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Denver, London, Nairobi

Providing qualitative research and social impact stories for NGOs and socially minded corporations. Organizations partnered with: A WAY THRU / CAUSAL DESIGN / USAID / MERCY CORPS / UNICEF / UNHABITAT....

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Los Angeles, California, United States

As part of the C2D Global network, we build and launched this non-profit to make an impact in under-resourced communities around access the mental health services.

Using creative communications, advocacy, and relevant strategies to connect people with the work of Soccer Without Borders which fosters inclusivity and enriches the lives of young refugees through the universal language of soccer.

Boulder, Co

Working with the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities in identifying host development organizations around the world for graduate engineering students at the University of Colorado to gain practicum experience with.

Denver, Colorado

Manage the social responsibility efforts of one of the world's largest mining companies - working on 4 continents with multiple communities who are invested with Newmont for shared value, sustainable development and respect for Human Rights.- Management and coordination of company efforts to innovate and implement initiatives for social responsibility on four continents in 9 countries, including Indonesia, Ghana, Peru, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.- Executive Producer of internal and external communications campaign to mainstream environmental and social responsibility throughout the company across 35,000 employees.- Integration of Human Rights into existing social responsibility standards, including development of a stand-alone Human Rights policy and creation of stand-alone Human Rights standards for 4 key areas of the company.- Capacity building and best-practice sharing across the company with the community-based field officers working on the ground around our sites.

London, United Kingdom

I coordinated a global campaign to identify and address the human rights violations that occur daily in slum communities and informal settlements around the world.- Anti-poverty campaigner with specific experience in local capacity building and incorporation of grass-root development ideas originated by local community members- Coordination of multi-layered, multi-faceted global campaign bringing a human rights perspective to poverty and more specifically issues within slum communities- Locally based inductive human rights research among communities living in slums, IDP camps, and/or rural impoverished settings. - Research conducted among communities in Cambodia, Thailand, Romania, Afghanistan, Kenya, & Brazil.- Served as spokesperson on Reuters, CNN, & BBC for the campaign.

Kenya

- Social entrepreneurship in founding of an international NGO dedicated to identifying and building capacity of local community activists and members in achieving their own goals and priorities in eradicating poverty- Helped start 500+ small businesses in impoverished communities around East Africa

Taught several classes, including: Introduction to Global StudiesWorld Regional Geography (Human)Cultural AnthropologyExploring World Culture - AfricaExploring World Culture - Latin AmericaGlobal Social Justice

**Developed Child Sponsorship program in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina. **Implemented and managed multi-million Euro grant.**Established inductive research amongst local communities regarding community rebuilding following conflict.

Master Of Arts, International Development, Human Rights, Organizational Management

Certificate, Conversational Spanish

International Affairs, Political Science