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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Greater Boston

- Providing Gestalt-informed intercultural coaching to clients seeking behavioral changes- Developing worksheets, workbooks and journals as tools for clients - Providing pro-bono services for nonprofits and businesses owned by women, LGBTQIA+ or minoritiesTo inquire about pro-bono services, please reached out to us at reflectandgrowco@gmail.com

Greater Boston Area

- Managing daily operations of the African Studies Center including general office management, classroom management and supervising a team of eight students who provide faculty and administrative support to the ASC- Drafting budget proposals and providing budgetary oversight for departmental and grant accounts; this includes completing quarterly budget projections, completing purchases, disbursements and processing invoices, managing travel and purchasing cards, and completing annual financial close- Assisting the Assistant Director with grant project administration which includes processing grant-related purchases and honoraria payments and updating grantees on remaining funds for grant activities; occasionally involves hiring temp employees and cost-transfers - Organizing and marketing for key events including back to school events, conferences, recruiting events, endowed lecture series, language program showcases, collaborative events with student groups and faculty & visiting researcher receptions- Coordinating semester class schedules and room bookings with faculty, updating lists for academic programs and making scheduling adjustments where necessary - Developed an equity program to help provide funding to students who are engaging in unpaid internships regarding African studies. - Marketing ASC events, programs and opportunities by drafting and distributing weekly e-newsletters, tabling at events and conferences, leading the overhaul of the ASC website (in-process) and editing event recordings and adding them to the ASC Youtube channel- Working with the Assistant Director and the Assistant Dean for Development on fundraising efforts

Greater Boston

- Organized online fundraisers, activities for children with autism and a lecture series for parents of children with autism- Completed training with the ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) Institute at the University of New Mexico to learn to run and facilitate peer-learning groups for teachers, therapists and medical professionals- Wrote and received one grant for a COVID-19 response, including coordinating deliveries of supplies and food to families with children with autism - Created resources for parents who were transitioning their children to homeschooling during the pandemic- Assisted with the organization of the Pan-African Conference on Autism in Accra, Ghana- Created marketing materials, managed e-newsletter and social media accounts, completed interviews with local radio stations and podcasts and communicated with donors- Collaborated with Ghanaian First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo and her team on a campaign for Autism Awareness Day

Greater Boston Area

- Managing the 61 undergraduate engineering majors in the Technology Innovations Scholars Program- Contributed to two successful grant proposals to the Argosy Foundation and the Amtech Corporation- Analyzing data from past STEM Outreach program evaluations and researching improvements for the programs. - Researching program evaluation methods and drafting surveys used to evaluate our educational outreach Programs- Developing recruiting and marketing materials - Supporting the STEM Pathways Program by preforming administrative tasks, organizing events and advertising - Creating and maintaining new partnerships with teachers, school officials and others in the STEM Education sector- Directly supervise and train student workers

Boston, Ma

- Maintaining research proposal logs and grant spreadsheets- Aiding the Associate Deans by organizing and editing their materials- Delivering reports to designated departments

Geneva Area, Switzerland

- Organized and marketed a 250-person event at the 22nd Conference of the Parties United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Marrakesh, Morocco to promote R20’s projects and partnerships.- Contributed to R20’s research report on the impact of waste on human health and R20’s technical report on Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) techniques by writing an analyses based on case studies and peer-reviewed journal articles.- Engaged with R20’s partners to discuss and organize financing for climate change mitigation projects. - Profiled fifty climate change adaptation projects to market them to investors. - Edited the R20 Report on the relationship between human health and indoor air pollution produced by cookstoves for content accuracy and grammatical errors.- Assisted in revisions for R20’s communications strategy

Greater Boston Area

- Acclimated a group of sixty-six Singaporean exchange students to life in Boston and American over the course of 6 weeks- Instructed an laboratory-based environmental science course and helped prepare lab materials prior to labs- Assisted students in writing their analytical environmental science papers by advising them to compare their data with the results of experiments discussed in peer-reviewed journal articles.- Encouraged students to draw connections between the environmental issues in Boston with those in Singapore.- Reviewed resumes and cover letters to help the students prepare for job applicationsReturn offer extended and accepted for May- July 2017

Boston, Ma

- Researched and wrote research briefs on a wide variety of topics (i.e. group conferencing platforms, international initiatives to improve education, Zika virus safety concerns)- Discussed research briefs with the CEO and the Service Learning Program Manager- Organized donations made through Paypal and the School the World website by using Salesforce- Helped supervisors to prepare for three services trips in which high school students travelled to Guatemala to help build schools- Identified and proposed new sources of funding to supervisors

Greater Boston Area

- Organized and coordinating meetings between doctors and professors of different fields and specialties- Recorded key points from meetings and sent them to all attendees- Scheduled visits for guest speakers - Wrote and distributed seminar schedules to relevant faculty members- Created diagrams and graphics using Microsoft PowerPoint and Photoshop

Bachelor’S Degree, International Relations And Affairs

Activities and Societies: International Peer Mentors, Peer Student Exchange, Global Environmental Brigades, Yawkey Internship Program.

International Baccalaureate

Master Of Social Work - Msw, Clinical/Medical Social Work