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United States

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Cambridge, Ma, Us

—Graded coursework and provided student instructional support for Professors Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Gloria Ayee.

—Researched markets like the Latin American radiology industry & the emissions reporting space. —Wrote memos to demonstrate company investment value to relevant stakeholders. —Researched possible funding sources to support fundraising efforts.

Bay Area, Us

—Researched the financial inclusion market to build out the firm's investment thesis.

New York, Us

—Researched markets like the financial inclusion, hair loss, and mens' health industries. —Wrote investment memos for investors.

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—Overhauled national telecomm company's B2B & residential sales strategy to launch new products & increase their penetration across geographies, especially in previously unserved markets. —Built models to understand addressable market size & allocate worker resources.

—Co-taught beginner wheel course

Stanford, California, Us

—Supported agtech and healthtech portfolio companies. —Built pitch deck, financial model, & feedback tools.

—Synthesizes funds’ quantitative & qualitative data to inform investors about investment opportunities & risks—Builds & aggregates resources to support emerging managers & attract investment opportunities

Boston, Ma, Us

– Produced metrics for the program’s racial equity framework & data tools for bond issuers & investors– Managed operations of the Bond Markets & Racial Equity project with government & private sector stakeholders

Stanford, Ca, Us

Helping MBA and MPP applicants get into the schools of their dreams!

Mountain View, Ca, Us

—Strategy and Operations for Google's corporate social responsibility grantmaking initiatives.—Collaborated with cross-functional teams to lead project that facilitated accurate & timely reporting of donations to bolster policy initiatives & marketing efforts.—Designed & implemented precise data collection practices to increase operational efficiency for hundreds of nonprofits & grantmakers based on key stakeholder interviews & feedback.—Processed grants across continents to ensure payment to 100+ organizations.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

—Co-created State of Fintech report to build thought leadership informing investors about the industry.

San Francisco, California, Us

—Analyzed impact fintech companies’ data for the investment committee to understand potential opportunities—Co-developed the fund’s impact ESG policy & first annual impact report using portfolio data & macroeconomic data

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Cambridge, Ma, Us

—Through the Initiative for Responsible Investment at the Hauser Institute for Civil Society.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

New York, Ny, Us

—Program for MBAs interested in delving more into the venture capital investment space.—Created femtech thesis using data and market research.

—Led insurtech & creator tech market analyses to establish industry knowledge & inform investment theses —Analyzed portfolio company quantitative & qualitative data to provide information to limited partners

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

—Created a county-wide eviction prevention policy for Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava's administration.—An initiative to place Harvard Kennedy School students with local government administrations for January term.

New York, New York, Us

—Developed a comprehensive diagnostic of impact, equity, & inclusion efforts undertaken by member funds—Aggregated, cleaned, & visualized data to measure 50+ member funds’ & 900+ portfolio companies’ impacts

Cambridge, Ma, Us

—Led team to assess needs of 60+ Black & Brown businesses to drive help for vulnerable entrepreneurs—Managed team's data analysis to shape pro-minority business policies alongside entrepreneurs & advocates—Developed a framework for entrepreneur & advocate interviews to build data on underserved businesses

Washington, Dc, Us

—The Board's Division of Consumer & Community Affairs promotes community lending and economic development in historically underserved areas and ensures that consumers receive comprehensive information and fair treatment in these transactions.—Challenged diversity & inclusion (D&I) problems in finance & economics. Addressed them through leading initiatives like a workplace inclusion survey and economic education outreach.—Managed Community Reinvestment Act modernization data analysis and policy project teams to ensure the teams' timely deliverable production. —Co-led Research Assistant hiring process to find candidates who could both contribute to our strategic mission while pursuing their own creative projects.—Presented own research at the Western Economic Association, Southern Economic Association, and other various conferences across three continents. —Wrote part of the annual Report on the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking to inform the Board and the public about crime exposure and educational attainment. —Built & analyzed national survey with the research team to inform the Board of Governors about low-income community's socioeconomic conditions. —Provided feedback based on data analysis & perspectives with the team to inform their work & improve my own.—Developed data analysis, wrote code, & designed presentations to contribute to team deliverables.

Washington, Dc, Us

—The Prices and Wages section is responsible for analysis, forecasting, and research regarding U.S. prices and wages. I was a key participant in the preparation of the staff economic and financial outlook that are transmitted to the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) prior to each of its eight meetings yearly. —Trained & informally supervised two new hires after I was on-the-job for about three months. We worked in a fast-paced, high-risk environment with a newly-minted supervisor, so acclimating my new co-workers was vital for them & the team as a whole. Delegated responsibilities & coordinated deliverables amongst the team.—Collaborated with a team of Economists & Research Assistants to product national inflation forecast to present to the FOMC every six weeks. —Re-coded antiquated programming infrastructure to improve deliverables' accuracy & efficiency. —Troubleshot programs & reacted to daily macroeconomic data updates to update the staff inflation forecast.

Miami, Fl, Us

—Transformed $25M legal tech fund's thesis to invest in impact-oriented legal service access companies.—Redesigned marketing to include fund's impact investing initiative to attract $1M+ of new investments and limited partners. —Researched the access to justice market to highlight impactful, fast-growing portfolio through market research & due diligence.

