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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

• Utilized exemplary teambuilding and communication skills to coordinate as team to ensure high-quality service delivery and maintain excellent performance standards in fast-paced, high-volume operating environment.• Curated luxury dining experiences and events, where perfect presentation is expected, with professional appearance, mannerism, and execution.• Experienced communication and customer service skills to facilitate engaging, respectful, and positive interactions with all guests.• Maintained deep, up-to-date knowledge of foods, presentation, wine and liquor selections and pairings, as well as proper place settings, glassware, and other fine dining procedures.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Supported the Social and Behavior Change (SBC) team in developing community engagement methodologies for implementation in partner countries internationally with primary focus on the Partner-Defined Quality (PDQ), Community Action Cycle (CAC), and Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) methodologies with affiliated toolkits and field manuals• Researched, summarized, and synthesized information from documents on team’s SharePoint site to track progress on methodologies and inform next steps• Coordinated and led meetings with SBC team members to inform members on methodologies, their progress and recent revisions, as well as facilitate discussion for team input and questions• Conducted edits and revisions on PDQ and RCCE methodologies and their affiliated toolkits and manuals in preparation for graphic design phase and finalization

The Gambia

• Conducted community needs assessment to evaluate perceived and present health needs within a rural village community via hospital records along with interviews and meetings with village leaders, community health workers, and community members.• Partnered with community leaders and community health workers to conduct health administration and education efforts on WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene), maternal and child health, nutrition, and community development in village hospital, schools, community gardens, etc.• Led programs and sensitization on gender development and gender equity education in schools and community spaces including workshops for female business opportunities.• Received over 300 hours of international and community development training, context-specific technical and cultural training on health and medicine, agriculture, education and health promotion, and community socioeconomic development, as well as 144 hours of immersion-based Sarahulle language training.• Evacuated with early close of service due to COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

Eugene, Oregon, United States

• Marketed and facilitated sale of leases, including directing property tours and drafting, securing, and managing leases.• Managed leasing office; responsible for administration and customer service tasks such as processing leases, resident accounts, and payments, answering calls and emails, and assisting and communicating with residents and lease guarantors.• Responsible for responding to emergency and/or after-hours calls during rotation as 24/7 on-call community assistant.• Excelled in high-stakes, competitive environment responsible for securing high-value legally binding documents, large payments, confidential personal and financial information, as well as the trust and security of residents.• Utilized excellent communication and customer service skills to form positive personal connections with prospective residents who became residents, as well as to effectively navigate and de-escalate difficult high-stakes situations.

Zanzibar, Zanzibar West, Tanzania

• Provided administrative support for written English, technical skills in computer programs such as Word, Publisher, PowerPoint, and Excel i.e editing and formatting forms, policies, and information and rate sheets, and stream-lining physical and digital organizational systems• Included in and observed daily life of sober house participants such as group therapy sessions and Drugs Anonymous meetings

Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana

• Shadowed local medical students and professionals in various hospital departments including public health, emergency/ trauma, maternity, lab, and surgery.• Learned to perform rapid diagnostic tests for malaria, HIV, syphilis, and blood types; and how to test and identify malaria parasites via blood smears

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Global Health Policy

• Research: “Scoping Review of Community-Directed Interventions for the Control of Neglected Tropical Disease in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa".

Minor, Global Health

Research: o Honors Thesis: "The Ethics of Global Health Voluntourism in Sub-Saharan Africa" o Global Health Research Group member (Sept..

Minor, African Studies

Study Abroad: o Zanzibar, Tanzania (June - August 2018): Intensive Kiswahili language program o Accra, Ghana (June – August 2017).

Minor, Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Bachelor'S Degree, International/Global Studies