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New York City Metropolitan Area

• Instructor for 50-student middle school debate team• After-school and summer camp, remote and in-person• Designed all course material, focusing on public policy and argument structure

• Debate teacher/coach for the Achievement First network, middle school and high school level• Responsibilities ranged from leading daily classes of 30+ students to assistant coach• Designed course materials to foster a student-led debate classroom

• Primarily 7th Grade, with significant support for 6th and 8th Grade• Experience as a lead teacher of 30+ students, but my heart belongs to small intervention groups; during the last measured year, intervention students outgrew 69% of peers who started the year with comparable state test scores

• Second-ranking officer in a 40-soldier reserve Civil Affairs company, leading a CMOC cell to develop interactive training modules for foreign country studies, information management, and negotiations in 2018• Civil Affairs Team Chief, leading a five-soldier team of reservists to navigate foreign cultures and negotiate with local leaders during immersive training exercises in 2017

• Assisted in planning and overseeing daily operations for a 500-person organization as a leader in a high-tempo operations cell• Unit Status Report Officer in 2012. Compiled monthly holistic snapshots of an 800-soldier, rapidly deployable active duty Infantry battalion; analyzed training and equipment readiness to brief higher echelons on progress and support requests• Investigated and recommended solutions for five property item losses and one Equal Opportunity incident, all successfully resolved

• Led a chemical weapons reconnaissance platoon. Built a team from the ground up, in order to accomplish a unique mission within a 4500-person Infantry brigade• Designed, resourced, and executed training events to build the team’s efficacy rating by 45%• Responsible for the training, operations, welfare, and combat readiness of 12 Soldiers. Accountable for more than $2,000,000 in organizational property, resulting in zero losses. Equipment facility ranked first of six comparable units

Ghazni, Afghanistan

• Deployed to eastern Afghanistan to lead messaging operations and civilian-military cooperation for an 800-Soldier task force. Directed public relations during crisis situations and an ongoing competition with local Taliban to control the conflict's narrative.• Developed media strategy and content for a local-DJ radio station. Grew radio listenership by increasing audience engagement and technical capabilities. Managed five local Afghan employees.• Coordinated with the U.S. State Department and local Afghan leaders to improve communication between the Afghan government and rural residents, especially women. Synchronized military operations with civilian development projects.

Princeton, Nj

Master, Education

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Activities and Societies: Reserve Officer Training Corps (Cadet Major, Distinguished Military Graduate), Omicron Delta Epsilon

Education record

Education record

Activities and Societies: Project Safe Neighborhoods Assistant (US Dept. of Justice Programs), American University Rugby Football.