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Southbury, Ct, Us

New York, New York, United States

• Monitored grant activities, collected impact stories, and interviewed grantees to build out our team’s learning, monitoring and evaluation practices, resulting in greater understanding of global impact and influence to improve programs and secure future funding.• Built relationships with over 75 international grantees and served as technical point of contact, accompanying them through proposal development, advocacy, budgeting, compliance review, coalition-building and reporting. Maintained due diligence and effective communication to minimize administrative burden on grantees.

New York, New York, United States

• Improved security in grantmaking practices for Special Initiatives by developing a streamlined digital application process to minimize data risks. This also made it easier for grantees to manage their own organizational data and translate the application into multiple languages.• Researched areas of emerging interest for the foundation, learning about new topics quickly and efficiently through academic networks, social media, stakeholder mapping and field analysis.• Used expertise in museum policy to conduct independent research tracking actors and developments in the field of restitution and return of African heritage. Identified trends, best practices, and opportunities for foundation funding and engagement in international advocacy. Developed and updated briefing reports for each of seven key countries.• Recruited and managed three junior staff working with the Director of Special Initiatives.• Advanced to senior designation from Program Analyst role.

• Used a combination of pre/post attitudinal surveys, site observations and stakeholder feedback to evaluate the impact of youth programs and better understand public engagement with large-scale contemporary art on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway in Boston.• Coordinated survey design and data collection for a citizen science project in New Orleans, which informed improvements for the ISeeChange mobile app and web-based community climate journal.• Advised on appropriate language and visual cues for patient-facing resources and communications, improving service delivery and patient experience at Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, MA. • Developed a guide for healthcare providers on the use of plants as medicine in New York City by analyzing interviews with botánica owners, customers, and healthcare workers, and photographing reference collections for publication, through the NIH-funded Dominican Traditional Medicine for Urban Community Health project.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Managed cross-functional teams to develop hands-on, inquiry-based engineering activities and resources for learners in pre-K through 8th grade with the Engineering is Elementary team.• Analyzed user feedback and made data-informed revisions using a combination of national pilot tests, classroom observations and educator focus groups, to improve ease of use for educators, increase effectiveness of student resources, and achieve learning goals.• Led concept research in planetary science, together with subject matter experts at NASA, USGS and Northern Arizona University, to find engaging topics that also align to national curriculum standards, and use plain language writing to make complex concepts accessible for youth.

Boston, Ma

• Facilitated cross-cultural professional development for educators working with visually impaired students in Uganda, reimagined activities from four curriculum units to increase accessibility for students with low-vision and worked with educators to find low-cost, local substitutes for kit materials to ensure long-term sustainability.• Produced educational videos with subject matter experts at NASA, making complex topics in planetary science more accessible and relevant for youth in out-of-school-time programs.• Communicated concept, content and design feedback to illustrator, and provided artistic direction on engineering storybook illustrations.• Advanced to senior designation from Curriculum Developer role.

Boston, Ma

• Managed implementation of a new sales and CRM system, moving from proprietary software to a more scalable solution, to fulfill a 140% curriculum sales increase over the previous year. • Mapped out user journeys representing different types of customers, from home school teachers to large district purchasers, created site maps and wireframes to improve online customer experience through online store redesign.• Advanced to Curriculum Developer from Operations Coordinator role.

Cambridge, Ma

Advised on design of patient-facing resources, improving service delivery at Cambridge Hospital.

Portland, Oregon, United States

Drafted technical proposals for new clients, curated internal knowledge management systems, ran simulations and tested interactive maps and mobile sites for quality assurance.

Brighton, Ma

Pitched ideas for new episodes, contributed science research to video production, fact-checked scripts, assisted with on-location filming.

Boston, Ma

Managed an archive of historical journals from the American Journal of Archaeology, assisted with design decisions for current publications, and managed customer experience for Archaeology Magazine.

Bronx, Ny

Worked with researchers at the Institute for Economic Botany at the New York Botanical Garden to code and analyze ethnographic interviews with botanica owners, customers and health care providers. Maintained specimens in the reference collection and photographed plants for publication for "Dominican Medicinal Plants: A Guide for Health Care Providers," a reference manual for clinicians to support culturally effective health care and greater understanding of traditional medical practices of immigrants from the Dominican Republic in New York City.

Ridgefield, Ct

Facilitated programming for temporary exhibitions using working knowledge of art and artists, handled membership and events, employed best practices in visitor services in this part-time role.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Museum Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Cultural Anthropology

Urban Anthropology

Independent study in São Paulo and Curitiba, Brazil; Cape Town, South Africa; and Hanoi, Vietnam