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Senior Learning Designer on the Racial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Science Education project for our client, LabXchange. This project involves creating interdisciplinary learning materials for high school educators and students, which are aimed at reviewing the history of racism in science and examining the structures that prevent racialized groups from having equal access to opportunities in healthcare, education, and STEM fields.

As Lead Learning Designer, I oversaw the design and development of online short courses with our university partners. My role involved: - Facilitating design workshops with faculty and subject matter experts;- Managing a team of instructional designers; - Strategising and innovating around online education best practices and pedagogy;- Quality assuring educational content; and - Collaborating with external and internal stakeholders to ensure the successful and timeous development of each short course. I oversaw the design and development of the following courses:- LSE Modelling Cost-effectiveness in Healthcare - Rice Leading Workplace Diversity - Oxford Entrepreneurship Programme- Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership's Women Leading Change short course- MIT Sloan Inquiry-based Leadership- MIT Sloan Social Media Strategy - LSE Regulation: Theory, Strategy, and Practice - Yale Accelerated Management Program- Harvard’s VPAL FinTech online short course - Harvard Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age - Syracuse Women as Business Leaders- LSE Cryptocurrency Investment and Disruption- Syracuse Project Management: A Hybrid Approach- UCT Import, Export, and Logistics Management- UCT Investment Management- UCT Social Media Marketing

Cape Town Area, South Africa

My role involved designing and developing online higher education curricula for GetSmarter with our university partners. I designed and developed the following courses: - Harvard Global Health Delivery - MIT Fintech certificate course: Future Commerce- UCT Graduate School of Business: Business Innovation short course

Cape Town

Research assistant on Urban Health - Urban Living pilot project between UCT Public School of Health and ZMG Freiburg. This project combined public health and medical anthropology to map mother and child health and environmental indicators for the City of Cape Town in order to inform, develop and evaluate integrated public health interventions that incorporate upstream health determinants.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Editorial intern for UrbanAfrica.net, a project of the African Centre for Cities which functions as an online platform dedicated to communicating about African cities. Responsibilities included researching and writing articles featuring urban issues in Johannesburg and Cape Town, sourcing opportunities and resources related to urban studies, and compiling weekly roundups on urban issues and events around Africa.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Formed part of a team commissioned by the Premier of Gauteng and the South African Breweries to embark on a four-month project to research and design architectural and organisational recommendations for economic revitalisation in Ivory Park, a township in North-East Johannesburg.

Cape Town

Assisted in researching and writing copy for the City Desired exhibition and Cityscapes website.

Hong Kong

Ma London Studies, Urban Geography, With Distinction

Master'S Degree, Creative Writing

Ba Hons, English Studies With Previous Majors In English, Film Studies And Screenwriting, With Distinction