Rebekah Siddique Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Silver Spring, Maryland

It was during my tenure at PetSmart, that I gained insight and experience into business operations. I was known for providing exemplary customer service, creating a team-player mindset, exceptional sales skills, reinforced by bilingual fluency in Spanish to our Hispanic community requiring translation assistance. During a career of eight years in retail, I cross-trained and supported five departments, grew branch sales by 18% and generated 100K in sales for two years. I monitored financial performance, budgets, and projections to ensure alignment with business goals. I developed strengths not only in customer service and sales but in team building, leadership and cultivating strategies to drive brand growth. One of my favorite experiences, was training new employees which entailed explaining HIPAA protections and fundamental business operations, and being known as the “go-to” person explain and exercises conflict resolution skills to increase employee morale and prevent client-employee conflict.PetSmart is recognized as the largest specialty pet retailer of services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

As a Foreign Affairs Intern, I was excited to have joined a non-profit that works to make global poverty a focus of U.S foreign policy while mobilizing citizens to engage with their congressional leaders. During this time, I organized fundraising events, gathered data, prepared reports, lobbied, wrote, called and met with congressional leaders. In this role, I had the opportunity to engage with congressional leaders to address bills to improve women’s rights, education and securing the International Affairs Budget. I also developed communication strategies to focus on legislation and connected with various media outlets to foster awareness within the United States to further support of poverty alleviation aid abroad.I am proud to have raised $500 by organizing and hosting local events to include seminars, classes and summits to build awareness on the organization’s cause. I played a major part in community involvement to gather people to contact their congressional leaders in support of the U.S. International Affairs Budget. The Borgen Project is non-profit organization addressing global poverty with focus and advocacy on starvation, food security, access to clean water and sanitation, and food aid reform. The Borgen Project works to make poverty a focus of U.S foreign policy.

Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala

I was handpicked for this internship position to support the organization with research in Guatemala for non-profit organizations lacking in the areas of community/social impact, environmental impact, domestic violence, and education. I gathered data, conducted data analysis, prepared reports, and delivered my findings to senior management of future philanthropic developments in the country. I participated in 4 research projects within various sectors in Youth Empowerment, Indigenous Rights, Education, and Health. Unprompted by senior management, I brought new ideas to the table that focused on data-organization, powered by SalesForce, to improve non-profit management, data organization and projection. Pionero Philanthropy supports grassroots non-profits in creating a brighter future for Central American communities by guiding donors on their philanthropic journey.

Silver Spring, Maryland

As I simultaneously worked for PetSmart, I was able to effectively allocate my time to intern with this incredible non-profit, that allowed me to get more involved in research, administration, and community advocacy. As an Asylee Casework, I specialized in drafting, editing, and proofreading correspondence prior to submission to federal agencies such HUD and DHHS. I supported asylee clients by serving as a French and Spanish speaking interpreter in matters of immigration activities, inquires on work placement programs, healthcare provider referrals, Refugee Transitional Cash Assistance Program, and facilitated other programs. Additionally, I researched and analyzed conflicts in West Africa and francophone social conflicts to increase my understanding of refugee migration. I was tasked with maintaining records on project activities, processed 600+ data sets, managed reference databases, and coded text reports. I was excited to have accomplished the reorganization of over 250+ asylee client files to improve demographics and compliance with federal regulations. I also developed an “Intern Orientation Packet” to assist future interns with information on the organization’s programs, agency referrals, monetary distribution, and administration of confidential files.International Rescue Committee is an organization responding to world’s humanitarian crisis and helping people in over 40 countries and 20 U.S. cities with clean water, shelter, health care, education, and empowerment support.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

I created this group to bring voice to the Muslim LGBTQ+ community in the Maryland and Washington, DC area. I partnered with Towson University faculty to ensure safety measures were enforced and group’s mission of creating a safe space for Muslim LGBTQ+ individuals was ensured. Prior to the formation of the group, I conducted research on performance and demographics of multiple Muslim and LGBTQ+ social groups in the MD/DC area to apply effective hands-on support and maximize individuals access to group. I managed 25+ individual members personal information, security needs and calendars to maximize high attendance rates for events. The purpose of the group was to empower, educate, provide networking opportunities and create a sense of community.

Master Of Arts - Ma, International Relations: National Security And Foreign Policy

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Sociology And Anthropology

Activities and Societies: Honors Senior Thesis- Recipient of Departmental Honors for research conducted during 2017-2018 in Colombia..