the American Citizen Services Chief and Fraud Prevention Manager. My office assists US citizens living and traveling abroad.

This book is a thoughtfully curated debut anthology offering honest, first-hand accounts ofresilient women who are U.S. foreign service officers serving at U.S. Embassies and Consulatesaround the world. These women share diverse approaches to navigating this dynamic careeroverseas while achieving personal and family goals. The book sheds light on the perks of thisincredible lifestyle and highlights opportunities and challenges women diplomats face through avariety of short personal stories, essays, articles, and anecdotes.Read about their experiences with coups, intense political negotiations, romantic Europeanassignments, terrorism, interactions with kings, queens and other global leaders, politicalturmoil, living and working in danger posts, helping everyday citizens around the world, workingwith refugees, human trafficking, Covid, early years of post-soviet Russia, and so much more.These women diplomats are first-generation Americans, Ambassadors, dual citizens, multiplepublic service award winners, naturalized Americans, top Latinas in foreign policy, non-nativeEnglish speakers, and former military women.In this book, they share how they overcame challenges many of us can all relate to such ascombatting racism, sexism, harassment, imposter syndrome, mental health management,microaggressions, bullying, childcare, elder care, LGBT issues, societal & stereotypicalpressures, long distance relationships, transitioning to motherhood, sabbaticals, taboos ofwomen traveling as well as being a trailing spouse, and raising third culture kids.This book also serves as an inspirational career guide and a call to join a public servicecommunity making a difference in the world daily. It includes a glossary, tips for how others canbecome a U.S. Diplomat, and how one can be a diplomat in their personal life.

I served as a Management Officer in the General Services section at the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest, Romania. I manage logistics that advance U.S. policy interests domestically and overseas.https://careers.state.govhttps://www.state.gov

Logistics Manager at the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul, Türkiye. I managed logistics that advance U.S. policy interests domestically and overseas.https://careers.state.govhttps://www.state.gov

I was a Management Officer in the General Services section at the U.S. Embassy in Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean, and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

I was a Vice Consul in the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru. The section offers a full range of services to U.S., Peruvian, and third-country citizens. I adjudicated all categories of consular cases in accordance with laws and regulations to protect U.S. borders, combat fraud, and facilitate legitimate travel. During staffing gaps, I lead the American Citizen Services Section. I was the lead for Crisis Management and assisted U.S. citizens living or visiting overseas when they were in distress from emergency situations such as arrests, hospitalization and major accidents. I assisted American earthquake and flood victims as well as evacuated U.S. Peace Corps volunteers.I provided non-emergency services, such as passports, reports of birth abroad, death certificates, and notarial services.I used management tools to improve Non-Immigrant Visa processing and adjudicated over 25,000 tourist, student, work, religious, and exchange visitor visas for travel to the US.I assisted in managing the 20+ member Congressional Delegation (CODEL) for U.S. Representative Jeff Duncan in Lima and the Amazon region. When President Obama and Secretary Kerry came to Lima during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in November 2016, I supported the logistics. In the 2018 Summit of the Americas (SOA), I managed the logistics for Vice President Pence and Acting Secretary of State Sullivan.

Project Manager and Public Affairs Liaison for overall strategic budget planning process. Create and coordinate budget-related briefing materials and other budget integration matters for Congress, Office of Management and Budget, and senior Department staff.

Project Manager for a local Police Precinct renovation, a Criminal Investigative School graduation, and a Los Angeles Police Department equipment donation to Honduras National Police. Serve as Summer Intern Project Manager, Speech writer, and translator.

Project Manager, liaison and coordinator for dozens of Congressional budget reports, Congressional correspondence, Department-wide data gathering, weekly bureau activity reports and various project trackers. Edit budget publications and improved internal processes.

Train, audit and mentor seven new Passport Specialists. Supervise junior Passport Specialists while conducting interviews at the public counter in absence of the supervisor. Serve as Team Leader for Consular Leadership Day, and manage the Combined Federal Campaign and Career Entry Program. Determine citizenship, identity, and entitlement to a U.S. passport by applying citizenship law, passport regulations and procedural guidelines. Interview and accept passport applications at the public counter and refer those that merit fraud investigation.