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Redondo Beach, California, United States

• Primary leadership responsibilities in the following areas:
• Securing financial resources through donor drives, summer school programs (credit-based and enrichment), sports camp summer program, cause-marketing events, business partnerships, and grants.
• Planning and overseeing the summer program
• Donor cultivation, recognition and stewardship, donor database management, analysis and reporting.
• Managing communication channels (Facebook, Instagram) and graphic… Show more Primary leadership responsibilities in the following areas:
• Managing communication channels (Facebook, Instagram) and graphic designAccomplishments:

Thousand Oaks, CA

• Teaching the Foundations of Advanced Academic & Professional Practices course. This graduate course is part of the MBA program and it teaches international students academic research and writing skills, academic.
• Developing the syllabus and teaching weekly classes
• Liaising with students, mentoring, grading assignments and providing student feedback.Accomplishments:
• Consistently received outstanding students… Show more Teaching the Foundations of Advanced Academic & Professional Practices course. This graduate course is part of the MBA program and it teaches international students.
• Consistently received outstanding students reviews and feedback Show less

Redondo Beach, California, United States

• Leader of a nonprofit organization with 12 board members, 45 standing committees and over 70 volunteers. As part of my role, I have been regularly communicating with the School Principal, teachers, the PTA Board.
• Successfully applied for the prestigious National PTA School of Excellence Award.
• Managed a budget of over $300,000.
• Coordinated all fundraising activities and community events.
• Conducted… Show more Leader of a nonprofit organization with 12 board members, 45 standing committees and over 70 volunteers. As part of my role, I have been regularly communicating with the School Principal, teachers.
• Conducted monthly Board meetings.

Redondo Beach, California, United States

• The DEI Chair is a leadership role responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing strategies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within the organization. Key Responsibilities:
• Developed and Implemented the DEI Strategy
• Established clear objectives, targets, and action plans to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Developed materials and resources to support DEI.
• Advocated for fair practices that eliminate biases and… Show more The DEI Chair is a leadership role responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing strategies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and.
• Advocated for fair practices that eliminate biases and disparities.

Redondo Beach, California, United States

• VP of Communications: overseeing all our communication platforms.
• Weekly newsletter to all parents, teachers, staff, local supporters and business community.
• Frequent social media post (Facebook, Instagram, mobile app)
• Website building and regular updates.Chair of the Membership Program: promoting the membership program and managing the members database
• Marketing campaigns
• Pulling weekly reports and stats

Torrance, CA

• Key responsibilities:
• Overseeing the CRM donor database (Salesforce): establishing data entry protocols, data analysis and reporting
• Donor recognition
• Donor relations and implementation of donor cultivation strategies
• Prospecting individual donors and grant/foundation opportunities
• Producing weekly newsletters and other marketing materials.

(Dublin, Ireland)

• Provided research expertise for the Department’s projects aimed at broadening access to third level education for vulnerable young people living in deprived areas.Key tasks:
• Overseeing all stages of the research projects, ensuring their successful execution from initiation to completion.
• Developed innovative research methodologies that yielded comprehensive findings and actively engaged local community leaders in the research process.
• Analyzed data collected data
• … Show more Provided research expertise for the Department’s projects aimed at broadening access to third level education for vulnerable young people living in deprived areas.Key tasks:
• Prepared research reports and delivered presentations to the stakeholders Show less

Dublin, Ireland

• Research project manager in a project funded through a grant obtained from Health Service Executive (HSE), the authority who oversees all the public health services.Key tasks:
• Oversee all stages of the research project
• Designed qualitative research tools (interviews and focus groups)
• Coordinated the data collection process
• Interviewed nursing staff and doctors
• Analyzed data

Dublin, Ireland

• Member of the Local Organizing team for IAMCR (International Association for Media and Communication Research) Annual Conference and the DSAI (Development Studies Association Ireland) Annual ConferenceKey tasks:
• Recruited, trained and coordinated the team of volunteers
• Established the roles and tasks to be fulfilled by each volunteer, set up a roster for the team of volunteers.
• Provided leadership and support for volunteers during the conferences
• Communicated… Show more Member of the Local Organizing team for IAMCR (International Association for Media and Communication Research) Annual Conference and the DSAI (Development Studies Association Ireland) Annual.
• Communicated efficiently with conference delegates as well as with the members of the organizing committee

