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Longmont, CO, US

Project management including work planning, ensuring compliance with USAID regulations, deliverable timelines, budget management and report writing for three USAID projects:-USAID/Morocco Bridge to Middle School project-USAID/Malawi Next Generation (NextGen) Early Grade Reading Activity-USAID/Nigeria Opportunities to Learn (OTL) (IDP is a sub-partner to.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Dance To Be Free’s mission is to reduce anxiety and depression for people in prison through the healing power of movement.

Canton, Massachusetts, United States

Greater Boston Area

• Maintain regular communications and project management between WEI HQ staff and our partner in Egypt to support STEM high schools
• Review, monitor and analyze project expenses as part of a 3.2 million dollar budget
• Ensure compliance with USAID funding mechanisms, contract management, & reporting requirements
• Coordinate provision and contribute to technical support for a USAID/Egypt project on academic English professional development for STEM high school teachers; deliverables include a Teacher's Guide on e-STEM and Other.
• As part of that project, developed a Monitoring and Evaluation manual for the M&E project staff, supported the design of survey tools, and co-facilitated a workshop for five Egyptian universities' STEM Quality.
• Coordinated WEI's early childhood research consultancy for Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development

Amman Governorate, Jordan

• Wrote a USAID proposal for Phase II of AMENA’s project, I AM YOUR VOICE!, which aimed to spread knowledge and awareness about Autism in Jordan via a communication and media campaign
• Assisted in planning and coordinating a awareness events for Jordanian students, teachers and community members during the month of April to celebrate World Autism Awareness Day

Zarqa Governorate, Jordan

• Monitored and reviewed sales of Syrian and Jordanian income generation projects, including hand-made olive oil soap, crocheted and sewn clothing, and food items
• Managed the logistics and finances of all Life Center products and administered the incomes to all women involved in the income generation projects

Amman, Jordan

• Established a conversation English club run by young adults from Amman and designed the weekly curriculum
• Coordinated and planned CV writing, job interview and public speaking workshops at Global Platform’s Youth Center for young adults aged 18 to 30
• Managed and coached 8 Volunteer Coordinators at Global Platform’s Youth Center on project planning, logistics, advertising and recruiting volunteers
• Established a Youth and Women’s Empowerment NGO Committee that held cross-coordination meetings to mobilize resources, share knowledge and expertise and increase outreach

Amman, Jordan

• Taught Jordanian students aged 9-15 life leadership, teamwork, communication and problem solving skills through hands on activities, discussion and debates
• Helped my students become more confident young people who could ask questions, work with people from different backgrounds and lead others to improve their local community

UNRWA's University / Faculty Of Educational Sciences And Arts (FESA)

• Led an English conversation club at UNRWA's Faculty of Educational Sciences and Arts

Amman, Jordan

• Helped implement the end of a USAID 5-year project, Cultivating Inclusive & Supportive Learning Environments (CISLE) in Jordan’s Schools
• Attended training sessions in Arabic at 20 different government schools on fundraising, income-generation projects, parent engagement and school events to build unity and community
• Assisted the Communications Specialist in establishing a magazine unit at target public schools and producing an e-magazine at each school (total 20).

University Of Michigan

• Managed daily food recoveries of leftover perishable food from U of M's dining halls, which were then donated to a local food distributor
• Formed partnerships with service student organizations on campus to engage the student community, hold events centered on food waste and poverty, and institutionalize our initiative
• Formed and led the leadership team, comprised of a Volunteer Coordinator, Communications Advisor, Outreach Advisor, Finance Advisor and Social Media Advisor

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Served as a full-time volunteer for 10 months; accumulated 2,000 hours of community service as a full-time tutor, mentor, and role model to 30 6th grade students; provided one-on-one and small group literacy and mathematics tutor; served as a Team Leader for a group of eight students during a bi-weekly Saturday youth empowerment program that exposed youth.

Masters, International Education Policy

Qualitative Research Methods: Impact Evaluation; Education in Armed Conflict; Social-Emotional Learning

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Middle Eastern Studies, Honors College, 3.47 Gpa