Nesreen Abu Khalaf Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

Taught 6th, 7th, and 8th grade mathematics content at a Title 1 middle school as part of a two year commitment to Guilford County Schools. Increased standardized test proficiency rate by 20% in 2021-2022 and exceeded growth expectations during the pandemic and hybrid learning. Co-lead a Muslim Student's Association and worked on my school's diversity committee.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

As one of three senior Bonner Leaders with the highest student held leadership role within the Bonner Program, I co-lead program planning and development as it relates to weekly workshops and supporting the work of nearly 50 Bonner Leader Interns at 13 community partner organizations in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area. Some of my responsibilities include:• Develop and facilitate weekly workshops on social justice, leadership, critical issues, and skill building. Topics included the racial wealth gap, refugee resettlement, environmental justice, Islamophobia, women's health disparities, local political engagement, and more.• Manage and lead the Bonner Leadership Team, which spearheads the planning and execution of 5 annual cornerstone activities for Bonner Leaders as outlined by the National Bonner Foundation. • Collaborate with Campus Y co-presidents on Campus Y wide efforts, including the development of an annual, university wide conference designed to break down barriers between university and community, and supporting strategic planning process efforts for years 2020-2025.

Carrboro, North Carolina

As a four year intern through the Bonner Leaders program, I took on increasing responsibility in the support and design of measures to end food insecurity among children in Orange County. Some of my work includes:-Lead strategic initiatives to expand the scope and reach of TABLE's impact, including: expanding the special diet options offered through the Weekend Backpack Program, strengthening client relations though family engagement events, developing and distributing summer nutrition and health education tools for our nutrition education students, and hosting an annual hunger awareness simulation banquet on UNC's campus. -Apply for and manage various grants and fellowships to support above initiatives; including the MacDonald Community Fellowship and Campus Y Fund, totaling nearly $2,000.-Lead weekly food sorting and bagging volunteer shifts to contribute to the production of nearly 700 bags of food aid each week.-Plan and co-lead multiple key annual volunteer engagement events, including appreciation lunches and training dinners, serving roughly 60-70 students and community members.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As a member of the Congressional Hunger Center's "Zero Hunger" intern pilot cohort, I was placed with Bread for the World Institute to support a cornerstone initiative on creating and implementing a methodology for applying a racial equity lens to policies and programs relating to hunger and poverty. My work included:-Extensive research, writing, and editing as support author and researcher of an 80 page briefing paper on applying racial equity to federal nutrition policies and programs, lead author of section on Child Nutrition Programs. Programs covered include the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Summer Food Service Program, Seamless Summer Option, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, SNAP (Summer EBT), and the Community Eligibility Provision. -Attended various policy briefs and workshops across the D.C metro area; topics include hunger, poverty, and immigration policy; grassroots organizing, data and technology in public service and policy (data collection for equitable policy; GIS for effective urban and regional planning), and non-profit management.

Carrboro, North Carolina, United States

-Ad-hoc interpreter for Arabic speaking refugee families in Chapel Hill and Carrboro area.-Translated in-person, over the phone and over digital communication in a range of settings, including schools, doctor/dentist offices, employment services, and social service centers. Provided direct Arabic & English translation while ensuring that the cultural context of messages is not lost and the gap caused by language barriers between the two parties is closed.-Provided refugee families with regular updates from RCP and expressed the needs or concerns of the refugee families to RCP as needed.-Assisted in the preliminary planning stages of Traditional Kitchens, an RCP based social startup that supports the economic and personal empowerment of refugee women by providing the infrastructure for them to professionally prepare and sell traditional cooked meals

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Public Policy, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Buckley Public Service Scholar

Postgraduate Degree, Biology, General

Postgraduate Degree, Secondary Math Education

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Information Science, Distinction

Doctor Of Osteopathic Medicine