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New York City Metropolitan Area

Greater New York City Area

Create new approaches and partnerships to empower blind, low vision and disability communities in education and employment through data insights and digital.- Insights: Have participated in United Nations conferences to advance disability socioeconomic inclusion.- Digital: Successfully create initiative and 8-week program to teach blind college students digital skills.- Employment and socioeconomic inclusion: In partnership with Google, nonprofits and artists, led team to create and organize the largest social media-driven disability event in New York City. - Education: Partner with Special Olympics-funded ALL IN to help quadruple students' participation in inclusive programs in selected middle and high schools.

Greater New York City Area

Created and taught a portfolio of courses in marketing, social media strategy and data analysis.Impact:- students successfully went on to speak on stage or attain press coverage with global, national and local news media (e.g. BBC, News12) as a result of direct introductions or using marketing methods taught in class- 4 students went on to participate in United Nations conferences

New York, New York, United States

- Finance and strategy: Lead co-author of the center's future strategy plan and pro forma financial projections- CCVIP Conference: Collaboratively planned CCVIP Annual Conference which drew 250+ attendees every year including U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor Kathy Martinez, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Treasury Bob Steel, Unilever US CEO Kees Kruythoff, Microsoft Chief Accessibility Officer Jenny Lay-Flurrie, national, state and city government, nonprofit and business leaders, human rights activists, disability professionals and community members

New York, New York, United States

Computer Center for Visually Impaired People is now part of Helen Keller Services providing assistive technology training to blind and low vision individuals.Research Impact:- Socioeconomic research: Co-author of Employment Portrait of Blind and Low Vision New Yorkers 2018- Community survey research: Author of report "Diverse Aspirations, Common Goals" and generated cutting-edge insights into the unmet needs in New York CityMarketing Impact:- Leadership: Led marketing team to successfully formulate marketing plan including market research, social media, events, partnership and outreach- Financial health: Nearly doubled training revenue (92% increase) of non-grant educational program in less than 1 year of joining the center to reverse revenue decline by creating new courses and offerings based on research insights and a 3-pillar strategy - Community: Led, planned and moderated the first New York City "Take Action Roundtable Forum" attended by 85 participants including foundation CEO and nonprofit and community leaders leading to a number of partnerships and collaborations on the spot- Partnership: Successfully developed and strengthened referral relationships with organizations in New York City and Upstate New York, such as Catholic Guild, VISIONS, etc. - Staff development: Trained and mentored staff and interns on strategic planning and state-of-the-art analytical techniques used by blue-chip nonprofits and Fortune-100 companies

Greater New York City Area

GfK is the world's #4 marketing and digital experience consulting firm with 11,000 employees in 85 cities that serves Fortune-500 companies the likes of Microsoft, Disney, Coca Cola and Pfizer.Impact:- Strategy and consulting: As part of client advisory service team, coordinated 6 teams and conducted projects such as digital marketing strategy, digital accessibility, unmet needs and market opportunities, market segmentation, brand campaign, advertising and sponsorship strategy, new product development assessment- Disability inclusion: Served as GfK's internal consultant for Microsoft's user experience evaluation project to make Skype accessible and usable for blind and low vision users; GfK's internal consultant for European Commissions' accessible tourism strategy project- Digital: Selected to serve as special assistant to the global head of Future Committee and global head of Coca Cola account to support R&D for GfK's new digital consulting service capabilities

Greater New York City Area

Founded by Stanford University faculty, Knowledge Networks was a leading socioeconomic research and data analytics organization that advised institutions the likes of Federal Reserve, Federal Communication Commission, Gates Foundation, etc. Spun off/acquired by marketing and digital research consulting firm GfK.Impact:- Socioeconomic research: Managed workflow of national socioeconomic research projects such as impact of over-the-counter medication on U.S. economy (in collaboration with Booz), impact of gasoline price inflation scenarios on consumers' intention to purchase hybrid vehicles, etc.- Teaching: Designed and conducted training virtual workshop sessions for junior researchers on SPSS and survey statistical analysis - Organization training: Selected to serve on Onboarding Task Force to design training curriculum and instructional materials for new researchers

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics (Health, Poverty And Economic Growth)

- recipient of 5 scholarships - Presidential Intern, World Bank "Reaching the Poor" policy initiative, Washington DC. Conducted.

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Special Education Computing in Education

Professional Certificate, Business Administration And Management, General

1-year program in accounting, marketing and management (48 credits) - Commencement speaker - 2015 Alumni Achievement Award

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