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Oakland, CA, US

Oakland, California, United States

TDM Coordinator in charge of project management with medical clients. Survey design specialist with a focus on transportation, urban use, and equitable space. Currently focussed on understanding underlying geographic factors to commute choice.

Programs Manager in charge of Emergency Housing Fund Grant Initiative. Day to day focus on grant management, program efficacy modeling, and urban inequity research. Committed to understanding and preventing the causes of housing insecurity in California.

London, United Kingdom

Coursework focused on migration, urbanization, and knowledge issues in development work. Dissertation research on commodity chains and corporate finance as they relate to labor issues and urbanization in rural Ghana.

Contract work on a case basis while in Ghana, London, and Vietnam to transcribe and translate field notes to code into NVivo and Zotero while creating briefs from individual research for team use in the field. Extensive work coordinating travel and logistics for field operations in rural Ghana and Vietnam. Active experience with community engagement and.

Oakland

Two (school) years' experience implementing and practicing restorative justice in a diverse classroom setting while working with ELL and special needs kids to meet their individual education goals. Illustrated the deep roots of urban inequity in Oakland, developed extensive knowledge of Bay Area schools and the California public education system

Techiman, Ghana

Created, implemented, and oversaw programs to improve female access to transportation in rural farming communities in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. Implemented collaborative M&E for new and existing programs while managing and collaborating with a staff of 8 people in a cross-cultural context.

1300 Clay Street, Oakland Ca

Created records keeping system for architectural documents while organizing and maintaining firm's archives.Set up meetings, scheduling, and company calendars and worked as company bike messenger to deliver rush documents.

Cory Hall

Co-ordinated videography scheduling for on-line graduate programs. Managed supplies for Electrical Engineering Labs, recorded lectures, and worked with Tricaster, CaptureOne, and Handbrake to edit and record footage. Communicated program needs with professors, staff, and students alike.

Master Of Science - Ms, Research Methods For International Development

Dissertation on corporate social responsibility programs and informalization of labor in Ghana.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), American History, 3.98 Gpa

Thesis on the development of public space and road infrastructure in relation to women's suffrage and bicycle lobbying groups in San.

History, 3.9 Gpa

Honors Colloquium paper on historical memory, photo journalism and myth-making around WWII and the Vietnam War: Presented at UC Berkeley.