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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Positive Tracks supports people ages 12-25 to implement advocacy campaigns and raise funds for social causes using physical activity. Key accomplishments • Led the creation and implementation of the Positive Tracks Fellowship Program, which has transformed the program delivery from adult/youth support to peer-to-peer and youth-led coaching. • Created a monitoring system to track program goals and indicators of success. This system provides information and data needed to revisit program decisions. • Hired 2 young fellows to recruit and coach 700+ young leaders in advocacy and campaign management. • Created and managed the organization’s metrics systems that analyzes programmatic data collected from 2016 to date. This system reduces the time that staff members spend accessing key metrics used in reports and grants by 90%.• Coached 900+ young leaders in advocacy campaigns with an 85% campaign completion rate.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Key accomplishments • Led the creation of the organization’s youth engagement strategy, which resulted in the active involvement of 20+ young individuals across all departments at Positive Tracks. • Created Fast Tracks, a program that allows program participants to experience a streamlined process to respond to global emergencies (e.g. the war in Ukraine) and access personalized coaching, tools, and funds. • Managed a team of 2 interns to create a written guide summarizing the Positive Tracks curriculum. The guide has been used to implement 20+ advocacy campaigns. • Led 40+ diversity, equity, and inclusion discussions and workshops that have improved organizational culture.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Key accomplishments • Incorporated tools and discussions about root cause analysis into the Positive Tracks curriculum, which led to 100% of program leaders analyzing the root cause of the social issues they addressed. • Incorporated tools and discussions about diversity, equity, and inclusion analysis into the Positive Tracks curriculum. 70% of program participants have reported taking action to make campaigns more inclusive and diverse.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Let’s Share the Sun Foundation facilitates the use of solar energy in poor communities throughout the world to enhance quality of life. Key accomplishments• Translated verbal communication for the delegation (solar installers, volunteers, and program beneficiaries) in Puerto Rico in 2022 and 2023, in Spanish and English.• Prepared subtitles for videos. • Translated written materials.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Peace First works with people ages 12-25 worldwide to implement and fund peacebuilding and social justice projects. Key accomplishments• Monitored and analyzed data to create an impact report that showcased the results of the organization’s programs from 2010 to 2020. • Created a grant disbursement system that has been used to disburse $100K+ to young leaders in more than 40 countries.• Produced monthly monitoring reports to inform decision-makers about progress in achieving the organization’s goals.

Greater Boston Area

Peace First works with people ages 12-25 worldwide to implement and fund peacebuilding and social justice projects. Key accomplishments • Created a coaching guide that has been used to mentor 5,000+ individuals who are leading peacebuilding initiatives.• Produced monthly monitoring reports to inform decision-makers about progress achieving the organization’s goals. • Co-created qualitative data collection methods used to gather information from program participants. • Co-led Peace First's 2019 and 2020 annual program evaluation which analyzed program participants' views of the program and how it was implemented. • Translated written program curriculum from English to Spanish.

San Diego, California, United States

The Center for Peace and Commerce offers training on social business models to social innovators and facilitates access to seed funding. Key accomplishments • Conducted a website audit to provide suggestions for website content and a new website layout. • Supported the design and implementation of 10 social entrepreneurship training sessions. • Recruited 20+ students, through recruitment events and public speaking engagements, to participate in the Global Social Innovation Challenge. • Addressed accessibility issues inhibiting foreign students from participating in the Global Social Innovation Challenge by creating tools and training materials. This led to students from 27 countries participating in the Challenge.

Kwazulu Natal, South Africa

Lima Rural Development implements projects to create sustainable and transformative community growth across South Africa.Key accomplishments• Designed and carried out an outcome evaluation in which I interviewed 200+ program beneficiaries to unpack their experience of engaging with Lima. This resulted in a report that lists the program's strengths and challenges, and offers suggestions for practical improvements for program management and delivery.

San Salvador, El Salvador

Cupón Club offers discount coupons for services in El Salvador and Guatemala.Key accomplishments • Brainstormed ideas and wrote copy for marketing and merchandising campaigns.• Wrote copy across channels: website, email, social media —landing in thousands of inboxes, smartphones, and feeds.• Crafted and guided Cupón Club's brand voice.

Master'S Degree, Peace Studies And Conflict Resolution, Master Of Arts

Activities and Societies: University of San Diego Peace and Justice Student Association, Peace Partners Program, Kroc Embassador Program

Bachelor'S Degree, International Relations And Affairs