—I work with the vision of helping companies and organizations that do good in the world. I enable them to focus on creating positive change while I take care of the creative work, including data visualization, web design, and content creation.—Serves social impact clientele with varied needs as an on-demand consultant. Analyzes & assembles data into interactive visualizations for clients to evaluate their work within reports & on their websites. —Writes & designs original marketing content.—Builds national clientele through networks.

Bethesda, Maryland, Us

—MLT’s MBA Prep programs provide African American, Latinx, and Native American professionals with personalized guidance and effective tools to successfully navigate the business school application process, and optimize their MBA experience.

—We made modest wear as beautiful and purposeful as our clients, curating modest styles from around the world—ethically and affordably. Our flagship product barhoomBag was the modest styling service for women of all beliefs and backgrounds.—We were a 2017 US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation Enterprise Accelerator Finalist. In our first year of business, we made it to the accelerator's final round of interviews because we demonstrated growth potential & a strong mission.—Supervised all company contracts & relationships. —Established purchasing & marketing partnerships with over 20 women-owned businesses worldwide. —Managed day-to-day technology and operations. —Built online frontend and backend infrastructure. —Developed overall marketing strategy. —Implemented daily marketing & analysis. —Completed final liquidation.

—As a project of the Center for African American Health – a Metro Denver organization providing culturally responsive health education and health promotion programs – BeHeard Mile High’s easy-to-take surveys spark ongoing dialogue statewide.—Directly contributed to advocacy work for my community in my hometown. We launched the first sizeable cross-sectional data collection project for Black communities in the state of Colorado. It was the second BeHeard survey project in the U.S. but was the first to advocate for a specific demographic group's well-being.—Independently created socioeconomic well-being surveys for a potentially-100,000-person panel to advocate for the Black community's needs within two months. —Co-conducted focus groups with stakeholders to receive & apply feedback.

Denver, Co, Us

—Spark Policy Institute partners with stakeholders throughout the country to develop innovative, research-based solutions to complex societal problems. They combine community and stakeholder-driven research with practical, hands-on experience.—Conducted a geospatial analysis for the Ford Foundation, which was the company's first project of its kind. I built interactive & print-ready maps for them to evaluate their impact across funding areas.—Co-facilitated Collective Impact strategic planning committee for statewide school health initiative. —Assumed the marketing manager role by writing materials, managing the website, & designing reports.—Graded assignments and provided feedback to students for CEO's Presidio Institute Collective Impact course.—Served as CEO's executive assistant, performing quality control on her work & coordinating projects.

East Lansing, Mi, Us

—The AEA Summer Training and Scholarship Program prepares talented undergraduates from underrepresented groups for graduate programs in Economics and related disciplines. —Fully-funded summer fellowship, selected by AEA economists. —Completed two preliminary research projects while doing simulated first-year PhD coursework. —The program enables students to solidify technical and other economic skills to meet the rigors of graduate study.

Boulder, Colorado, Us

—A student-run cost center with $500,000 annual budget that endeavors to shine a light on underrepresented cultures on campus. —Increased awareness of the events that Cultural Events Board funds & hosts on the University of Colorado Boulder campus through strategic and effective marketing strategies. —Designed all print & electronic marketing materials, led the marketing team, and continued the marketing growth and alignment I started as Social Media Coordinator.

Boulder, Colorado, Us

—Collaborated with the Office of Admissions Communication Coordinator and the rest of the communications team to educate prospective students about the University of Colorado Boulder & the overall admissions process. —Planned and created social media content. —Tracked and analyzed data from our social media channels. —Wrote weekly original blog content to be published on the university's website.

Boulder, Colorado, Us

—Collaborated with a staff of 20 to lead the LGBTQ Living & Learning Community while supporting the 40-student community. —Organized events for the 450-student residence hall. Planned & implemented educational programming for nearly 9000 residents about issues of diversity & social justice.—Coordinated programming for buildings of sophomores, juniors, and seniors residing in university housing.

Boulder, Colorado, Us

—Role created specifically for me.—Built a social media and its related strategy to promote events hosted by and sponsored by Cultural Events Board, a student-run cost center with an annual budget of $500,000. —Utilized social media tools like Hootsuite to strengthen and unify Cultural Events Board’s previously underused social media accounts.

New York, New York, Us

—Investigated insider threats to gain insight into security gaps within the firm and improve system operations with a team of 20 other summer analysts while working on the presentation design team to organize our PowerPoint. —Conducted and presented self-directed projects for the Global Compliance Employee Services team to investigate contractors’ performance quality to improve the team’s function. —Completed daily regulatory tasks to prevent regulatory risk to the firm associated with firm personnel and their investments, activities and associations.

Boulder, Co, Us

—Worked directly with an Account Executive and her clientele. —Promoted client's products and events by using targeted public relations strategies. —Wrote press releases, social media content, and used CisionPoint software to pinpoint appropriate media.

Denver, Colorado, Us

—An institution dedicated to giving youth the gift of financial education. —Assisted in overseeing event planning and public relations.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Master In Public Policy (Mpp), Public Policy

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics