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Nonprofit Leadership and Strategic Vision• Liaise with board members and partners on joint messaging strategies while fostering ongoing efforts to spread joy, raise awareness, and inspire action among stakeholders.• Compile justification and analysis for board members requesting ongoing allocation of media team resources during outreaches.Project Management and Communications• Coordinate multiple media team projects, aligning goals with board and donor expectations, ensuring deliverables fulfilled, and increasing public awareness. • Create digital training resources for volunteers that outline essential preparation and expectations, minimizing risks, improving patient safety, and maximizing efficiency.

Ghana

Multimedia Storytelling and Digital Marketing• Integrate innovative 360-degree before/during/after patient stories into brand by finding, filming, editing, and publishing content that captures transformational impact of cataract surgery.• Film and curate high-volume outreach footage, building long-term content libraries and feeding future marketing campaigns, publications, training materials, and grantor reports. • Interview patients, family members, medical personnel, and hospital administration to capture processes, insights, and key outcomes of sight restoration, demonstrating the human impact at all levels.

Writing and Editing• Crafted personal narratives for executives and senior leaders across diverse sectors, highlighting professional expertise during periods of career transition.• Reshaped resumes, cover letters, bios, and LinkedIn profiles, arming clients with customized tools and confidence to navigate complex and competitive job markets.Career Development and Collaboration• Provided career guidance and interview, networking, and marketing support to clients on journeys toward achieving meaningful professional objectives.• Contributed to development of new client services and company initiatives, collaborating across continents to provide feedback and personal experience that shaped customer offerings.

Community Relations and Advocacy• Advised and supported community members during critical times of need, distilling complex government regulations into actionable next steps.• Planned and executed large community-wide events such as donation drives, festivals, excursions, and other morale-boosting experiences, implementing community feedback and unifying segmented groups. • Created dozens of infographics, flyers, and notices for new arrivals, easing stressful transitions and providing streamlined information during regulated onboarding processes. Resource Management and Cultural Fluency• Designed, edited, and distributed robust weekly newsletter, condensing department notices, local events, and practical information into valuable community resource.• Launched and maintained comprehensive personnel spreadsheet, tracking arrivals/departures, dependents, and contact information. Document utilized across departments to inform and guide services. • Curated local websites, procedures, and regulations to synthesize pertinent information for community.

Mumbai Area, India

Strategic Planning and Technology Integration• Designed and delivered professional development modules and technology integration standards for educators and schools, creating systems, practices, and tools to foster innovation in engaged classrooms. • Developed end-to-end online micro-credential certificates and instruction, maximizing learning management system to enable remote farmers to earn credentials and increase crop yields.• Supported multi-national schools through specialized curriculum and presentations to sustain innovation.

Supported the Director of Communications in website updates, social media outreach, photography, copy editing, and anything else that showcased what our amazing teachers and students were doing. I helped create our morning announcements email campaign that went out to the entire school community each day.

Curriculum Mapping and Technology Integration• Led professional development training for teachers and created K-12 technology integration resources, increasing educator trust and providing stakeholders with informed guidance for decision-making.• Designed technology-enhanced projects alongside teachers and specialists to solidify student skills. • Developed and published K-8 Standards and Benchmarks Framework and co-taught innovative technology tools to Grades 2-8 students.

Supported U.S. Embassy mission personnel and their families. Contributed to overall quality of life issues (education, work, social, etc.) Served on the housing board and assisted new families transition as they arrived at post. Provided information and support as the go-to resource for family members.

Managed section and oversaw day-to-day operations of a busy steamship line company. Fielded phone calls and provided complex customer service. Supported high-profile accounts to ensure their needs were being met. Met with U.S. Customs officials to ensure a good working relationship. Provided documentation that enabled smooth pick-up of goods. Won trust and respect of freight brokers and clients who demanded efficiency.

Master'S Degree (M.E.T.), Educational Technology And Technology Integration Specialist

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communication, Journalism, English