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El Salvador, Uzbekistan

• Work with the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) to support the host country’s Ministry of Education in refining and implementing their monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) framework and using data for.
• Support the Salvadoran Ministry of Education to assess the GPE Compact progress, align its theory of change with the education sector plan, and refine and implement its MEL framework.
• Support the Uzbek Ministry of Education to refine their GPE Compact MEL framework against its theory of change, implement it through the tracking of key indicators, and prepare for the Compact mid-term review.
• Provide capacity building in MEL to Ministry of Education personnel in El Salvador and Uzbekistan.

El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico

• Lead a mid-term performance evaluation for USAID/Mexico of the Sembrando Oportunidades framework aimed at enhancing the U.S. Mexico bilateral relationship through collaboration to address root causes of irregular.
• Develop an evaluation design, work plan, and data collection tools and oriented team for data collection.
• Lead the team in collecting data (interviews, focus groups, surveys) in El Salvador and Honduras.
• Conduct virtual interviews with USAID and AMEXCID officials in El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico.
• Guide the team in coding and analyzing qualitative and survey data, write report, and disseminate findings.

Guatemala

• Provide technical guidance to the in-country team to conduct a youth landscape assessment that aims to understand Guatemalan (indigenous) youth’s needs, challenges, and opportunities to inform USAID/Guatemala’s.
• Contribute the development of the assessment design and the data collection plan and tools.
• Support the team with the comprehensive literature review and drafting of the desk review report.
• Provide support in the data analysis, writing of the assessment report, and discussion of findings with USAID.

El Salvador

• Led a mid-term performance evaluation of USAID/El Salvador’s Scholarships for Educational Opportunities Program that aims to mitigate irregular migration by increasing access to education and training opportunities for.
• Developed an evaluation design, work plan, and data collection tools and orient team for data collection.
• Led team in conducting a desk review, interviews, focus groups, classroom observation, and surveys.
• Guided the team in analyzing all data and writing the evaluation report; share findings with USAID.

Honduras

• Led a final performance evaluation of the Honduras Reading Activity (HRA) that provided technical assistance to the Government of Honduras to improve reading instruction and outcomes for Honduran primary school students.
• Developed an evaluation design, work plan, and data collection tools and oriented team for data collection.
• Led team in conducting a desk review, interviews, focus groups, classroom observation, and surveys.
• Guided the team in analyzing all data; wrote the evaluation report and shared findings with USAID.

Barbados

• Developed an evaluation design for a final evaluation of a regional activity supported by USAID/Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) that aims to reduce youth risk factors; designed methodologies for USAID/ESC to.
• Conducted desk review and developed an evaluation design, work plan, and data collection tools.
• Developed concept notes and scopes of work for measuring program effectiveness and indicator reporting.
• Led performance evaluations and assessments as requested by USAID/ESC.

Guatemala

Co-led a performance evaluation of the Community Roots Activity funded by USAID/Guatemala that aimed to strengthen government structures to prevent violence and provide at-risk youth with training and education. - Developed an evaluation design, work plan, and data collection tools and oriented team for data collection. - Led team in conducting interviews.

El Salvador

• Provided technical direction and expertise in education and qualitative research methods for a rapid assessment for the Ministry of Education and USAID to understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on education.
• Provided guidance and support on the assessment design, data collection, data analysis, and report writing.
• Led a workshop with key to discuss preliminary findings and obtain input for recommendations.

Guatemala

Team Leader for a performance evaluation of USAID/Guatemala’s Puentes project that aims to develop work and entrepreneurship capacity of vulnerable youth in the Western Highlands through vocational and life skills training. - Conducted a desk review and lead an evaluation design workshop with USAID and implementing partners. - Led team in the development.

Remote

Conduct a literature review for USAID on Soft Skills and their application to workforce development with a particular focus on sub-Saharan Africa, resulting in a publication to inform programming and research.

United States

• Conducted a literature review on teacher preparation and student outcomes in sub-Saharan African multilingual countries to provide USAID and USAID partners with a framework to inform decision-making and programming.
• Developed a methodology to search, select, analyze, and synthesize relevant research literature.
• Analyzed and synthesize research literature and write a final report on the essential components of teacher skills, knowledge, and attitudes for effective teaching of literacy in multilingual contexts.

Rwanda

• Team lead for a mid-term performance evaluation of a national level USAID-funded Activity aiming to strengthen early grade reading skills for lower primary students.
• Wrote evaluation research design and plan, directed evaluation team, oversaw and conducted in-country data collection and analysis, wrote final report, and shared findings and recommendations with USAID.

United States

• Carry out qualitative research as part of a longitudinal mixed-methods research project to examine student outcomes in different models of Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs in high schools in a California.
• Provide technical input on qualitative data collection tools and data analysis methods.
• Conduct focus groups and interviews with students, teachers, and CTE coaches.
• Code qualitative data and contribute to analyzing patterns and relationships to enhance quantitative data.

Central America

• Carried out a virtual training on child-centered pedagogy for staff (teacher trainers, coaches, coordinators) from nine non-governmental organizations in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras that support rural schools.
• Developed and taught an online course with theory and practical applications to support rural teachers to plan and carry out formative assessment with students with a child-centered pedagogical approach.
• Worked with staff from each organization to develop teacher observation protocols and systems to coach teachers and monitor improvements in teacher practices.

Nicaragua

• Team Leader for a summative evaluation of USAID/Nicaragua’s education and citizen security activities carried out under the 2013 - 2020 country development strategy.
• Wrote evaluation design and directed and managed evaluation team in each stage.
• Conducted a comprehensive desk review of seven activities/projects through coding and categorization of text/data and carried out a theory of change workshop with USAID and partners.
• Collected in-country primary data through interviews, focus groups, questionnaires, and online/in-person surveys. Coded and analyzed data, wrote report, and shared findings and recommendations with USAID and partner.

