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Oakland, California, United States

Leads strategy and daily management of The Children's Movement (TCM), a children'sadvocacy network of 5,000+ member organizations across California. Manages a dynamic team in executing statewide advocacy campaigns, producing policy-wins for California's kids such as SB951 which expanded Paid Family Leave for low-income Californians. Leads the team in expanding individual and organizational TCM membership growth, including implementing data-driven, equity-focused member recruitment and retention strategies that leverage technical platforms such as Salesforce and Pardot. Oversees TCM’s Equity Fellowship that provides training in network mobilization and anti-racist practices for college students interested in systems change and policy advocacy.

Sacramento, California, United States

Supported user training, knowledge transfer, and project management activities during implementation of new SAP cost allocation and billing system for the CA State Water Project (Jan-Oct 2022). Led junior staff in facilitating interactive workshops, stakeholder interviews, and benchmark analyses to support the CA State Water Project in defining their new strategic direction (e.g., vision, core values, goals), key performance indicators, and a roadmap for strategic plan implementation (Nov 2022-Feb 2024).

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Worked with Rayid Ghani and Kit Rodolfa, researching inequities in COVID-19 data gathering and decision-making with the goal of improving government and NGO COVID-19 policies and services. Performed benchmark analyses comparing different Equity Maturity Models and Data-Driven Equity Audits among government agencies and NGOs.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Managed strategic partnerships and coordinated regular communication with key stakeholders such as County/City Attorneys, State Emergency Operations Center, and the Department of Public Health and Environment to solicit feedback and make continuous improvements to statewide COVID-19 policies. Developed and researched COVID-19 policy and supported the Senior Advisor in managing key policy priorities. Managed and supported interns in providing operations, logistics, and administrative support.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Performed ad-hoc analyses with R to support the county’s Safety and Justice Initiative and Jail Collaborative Services. Drafted data briefs and reports related to criminal justice. Documented data sources and related workflows to standardize knowledge transfer/succession processes.

Oakland, California

Promoted from Digital Campaigns Assistant in 2018. Served as the technical systems expert for The Children's Movement (TCM). Managed membership and customer engagement platforms including Salesforce, MailChimp, Pardot, and FormAssembly to scale the Children's Movement (TCM). Managed the initial migration and implementation of Salesforce. More than doubled TCM membership growth rate by implementing new functionality, tools, and automations across digital platforms. Mentored and co-managed the inaugural cohort of TCM Equity Fellows (summer internship program). Served as a trusted communicator for advocacy campaigns, supporting with calls and other direct outreach to new and existing TCM members.

Oakland, Ca

Assisted the president with internal organizational and project management, communications, outreach, development, and scheduling. Supported relationships with a wide range of partners, policymakers, funders, and media. Prepared necessary materials for board meetings and maintained official records of the board. Helped with daily social media posts as well as recruitment and engagement for the Children’s Movement (TCM).

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Coordinated and led weekly English lessons for Japanese children at local community center. Positive and successful interaction, communication and relationships developed with Japanese students, parents and university staff.

Huntington Lake, California

Managed all special events at a top level U.S. outdoor stay-over summer camp. Created new events for a diverse groups of campers, ages 6-14, and 180 staff members over the course of 4 two-week sessions. Developed daily work assignments and weekly time-off schedule for 150 staff members. Standardized overall special events program including the creation of universal templates for event preparation, itineraries, and post event evaluations.

Huntington Lake, California

Served as a Group Counselor of 10-12-year-old girls at a top level U.S. outdoor stay-over summer camp. Communicated effectively with campers, fellow staff members, parents, and supervisors. Established and maintained instructional methodology and individual support in a chaotic and unstructured environment with constantly changing emotions and concerns. Worked with supervisors to implement feedback and create adaptive approaches to improve performance from session to session with unique camper issues and challenges. Completed multiple, week-long intensive training courses to enhance leadership and teamwork abilities. Practiced diverse and creative problem solving on an hourly basis to deal with varying age-level of campers and the intensity of their activities and needs.

Master’S Of Science, Public Policy Management - Data Analytics, Graduation With Highest Distinction

Activities and Societies: Students Using Data for Social Good (SUDS)Research Assistant for Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Course.

International/Global Studies

Activities and Societies: University of California Education Abroad Program, MGU Teaching Internship

Bachelor’S Degree, Political Science And Government, Graduation With Distinction

Activities and Societies: Berkeley Model United Nations (BMUN), Student Production Board (SUPERB), Berkeley Engineers and Mentors (BEAM).