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Washington, DC, US

Cambridge, MA, US

New York, NY, US

New York, NY, US

New York, NY, US

New York, NY, US

D.C., Washington, US

Developed new country profiles for approximately 30 countries detailing national education priorities, existing and past GPE project activities, and results to date to support Communications team in updating available information to the public.

New York, New York, US

Supported evaluation team in data cleaning and analysis, report writing, and survey outreach and communications for the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship program, the Ford Foundation's International Fellows Program, and internal monitoring and evaluation toolkit.

London, England, GB

Produced report for Save the Children's South Sudan country office as part of a team of graduate student consultants. The report consisted of three main components: 1) Analysis of alignment between Save the Children's new global vision and priorities, South Sudan's current strategic plan and activities, and the national education sector plan. 2) SWOT and.

Analyzed existing entrepreneurship and microcredit stakeholders in the Dominican Republic to develop youth entrepreneurship curriculum and recommendation for microcredit partnerships. Conducted fieldwork to gather qualitative data through stakeholder interviews, observations of existing programming and other entrepreneurship courses, focus groups with.

New York, NY, US

Worked on student materials and exercises, and providing office hour support for Cost/Benefit Analysis in Developing Economies (Spring 2015) on the steps of a CBA, valuation methods, calculating NPV, and conducting a CBA in a developing economy setting. Provided office hour support and review sessions for Quantitative Analysis I (Fall 2014) working with.

New York, New York, US

Observed and evaluated 13 NYC Teaching Fellows to communicate feedback and improvement strategies. Created weekly differentiated development plans for individual Fellows consisting of in-class active coaching, practice and small-group training sessions outside the classroom, and lesson plan review based on Fellow needs. Co-faciliated instructional sessions.

Monitored e-classrooms for student participation, assignment completion, and global interaction to create bi-weekly reports for program evaluation. Evaluated student performance and participation in order to distribute digital awards to global sites. Conducted ad-hoc research projects related to program operations, current and future curriculum, and.

New York, NY, US

Served as a mentor teacher to 2013 TFA Corp Members teaching at Democracy Prep for their TFA Institute Training. Provided daily observations and feedback on management, classroom culture, and lesson activities as well as supported student activity within classroom with academic or behavior interventions.

1st Grade Lead Teacher at the Edward Brooke Charter School, a top performing K-8 charter school in Roslindale, MA. In charge of creating, implementing and executing, and evaluating the math, reading, writing and science curriculum with the first grade team and creating an inviting classroom environment that allows all scholars to reach their maximum.

New York, NY, US

Selected from a competitive pool to join national teacher corps committing to teach two years in urban public schools. Participated in an intensive summer training program to develop skills and knowledge to make gains in student achievement. Completed coursework, seminars in instructional planning and education theory, literacy, classroom management and.

Boston, MA, US

1st grade instructor for an Structured English Immersion (SEI) program for English Language Learners (ELL) at a turn-around school in the Boston Public School district. A turn-around school is a school that has chronically under-performed and is given a three year grant and plan to "turn around" the school's performance. Designed academic lessons and.

As a Country Specialist Intern at Aperian Global, an international consulting organization that provides specialists to train professionals, I engaged in searching for potential country specialists for cross cultural trainings worldwide for global business clients. I communicated with potential country specialists via e-mail, phone and face to face.

London, GB

As an administrative/marketing intern, I assisted EUSA, an international internship organization that assists colleges in providing internship programs abroad, in planning college campus visits, conferences, and researching current and potential college partners.

Evaluated various sustainable development projects for internal and external review at Humanismo y Democracia. H+D is a non-profit organization based in Madrid, Spain that engages in sustainable development projects with a focus in Latin America, though it is expanding into other regions. Internship also included creating reports summarizing activities and.

Master Of Public Administration (M.P.A.), Economic/Political Development (Social Development), Advanced Policy/Economic Analysis

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Relations

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Administration

Madrid Business/Economics Internship Program