W.A. D.C. - Tanzania

Conducted a mixed-methods endline study for the community engagement component of a USAID-supported large-scale early grade literacy program in Tanzania.

San Francisco, CA

• Conducted qualitative research with people who are homeless to understand how internet access, or lack of, influences opportunities for socio-economic inclusion and improvement of living conditions.
• Carry out interviews with people experiencing homelessness and write case studies and a findings report.

Guatemala

• Conduct evaluative research to determine the impact of certified programs for professionals providing training to out of school youth and grade one through three teachers working to improve early grade reading skills.
• Code and analyze qualitative data collected on participants in the Master’s and certification program.
• Write evaluation report and present findings to USAID/Guatemala and the implementing partners.

Guatemala; Honduras; Dominican Republic

• Provide technical support to USAID missions and implementing partners in education strategy design, sector assessments, evaluations, and other specific education-related tasks.
• Led a mid-term performance evaluation of an education program in eight Latin America and Caribbean countries aimed at improving the capacity of key stakeholders to improve early literacy and use evidence to inform.
• Served as an international education researcher to carry out a Rapid Education and Risk Assessment (RERA) in the Dominican Republic aimed at identifying risk factors that affect children and youth in their education.

Guatemala

• Provide guidance, technical oversight, and support for the final evaluation of Save the Children’s Investment for Educational Development in Highlands (IDEA) project to improve children’s literacy and increase health.
• Give technical support to local team to develop the evaluation plan, methodology, and data collection tools.
• Work in-country with local evaluation team to analyze qualitative and quantitative data and write report.
• Incorporate implementer feedback and produce final evaluation report in English.

Arlington, VA

• Developed proposals (that won contracts) with methodologies for research, monitoring and evaluation of USAID programs.
• Wrote the methodology to provide assessment, data management, research, and evaluation services to track the progress of an early grade reading program for Zambia’s Ministry of Education.
• Wrote the design to provide support to Latin America and Caribbean USAID Missions for monitoring, evaluation, research, and data management for the bilateral education programs.

Guatemala

• Led a team to conduct a mid-term performance evaluation of a USAID project to strengthen Guatemala’s multilingual education and create workforce development for out-of-school youth
• Developed the methodological plan for qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis and carried out in-country data collection
• Oversaw and conducted in-country data collection, analyzed findings and recommendations, wrote final report, and presented findings to USAID

El Salvador

• Performed a qualitative evaluation of a gender-based violence prevention program implemented by Salvadoran governmental entities and administered by the International Development Bank (IDB)
• Developed methodological plan and data collection tools, carried out in-country data collection, coded and analyzed data, and wrote report

Berkeley, CA

• Conducted qualitative research on the Principal Leadership Institute’s assessment model: coded and analyzed data and co-authored a paper on principal assessment models
• Carried out a research project on UC Berkeley’s teacher preparation programs: collected and analyzed interview and observation data of teacher practices and wrote report for dissemination

Berkeley, CA

• Taught Critical Studies in Education, a core course requirement for UC Berkeley Education Minor undergraduate students that critically analyzes educational inequality
• Developed and co-taught a course for Graduate Student Instructors to develop essential skills for teaching undergraduate courses
• Facilitated in teaching Qualitative Methods, a course to prepare master’s and doctoral students to design and carry out qualitative research

Ghana

Led the development of a strategic plan and technical proposal to support the Ghanaian government to strengthen and expand the national multilingual education program

Guatemala

• Evaluated the Reading for Life program in Guatemala and provided ongoing advising to establish a monitoring and evaluation system
• Guided Board Members and staff in developing a strategic plan for program improvement and scaling up

Berkeley, CA

• Performed an evaluation of BUSD’s English Language Learner Programs to inform program improvement and district planning
• Developed instruments, collected and analyzed data, co-wrote final report and shared findings with district officials

El Salvador

• Guided Salvadoran Ministry of Education policy decision-makers in developing a national decentralization plan based on interviews with multiple stakeholders and research on decentralization efforts

El Salvador

• Directed the development of a plan for nationwide multilingual education through consultation and negotiation with USAID Guatemala, the Guatemalan Ministry of Education, and stakeholders

Ghana

• Spearheaded the development of a multilingual national literacy program for K-3 that included curriculum in eleven local languages and a nationwide in-service and pre-service teacher training strategy
• Supported key Ghanaian stakeholders to provide ongoing teacher professional development and monitoring and evaluation of results

El Salvador

• Designed education programs in negotiation with local government officials and provided ongoing monitoring of bilateral education programs
• Developed initiatives for improving primary school quality, equity, and completion rates in El Salvador
• Guided applied research and evaluation to inform policy and program decisions for improving educational equity and quality in El Salvador

El Salvador

• Managed the Central American Regional Initiative for Early Childhood Development
• Negotiated and coordinated early childhood education improvement efforts with the education ministries in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador

Cambridge, MA

• Developed and taught a course on Education and Development for incoming IEP Master’s students
• Co-developed the interdisciplinary curriculum for the Master’s in International Education Policy (IEP) preparation course for incoming Master’s students

El Salvador

• Oversaw and monitored seven popular education projects carried out by Salvadoran non-government organizations (NGOs) supporting early childhood development, basic education, and non-formal adult education
• Advised and trained Salvadoran NGO staff in strategic planning, program design, monitoring and evaluation, and curriculum design

Ph.D., Education Policy Analysis, Research, And Evaluation; Teacher Education, Bilingual Education

Recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award at University of California, Berkeley, May 2013. Instructor, Critical.

Master'S Degree, International Education Policy

Focus on policy analysis, research, and planning for large-scale improvement of education opportunities. Instructor and curriculum.