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The Friendship Heights Alliance is a place-focused nonprofit organization dedicated to revitalizing Friendship Heights through creative placemaking, community building and events.

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Cities grow and change, and so do the challenges for those who manage them. The Javera Group helps BIDs, government agencies, businesses and community groups build safe, sustainable and vibrant urban neighborhoods where people and place matter. Clients have included: The DowntownDC BID, The Golden Triangle BID, Greater Washington Hispanic Business Chamber of Commerce, Azimuth Media Productions and Mount Pleasant Main Street.

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The DC BID Council is an association of the Business Improvement Districts in Washington DC. It is open to all existing and forming BIDs in the District of Columbia. Funded by membership contributions from the BIDs, the DC BID Council works to strengthen the business improvement districts in the District of Columbia by sharing information, conducting research, identifying common issues of concern, comparing best practices, and communicating about the work and impact of BIDs. The ten BIDs in Washington DC are: the Adams Morgan Partnership BID, the Capitol Hill BID, the Capitol Riverfront BID, the Downtown DC BID, the Georgetown BID, the Golden Triangle BID, the Mount Vernon Triangle BID, the NoMa BID, SW BID and the Anacostia BID.

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Azimuth Media Production Services is an independent, full-service video production group located in downtown Washington, D.C. AMPS grew out of Azimuth Media, producer of the PBS series Foreign Exchange (hosted by Fareed Zakaria and later by Daljit Dhaliwal). In the aftermath of Foreign Exchange, AMPS was founded to continue covering global issues, including climate change, sustainable business practices, technology, and security concerns related to food, water and energy for news organizations, NGOs, and commercial companies.Azimuth makes documentary films and generate other media products, including video web content, for a range of local and international including th United States Institute for Peace, The Flamboyan Foundation, the World Bank, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, Google, SONY, TED Potomac, The Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, The PBS NewsHour, Washington Media Group, and SEIU.

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Eco-Coach, Inc. assists leading organizations to evaluate, design, and implement sustainable practices for long-term organizational success and positive environmental and social impact. The company is based in Washington DC and was started in 2006. As an Eco-Coach consultant I work with restaurants, bars and nightclubs. to help them better manage hot button issues around noise and trash; to improve community relations, navigate government licensing and regulatory processes and to grow their businesses in healthy, sustainable ways.

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I worked as a consultant with GWHCC on small commercial corridor revitalization and community capacity building projects. I provide training and assistance to community groups and business associations around event planning and management, permitting, publicity and more. For example, I played a key role in organizing "Make it Mount Pleasant" a handmade crafts and artisan's market and community festival.

Developed survey Instruments, outreach strategy and database management system for an Economic Impact Study of Nightlife and Hospitality Businesses in three districts within the Washington Metropolitan Area.Conducted Community Outreach and coordinated data collection efforts with hospitality operators in the study areas.

Connected Mount Pleasant Temporium development team with community partners and curators.Provided consultation for project team on grant writing, community relations, communications, press outreach and social media strategy.

Directed social media strategy, promotion and marketing of the MidCity Business District’s arts, retail and entertainment attractions through special events, cooperative advertising and marketing campaigns.Managed the Annual Dog Days of August Sidewalk Sale, a MidCity wide event involving over 200 merchants that brings 10,000 visitors per year to the 14th and U Street corridors.Helped member businesses improve safety, noise, and trash handling in their establishments. When required, provided referrals to contractors and trainers for sound, marketing and security consulting.Directed advocacy efforts for local small businesses, including testifying before city leaders about small business issues, creating educational materials for members and building relationships with community partners and city agency staff.Directed advocacy efforts for local small businesses, including, but not limited to testifying before City leaders about key small business issues, creating educational materials for members and building relationships with community partners and city agency staff.Developed MidCityLife.com website, online marketing program and data management system Managed member communications through weekly newsletters, social media, regular networking events and bi-monthly member meetings.

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Crafted marketing and informational materials to attract families to the school.Conducted weekly tours of the school with prospective parents.Managed application, scholarship and enrollment process.

Planned and implemented grassroots campaign to lift restrictions on music and entertainment in Mount Pleasant hospitality establishments.Conducted street outreach and organized events and workshops to raise awareness about the need for a more proactive approach to promoting culture and managing night-time economies in mixed use neighborhoods.Worked with local hospitality businesses to minimize impacts on nearby residents including the development of security and noise management plans.Connected local restaurants with consulting services that helped them reduce energy costs, upgrade staff training and develop more effective marketing and public relations efforts.

Partnered with a theater professional to develop the curriculum for a summer youth employment program that used visual arts, audio, and creative writing to explore themes around border crossings from the global to the personal level.Delivered trainings and worked with staff and participants to create an interactive audio visual presentation.

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Participated on consulting team for World Bank’s East of the River Initiative that helped four local DC youth service providers to better document outcomes and to conduct more effective program evaluations.Designed and implemented a participatory action research project to gather data from youth in the project’s target area about conditions and attitudes in their schools, neighborhoods and youth organizations.

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Organized youth and youth-worker focus groups to gather data for a report on the role of second-generation immigrant youth in the Greater Washington Area.

Founded and directed a dynamic youth organization that taught high school students how to conduct action research about their communities and to advocate around issues important to them, including youth employment, affordable housing and youth violence prevention.Designed interactive youth leadership development curriculum around a range of community issues.Managed all grant writing, funder-relations and reporting, budgeting, book keeping and financial reporting.

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Curated music and performances for monthly musical and visual arts events.Managed all promotion, media and publicity for the events as well as night of logistics including set up, space design and security.

Managed fundraising, grant writing and report writing for range of projects.Researched and wrote a report on the barriers Latino immigrants confront in accessing and receiving health care in Washington, DC.Directed Movement Empowerment Solidarity through the Arts (MESA), a capacity building project designed to foster stronger connections and recent immigrants and long-term residents of Ward 1.

Developed and implemented participatory learning and action research projects involving low-income youth and university students in DC Ward 1 neighborhoods.Helped develop Partners in Urban Research and Service Learning (PURS), a community/university partnership designed to connect university students and faculty with local community workers around joint research and learning projects.

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Directed an art and creative writing program for elementary school aged children.Designed curriculum and taught afterschool art classes to children aged 4-12.

Researched and wrote briefing papers on international development and trade issues for consumer advocate, Ralph Nader. Wrote articles for the Multinational Monitor, Essential Information’s monthly magazine.Co-edited, wrote and researched NAFTA Countdown, a newspaper covering debates surrounding the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Ma, International Political Economy

Certificate In Documentary Filmmaking, Documentary Filmmaking

Ba, Literature