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Ukraine

- Built operations from the ground-up for 8 warehouses in an emergency context, successfully storing and distributing over $20M worth of relief materials to over 15M beneficiaries. - Developed efficient, transparent systems to guarantee compliance with humanitarian donor requirements (OCHA and WFP) and provide nearly 40MT of food to households near the frontlines. - Refined inventory reporting systems to increase accuracy by 50%. - Created and managed an annual budget of nearly $1.5M.- Led a diverse team of nearly 60 staff for the largest warehousing operation in organization history.

Poland

- Procured humanitarian aid and operational supplies for Samaritan’s Purse Ukraine according organization policies. - Coordinated processing, customs, and trucking for 54MT or $150k-worth of humanitarian aid arriving into Poland by air. - Trained first-time Disaster Response staff in the ministry’s policies, laying the groundwork for effective and policy-minded systems. - Avoided additional fees by liaising between headquarters Logistics and the air freight service to ensure cargo was processed in an efficient, timely manner and keeping with the flight crews’ schedule. - Collaborated with national staff to prepare customs documentation and navigate dynamic cross-border requirements for both Poland and Ukraine.

Liberia

- Strengthened national staff capacity by conducting training in the procurement process, empowering the team to understand the Procurement Policy and secure best value purchases. - Co-led team across multiple bases in absence of Senior Operations Manager, overseeing operations in procurement, fleet, warehouse, and IT operations while completing annual close out.

North Carolina, United States

- Developed skills in program design, proposal development, and implementation through hands-on simulations and practical trainings. - Created log frames to establish outcomes, outputs, and activities and explore potential risks of a mock program.- Learned from subject matter experts from the organization in Program Management, Operations, and Logistics to build technical knowledge in preparation for working in an international humanitarian context.

- Spearheaded preliminary research to kickstart an economic development program in Wayanad, India.- Strengthened communications strategy of a grassroots non-profit to attract target donor audience.

La Mirada, California, United States

- Conducted document verification meetings, processed hiring paperwork for student employees, and then managed data in Google Sheets. - Welcomed new staff and faculty to the university by leading a campus tour and assisting them with paperwork during orientation. - Corresponded with student employees to answer their questions and offer them resources while prioritizing customer service.

La Mirada, Ca

- Worked within Biola's undergraduate admissions events department to plan and direct Biola Bound, a 4-day admissions event for 50 or more out-of-state and international students to visit Biola University. - Provided prospective students a hands-on and extensive positive experience of Biola in order to help them with their college decision process and to increase university enrollment.

La Mirada, California, United States

- Gave prospective students, parents, and university VIPs an in-depth, informative glimpse of the university to aid in their college decision process and to represent Biola's brand positively in order to increase university enrollment by leading campus tours, completing phone calls, filming acceptance videos, and facilitating activities during Admissions Events.

B.A. Intercultural Studies, International And Community Development

Activities and Societies: Minor in Spanish Summa Cum Laude (3.98 GPA) Epsilon Kappa Epsilon Honors Society FirstGen Scholar; Service.

Great Books Program, Classical Learning, Socratic-Style Discussion

High School Diploma