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Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Denver, Colorado, United States

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Research in Planning Local Economic Development, current topics include COVID-19 Response and

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Research and Data sharing for community and economic development.

Promoted for using crisis management skills in managing daily operations. Managed shifts, scheduling, inventory, new employee training and weekly resource orders and managed daily issues. ▪Pitched and developed a training manual to decrease training time and increase efficiency by 60%.

Pahang, Malaysia

Selected as one of 2000 graduates in the US students to receive a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship as part of the U. S. Cultural Exchange Program to improve intercultural relations through cultural diplomacy.Awarded an “English Teaching Assistantship” in Malaysia. Implemented an educational program and taught English for 230 students at local rural high school, SMK Kampung Awah. ▪Raised $7000 in local currency through fundraising with American embassy in Malaysia. ▪Led and planned and five school-wide educational camps with 1000+ students; offered new learning options including business planning, finance, community involvement and technological skills and on-site location visits. ▪Planned and organized participation in the ETA Showcase of 2019 in Pahang, attended by the King and Queen of Malaysia, the U.S. ambassador to Malaysia and other VIP officials.

Parker, Colorado

Served 1000+ customers in fine dining environment providing a superior level of customer service.

Valparaiso University

Managed the sound team for various chapel and university events, worked with various speakers, bands, and musical groups, hired new technicians, maintained the sound technology and researched new technological options for future development. ▪ Developed a new training program to increase efficiency 40% and wrote best practices guidelines.Initiated a project to record and post major events and sermons online for greater accessibility.

San Jose, Costa Rica

Managed administrative duties for a worldwide organization that develops and builds homes for families so that they can achieve the strength, stability and self-reliance. ▪Researched and wrote a 50-page, bilingual best practices manual for sanitation systems in underdeveloped regions. ▪Translated internal communication documents.

Heredia, Costa Rica

Developed curriculum and taught high school level classes in Engineering Measurement and Excel in Spanish for 90+ students.

Valparaiso, Indiana

Awarded a competitive “Calling and Purpose in Society (CAPS) Fellowship” to work with a water-purifying social entrepreneurship offering a buy-one-give one initiative to benefit communities in Haiti.Designed and created a stress-test machine for water purifying device on a project in rural Haiti for a population of 71,000 residents.Designed three new devices of varying sizes to help individuals and communities with water purification. Assisted in data collection and analysis for a UV light purification device. Created a portable solar generator and installed three deep-well submersible pumps.

Master'S Degree, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Activities and Societies: Student Planning Association member, Graduate Research Association, Economic Development Specialization.

Bachelor'S Degree, International Development

Activities and Societies: Social Action Leadership Team, Engineers without Borders, Fellow of the Institute for Leadership and Service

High School

Activities and Societies: NHS, Student Council, Worship Team, Robotics, JV and Varsity Volleyball, Guitar Club

Education record

Activities and Societies: Theater, NHS, Spanish club, Newspaper