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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

The New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) Expanding Health Partnerships—NPI EXPAND Project—is a global five-year (2019-2024), $97 million USAID funded project that supports locally-driven efforts to increase the availability and utilization of high-quality health and education services. NPI EXPAND invests in new and underutilized local partners (NUPs) and.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Energy Peace Partners leverages climate finance solutions to support peace in places affected by violent conflict. We believe that a paradigm shift toward climate-sensitive development can deliver enduring benefits to the planet's most vulnerable populations. The Energy Peace Partners team brings together expertise in international peacebuilding, renewable.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

The Social Protection and Jobs Unit team for the South Pacific division at the World Bank acknowledges the vital role that pacific island migrant workers have in stimulating their local economies. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly reduced employment and hindered regional labor markets. As a co-author to the December 2020 World Bank report "Pacific.

Lake Forest, California

Mosaic Laboratories is a leading provider of pre-clinical and clinical trial services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies that strives to provide unparalleled quality of analytical services, study design guidance, result interpretation, and client service in order to significantly impact the future of patient therapy.Throughout my role as Project.

Lake Forest, California

Mueda, Mozambique

Jovens Unidos No Trabalho para Oportunidades e Sucessos (JUNTOS) is a youth and HIV health program funded by the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to empower adolescent Mozambicans through artistic expression, community health education, and self-esteem nurturing. As Program Coordinator, I organized and facilitated leadership trainings.

Pemba, Mozambique

The Mozambican Provincial Science Fair aims to instill the importance of the scientific method into secondary school participants to better prepare Mozambican youth for STEM career opportunities vital for development, while creating a more scientifically literate populace.Working alongside the Mozambican Ministry of Science and Technology, I collaborated.

Mueda, Mozambique

Understanding the historical context and the role Western influence has had and continues to have in the current Mozambican climate is crucial in developing sustainable solutions to systemic complexities.As someone dedicated to improving the education system in Mozambique, I collaborated closely with the Secretary’s Office at the local secondary school to.

Mueda, Mozambique

• The U.S. Peace Corps serves to promote world peace and friendship through the fulfillment of three goals:
• To help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women.
• To help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served.
• To help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.While working in the education sector of the U.S. Peace Corps in Mozambique, I educated 650 students in 8th/12th grade math and 11th.

Los Angeles, California

The Dubinett Lab in the Department of Medicine at UCLA is a pulmonary oncology laboratory dedicated to both early detection of pre-malignancy tumors through immune profiling and immunotherapeutic strategies for advanced malignancy stage tumors.I aided graduate students in the determination of which transcription factors affected Epithelial-Mesenchymal.

Department Of Anesthesiology

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the forefront of medical research as one of the nation’s top ranked public hospitals devoted to patient wellness and recovery.As a work-study student, I contributed toward a team of 80 anesthesiologists and administrative personnel, organizing conference rooms for medical presentations and assisting with.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Global Human Development

Activities and Societies: SFS Energy Club Leadership TeamCertificates: Refugee and Humanitarian Emergencies; African Studies.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biochemistry

Activities and Societies: Program for Excellence in Education and Research in the Sciences (PEERS) Minors: Mathematics.

Education record

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society; California Scholarship Federation; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County; Cross.