Dublin, Ireland

• Lead Researcher in several large scale, multi-national/multi-stakeholder projects on a range of topics including:
• Gender representation in the media (5 months project)
• Communication and urban sustainable development (6 months project)
• Communication, social development and access to water in the rural regions in Uganda (6 months project)
• Media, diversity and migrant integration (9 months project)
• Mental health needs of immigrants in Ireland (14 months)

Dublin, Ireland

• Lecturer for the following courses:
• Cross-Cultural Communications (School of Communications) - undergraduate course
• Introduction to Social Sciences (School of Communications) - undergraduate course
• Research Methods (School of Communications) - graduate and undergraduate levels
• Globalization and its Discontents (School of Law and Government) - undergraduate course
• Social Research Methods Workshop Series - training nonprofit organization leadersKey tasks:

Maynooth, Ireland

• Teaching Assistant for the Introduction to Media Studies II module (Center for Media Studies)Key tasks:
• Planning seminar activities and teaching the seminars
• Liaising with students, mentoring, grading assignments and providing student feedback.

Dublin, Ireland

• Taught a Research Methods (graduate level) and mentoring students enrolled in the MSc degree in the School of Spatial Planning.Key tasks:
• Developing the syllabus and teaching weekly classes
• Liaising with students, mentoring, grading assignments and providing student feedback.

Dublin, Ireland

• Teacher for the following modules:
• Communications
• Early childhood care and educational practice
• Early Childhood Education and Play

Dublin, Ireland

• Doctoral research funded by the Government of Ireland. The research focused on diversity, cultural identities, and online media representationsTasks:
• Designed research methodologies and carried out secondary research
• Collected and analyzed data
• Wrote and successfully defended the PhD theses
• Presented periodic updates and reports to the funding organization
• Presented findings in academic conferences and academic journals

Dublin City, Ireland

• Key tasks:
• Grant prospecting
• Grant writing
• Planning fundraising events and cultural celebrations
• Developing research projects that contributed to a better understanding of the challenges faced by migrants in Ireland.
• Wrote press releases, news bulletins and social media posts

Dublin, Ireland

• Key tasks:
• Grant prospecting for the Migration and Integration Program
• Grant proposal writing
• Grant management - keeping track of the milestones and deliverables for each successfully funded research project
• Monitored the progress of each project, organized monthly meetings with researchers and maintained the departmental website content up-to-date
• Co-edited Translocations: Migration and Social Change – an Irish Inter-disciplinary open-access academic journal.

Bucharest, Romania

• Key tasks:
• Client meetings (discuss research briefs) and client presentations
• Designed and conducted in-house research (interviews, focus, groups and surveys)
• Wrote research reports and produced a weekly newsletter
• Provided consumer research insights to the Agency’s creative team to support their client pitches and ad campaigns

Bucharest, Romania

• Researcher in two qualitative research projects exploring the dynamics of poverty in RomaniaKey tasks:
• Led one of the research teams
• Successfully collaborated with the coordinators of the other teams during the data analysis and reporting phase

Bucharest, Romania

• Courses taught:
• Poverty Studies and Anti-Poverty Social Policies - undergraduate
• Statistics and SPSS - undergraduate

Bucharest, Romania

• Researcher in qualitative research project focusing on circular migration of Romanians in the European spaceKey tasks:
• Data collection (interviews), data analysis and reporting
• Coordinating the research team and effectively collaborating with the other project teams

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Media, Identity, Diaspora

Dissertation Title – Logging into Diaspora? Online Identity narratives among Romanians in Ireland Focusing on cultural identity as a.

Master'S Degree, Master’S Degree In Social Policies Of Development

Dissertation Title – A European strategy for full employment? Member and candidate countries confronting with the Lisbon objectives.

Bachelor'S Degree, Ba In Sociology

Dissertation Title – Strategies for getting a job in Rosiorii de Vede. A social capital approach to job search