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JamCoders is a philanthropic initiative for Jamaican 3rd form to 5th form high schoolers, focusing on algorithms and programming that will continue in July 2025 at The UWI, Mona Campus in Kingston, Jamaica.◆ Collaborate with world-class computer science instructors, delivering world-class summer CS instruction, specifically with Professor Jelani Nelson, Professor Boaz Barak, the AI scientist, Dra. Timnit Gebru, Profesora Gunjan Mansingh on a monthly-to-annual logistical and programmatic basis.◆ Utilized GIS software-for-nonprofits to produce the first-ever JamCoders Admissions Dashboard: a featured map of Jamaica confirming student matriculant representation from 14 out of 14 parishes and supporting inclusive future scaling efforts.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

◆ Executed high-profile legal project management on a high-touch, high-impact team of less than 10 trusted agents. (See: Privacy as Trust, by Ari Ezra Waldman for more context on Trust & Safety).◆ Expertise in Civil Society Technology Procedures; Program Management; Policy Leadership, and Global Affairs including 1 Promotion in the inaugural GRAD review cycle, along with outstanding recognition for sharp deliverables of domestic and international scope.◆ Extremely lucky to've been hired right out of school! (Éstanfor) Elated to have benefited from Legal Strategy, Legal Security, and Legal Sage Mentorships, respectively, before moving to Miami post-COVID19.

Accepted to the final cohort of interns for the Obama White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, as an intern to the former U.S. Chief Technology Officer, Megan Smith.◆ Pitched and successfully delivered a "VR for Education Convening Event" with Knatokie Ford; granted a floor reserved entirely for the event at The Newseum in D.C., with attendance from socially innovative technologists, VR industry-experts, and STS academics alike, including Professor Fox Harrell, and a keynote by the former US CTO.◆ Proposed and produced an independent policy workstream to infuse data-based markers of STEM education proficiency and excellence into the Education Pillar of MBK (My Brother's Keeper) under the tutelage of Senior Science Policy Advisors in OSTP and the Office of MBK. Reference: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/leadershipstaff

Oakland, Ca, Us

"United Roots has been serving the Oakland community for seven+ years as a youth healing space and creative entrepreneurship center with a long track record of developing socially innovative youth programs in the Bay Area” under the tutelage 👼🏿 of the late Bay Area community leader, Dr. Prince White 🦬. ◆ Co-facilitated weekly sessions of DetermiNation Black Men’s Group--a healing circle for young Black men--to promote their social, leadership, and entrepreneurial development.◆ Supported policy, media, and community outreach campaigns to advance the Justice Reinvestment Coalition of Alameda County’s efforts to secure 1400 county jobs for formerly incarcerated adults and opportunity youth.◆ Represented DetermiNation Black Men's Group at the My Brother's Keeper Alliance's "Invest in Youth" Career Summit in Oakland, CA and the Boys and Men of Color's #FreeOurDreams Legislative Youth Conference in Sacramento, CA.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Consolidated course content for Stanford's top-ranked social entrepreneurship course, EDUC335 -- “Designing Research-Based Interventions to Solve Global Health Problems," taught by TeachAIDS founder and CEO, Dr. Piya Sorcar -- after taking the course and earning high marks as a freshman.◆ Guided student teams through the research and production of a final presentation analysis of an award-winning social venture. Particular themes of this analysis included: social entrepreneurship model, use of technology, competitor analysis, understanding local contexts, research-based product design, testing efficacy, buy-in from gatekeepers, and strategies for scaling.◆ Liaised with community partners at Google, the Tech Museum for Innovation, and TeachAIDS to co-organize a judged final presentation event for students at the Google campus in Mountain View, California.

La Jolla, California, Us

Cold-emailed research scientists as an ambitious high school sophomore determined to embark upon research at the intersection of biotechnology and disease treatment. Later accepted to a summer research position in the Department of Cancer Biology that evolved into a two-year student research position.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, The Digital Humanities

Master'S (M.A.), Anthropology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), African & African-American Studies, With Honors

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Associate Of Arts (A.A.)

International Baccalauarete Diploma, High School Diploma