• Researched, modeled, and launched new financial product generating new line of revenue with full budgetary responsibility.• Created a standardized process for reviewing and funding applicants. Trained, managed and optimized staff. Achieved a 400% increase in funded clients for that specific target vertical. • Performed cash flow analysis, reviewed tax returns, business debt schedules and credit reports to determine debt service coverage and eligibility for small business loans • Provided training and ongoing support to sales team, resulting in an increase in applications and 70% approval-to-contract ratio, achieving breakeven and then profitability.

Free platform that helps businesses succeed at crowdfunding and getting private investors. www.wazgo.com• Fostered project growth through effective project management, financial modeling, and market research to determine project viability and cost-effectiveness. •Developed creative online marketing solutions to increase site visibility and usage.

Worked on the Growing Greener Cities Programme for Urban and Peri-urban HorticultureAnalyzed and research for the first status report on the State of Urban and Peri-urban Horticulture in AfricaWrote fact sheets for web publication on Urban and Peri-urban Horticulture as it relates to gender, climate change, urban waste management, and food losses

Carried out Spanish-language interviews with migrant farmworkers to understand needs & strugglesDesigned focus groups to determine effective incentives to keep farmworkers at their current jobsProcessed interview material into qualitative database, Atlas.ti

Contributed 300 hours of service to program, community and leadership development

Interned in Office of Economic Policy and Summit Coordination. Worked on issues of biofuels, food security and free trade.