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United States

• Lead project management and design for the State of California's first-ever collaborative economic development strategy-building program (California Jobs First) in the Bay Area region.
• Manage relationships with a 21 member coalition of Bay Area Region organizations, the San Francisco Office for Economic and Workforce Development, and State of California.
• Analyze program, state, regional, and local policy.
• Design project implementation strategy and deliverables.

• Identified and developed grant proposals.
• Designed and authored annual reports.
• Developed the recruitment and onboarding processes for a new nonprofit board.

• Project managed and designed the State of California’s first housing subsidy program for refugees, enabling more than 2,000 Afghan households (~5,500 individuals) arriving through the U.S. Government’s Operation Allies.
• Supervised program consultants providing technical assistance for the project’s hotel program, serving 1,100+ individuals.
• Coordinated communication across 25 local resettlement agencies, 25 hotels, two program lead organizations, the State of California, and the Office for Refugee Resettlement.
• Designed and led the move of 52 households (210 individuals) from 19 hotels into four that better-suited the program over a two-week period, managing a team comprised of the Office for Refugee Resettlement, State of.
• Problem-solved ASIP’s implementation challenges by directing resources and contractors to support stronger landlord relationships and address complicated resettlement cases, which ensured Afghan refugees’ housing needs.

• Advised Executive Director on gender equality policy advocacy strategies, and gender justices activists on their United Nations (UN) and UN Security Council (UNSC) briefings.
• Drafted UN and UNSC lobby statements, policy recommendations, and event concept notes.

• Devised and wrote an assessment of SIHA's advocacy approach to contribute to the organization's revitalized strategy for promoting gender equality across East Africa.
• Designed and facilitated a Gender Forum with gender justice activists from Uganda, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Somaliland, Ethiopia, laying the groundwork for a regional gender justice campaign.

Developed a proposal and framework for allocating new funding to women’s rights and gender equality organizations. This resulted in six international women’s rights-focused non-profits receiving new grants totaling more than $1 million.

Greater New York City Area

• Designed and led a new gender equality policy strategy for the Oxfam Confederation NY office, influencing Women, Peace and Security policy and discourse at the UN and UNSC.
• Managed diverse teams comprised of Oxfam colleagues and partners from conflict-affected contexts for high-level event weeks and critical advocacy moments at the UN.
• Facilitated strategic advocacy opportunities for 30+ diverse women’s rights activists from 9 conflict-affected contexts to influence UN and UNSC policy, serving as an intermediary in activists’ absence, relaying their.
• Represented Oxfam in NY advocacy coalitions and built new organizational partnerships, collaborating on joint press releases, policy pieces, and monthly recommendations. Results include convincing the UNSC to lift the.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Facilitated trainings and workshops for a Taskforce of 20 women’s rights activists from South Sudan and Sudan on advocacy and coalition-building, expanding the base of support for women’s rights. Results include.
• Managed the administration, logistics, and grant reporting of a $70,000 U.S. Department of State grant to bring five Syrian women to New York City to advocate alongside the UN General Assembly, and a $140,000 internal.
• Co-wrote and secured a cost amendment for a U.S. State Department grant of $800,000 to ensure continued programming for women’s inclusion in Sudan’s and South Sudan’s peace processes.
• Advocated to U.S. and international policymakers on behalf of and alongside South Sudanese, Sudanese, and Syrian women leaders.
• Analyzed conflict dynamics in South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria to identify advocacy targets, issues, and current events for policy advocacy and program development.

Brattleboro, VT

• Conducted conflict analyses on a variety of countries for the lead professor of the graduate program resulting in contributed research on conflict histories and theories for post-war development

Chiang Mai, Thailand

• Authored a policy paper developed from interviews with members of Burmese women’s organizations emphasizing the importance of women’s inclusion that was then used in WLB’s advocacy to national and international.

Mae Sot, Thailand

• Instructed two English language classes for 50 Karen refugees, ages 18 to 55, scheduled for resettlement in the U.S.
• Co-wrote a monitoring and evaluation report for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration

Mae Sot, Thailand

• Instructed 25 Burmese youth, ages 15 to 30, at the DPNS youth political training school
• Compiled an English language learning curriculum using topics of Human Rights, Peacebuilding, and Democracy

Baltimore, MD

• Managed 15 refugee and asylee ESOL classes for 600+ students a year and supervised 15 teachers across five sites, ensuring timely student placement testing, class registration, materials delivery, and student/teacher.
• Designed and implemented a free bus pass program for 120 students/month, increasing class attendance to over 90%, as well as supporting refugees’ access to social services and jobs.
• Partnered with the International Rescue Committee and Lutheran Social Services on client support and monthly workshops, expanding students’ knowledge of U.S. social services, laws, and cultural norms.
• Co-developed a literacy program for illiterate refugee and asylee students, specifically to increase women and elderly population’s inclusion

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Interpreted French for francophone clients seeking asylum during their clinical counseling sessions
• Translated documents from English to French broadening the organization’s outreach

• Advised clients on their immigration and human rights cases in person and over the phone in English and French
• Advocated for changes to clients’ immigration statuses through written intervention letters

Ma, Conflict And Development; Gender Focus

Gender, Development and Human Rights Policy Advocacy Social Change and Development in Liberia Theory and Practice of Conflict.

Bachelor'S, Peace Studies, French

Activities and Societies: President Goucher's Branch of Amnesty International, Presidential Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa, Member Women's.