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Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Technical support for USG and private-donor funded livestock, market systems development, and climate-smart agriculture programming in East and Central Africa and the CaribbeanCommunications development through creation and copyediting of blog posts, success stories, annual program reports, and additional web-based contentNew business development through.

Nakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

Development of digitization strategies and digital outreach materials to support equitable development of markets for climate smart forages through the Nourishing Prosperity Alliance: Forage for Animal Growth in East Africa project

Nakuru, Kenya

Member of the 12th class of the Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellowship

Yuba City, California, United States

Partnered with a Farm Advisor to implement research and outreach programming related to soil health for agronomic, vegetable, and orchard crops in the Sacramento Valley

Davis, California, United States

• Facilitated twice weekly discussion sections
• Graded student work, including speeches and essays
• Held weekly office hours and respond to student inquiries
• Used Canvas and Top Hat to communicate and manage grades and attendance

As part of the cross-cutting livestock team and primarily working within the Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, developed and shared internal and external communication materials, including a first of its kind report on the impact of livestock inclusion within the Feed the Future programming and an Agrilinks theme month social media campaign

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

• Supervised and co-organized bi-monthly "pop-up" food pantries aimed at increasing access in food deserts; distributed over 40,000 pounds of food to over 3,500 distinct individuals
• Collaborated with local nonprofit organizations working in hunger and food security to increase their capacity and reach through targeted programmatic analysis and mobilization of local volunteers
• Organized and supervised community meals reaching over 100 community members per meal

Lomé, Togo

• Developed and distributed resources and outreach materials related to agriculture, food security, and other development work in Togo
• Translated French resources into English and vice versa
• Coordinated efforts of 18-member Agriculture and Food Security Committee to increase access to information and training and promote activities to increase community food security in over 90 Togolese communities
• Enhanced the reporting and evaluation of all volunteer agriculture and food security projects by improved training for volunteers and creation of standardized reporting measures and tools
• Trained 34 Peace Corps Volunteers and Togolese counterparts on improved agriculture and food security techniques and technologies through small-group facilitation and demonstrations
• Worked with Peace Corps Togo partner NGOs and governmental organizations to update and create scopes of work for our collaboration

Bassar Prefecture, Togo

• Entered, organized, and analyzed 16,243 entries from 28 communities into the ProAct project database for reporting of observed trends to government and nonprofit partners
• Facilitated bi-monthly community-wide trainings to promote improved agricultural and conservation techniques, including improved crop propagation, post-harvest managements, household nutrition, and natural fertilizers.
• Trained 65 women from four communities on soap making as an income generating activity, basic financial literacy, and recordkeeping
• Entered and analyzed data from over 800 surveys related to malaria and dietary diversity; wrote 11 data briefs for internal use and sharing with partner agencies
• Conducted a nationwide Barrier Analysis survey to determine barriers to cereal legume intercropping for small-scale Togolese farmers
• Coordinated two national rabbit husbandry conferences which lead to introduction of improved rabbit husbandry in over 45 communities

Master Of Science - Ms, International Agriculture Development

Bachelors, International Studies: Global Resources And Development