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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

BlueCommons is a first-of-its-kind, non-profit “Blue Bank” providing innovative financing to support projects that address water scarcity and sustainability challenges in the Colorado River Basin and across U.S. watersheds.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

The Hague Area, Netherlands

The Valuing Water Initiative (VWI) was established by the Government of the Netherlands in response to the United Nations High Level Panel on Water's 2018 launch of the Valuing Water Principles. The Initiative aims to demonstrate how these principles can be applied to bring systemic change in water policies and business practices.- Advised on strategic activities and partnerships to establish initiative within the water resources community- Led collaborative effort to write and edit first concept paper, with contributions from academic experts in water accounting and top consultants in market transformation- Coordinated workshop with 40+ prominent stakeholders from public, private, and non-governmental sectors

Wageningen, The Netherlands

Specialization: Irrigation and Water Management Thesis research (Feb-Aug 2019), "The Nature of Domestic Water (in)Security in Jordan: a study on the supply and securing of water for household consumption in two districts of Irbid under conditions of acute demand increase", supervised by the Water Resources Management and Sociology of Development and Change chairgroups

Wageningen, The Netherlands

WCDI is an international development organization driving knowledge and capacities for inclusive, sustainable food systems. - Analyzed 1,500+ questionnaires on school nutrition program in southwest Uganda; cleaned and recoded rawExcel data in statistics software SPSS; ran frequency analyses, association tests, and regression models- Authored all final reports, including school results, program impact evaluation, and methodological performance; presented to local Ugandan schools, implementing partner, and internal team, respectively

Chinandega, Nicaragua

Amigos is a non-profit equipping rural Nicaraguan communities with technical expertise, skills training, credit, and seed funding to achieve reliable, quality sources of water, sanitation, education, health, and economic development.- Created and ran initial design study of microloan program for small farms and household businesses; work involved methodology development, focus group coordination, household interviews, forecast modelling, and analysis of field data; impact document led to strategic redesign of target projects and trainings

Atlanta, Ga

Social impact enterprise using interdisciplinary research, gender targets, and human-centered design to bridge gaps in global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Development Goals.- Co-led organizational modeling through Life Science Accelerator program (full scholarship funding through National Science Foundation)- Designed monitoring tool and ran interviews and focus groups for first human-design pilot for WASH facility near Lusaka, Zambia; lead author on final learning report- On-going advisor and editor since 2015; Active Board Member (pro-bono) since 2019

Greater Atlanta Area

Atlanta, Ga

- Acted as project manager for L’Orèal Paris’s national philanthropy, Women of Worth, curating over 3,000 volunteer applicants for $125,000 in grant prizes and planning two judging panel meetings for honoree selection.

Master Of Science - Ms, International Land And Water Management

Activities and Societies: TEDx planning committee Urban Greenhouse Challenge• Specialization in Irrigation and Water Management • Rotary.

Bachelor'S Degree, International Affairs

Activities and Societies: Peer Leader (RA), Alpha Gamma Delta, Omicron Delta Kappa, Ramblin' Reck Club, Epic Intentions (Co-Founder)•.