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Boston, Ma, Us

London, Gb

• Data Analytics for WV projects/partnerships to improve future humanitarian programming by creating data reports, summaries, and visuals for stakeholders and WV international offices. Performed Area project (AP) report analysis for WV India’s 26-year child sponsorship programs to evaluate the M&E practices and develop guidance for future programming to build strong evidence of impact methodology.• Project Data management for internal and external systems. Tasked with developing and maintaining complex data sets and developing analysis and insights to reveal project patterns, trends, and associations. Managed data for 14 countries for a child protection and community development project that featured the creation and maintenance of >100 kobo toolbox surveys. Developed R (language) scripts that connected to Kobo’s API to improve the efficiency of data management/cleaning procedures.• Data cleaning and formatting for submission to USAID’s Development Data Library (DDL). Developed training and established guidelines for WV staff and Consultants in National Offices to ensure data quality is factored in during project design and TOR development.• Performing Research for several sectors/projects, mostly providing expertise in the Climate change impact and adaptation in the field of food security, disaster risk response, and resilience. Aiding with Qualitative tool development for WV / FAO food systems research on the nexus of Gender-Nutrition in the Kenyan Lake Victoria Fisheries.

Palisades, New York, Us

• Survey Creation: Enhanced and designed coffee farmer climate surveys to collect data for the development of the “MyCoffeeFarm” climate advisory tool mobile application. Surveys were coded in excel, then uploaded to the Kobo toolbox cloud and deployed via mobile the Open data kit (ODK) application.• Data Analytics and statistical analysis: Investigated historical and future impacts of climate change on Ethiopian coffee production. Utilized IRI Data Library, R, Python, and CDO for model validation between nine observational climate (NetCDF) datasets (CHIRPS, CRU, GPCC, etc.) with CMIP6 (historical and projected) models specific to Ethiopia. • Program Communications and Partnership strategy: to advance the ACToday coffee project and MyCoffeeFarm advisory tool. Researched and applied to internal/external project funding opportunities. Received the 2021 Columbia Climate Center grant to establish the relationship between climate drivers and coffee production. • Contributing author: Improved and updated the IRI Data Library (DL) map room manuals for the countries of Tanzania and Malawi. Carried out spatial and statistical climate/weather analysis for DL manual figures.• Suitability mapping: Used 30 year historical “Enhancing National Climate Services initiative” (ENACTS) data to map suitability range changes for coffee in Ethiopia. Utilized Google Earth Engine to carry out preliminary analysis using CHIRPS and MODIS datasets.

Worcester, Massachusetts, Us

• First author and lead researcher for systematic review: concerning Climate adaptive “Push-Pull” agriculture in East Africa. Curated over 200 publications related to Integrated Pest Management, climate adaptive agriculture, and climate change for East African Nations. Managed database for the Review process.” (DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2021.1958972 article available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2021.1958972• Data Collection/Analysis: Implemented stakeholder interviews and spatial data gathering during field research for Supervisor’s research in Southern Ethiopia.• Spatial and Statistical analysis: Streamlined workflows and facilitated spatial analysis using ArcMap and R programing language. Conducted field research to quantify cost distance analysis, crop diversity, and vulnerability mapping in Ethiopia.

Worcester, Massachusetts, Us

• Advising: Strategized and assisted undergraduate students who were on academic probation by developing action plans to meet University academic standards and succeed in college pursuits. Mentored on best practices concerning time management, communication, organization, and professionalism.• Case load management: Managed case load of 20+ students and arranged advising meetings on a biweekly schedule to assess progress and maintain goals. Generated reports for office of Academic Support and produced student progress and capability recommendations.

Boston, Ma, Us

• Research/Inspection: Managed research projects requiring procurement and summarizing pertinent data to be used in analyzing city park condition, needs and sustainability. Performed field and construction inspection at City parks, solicited and coordinated service orders for repair, construction, and landscape contracts.• Contracting/Licensing: Posted contracts for advertisement and interviewed bidders to select the best candidates. Drafted and disseminated construction access license agreements to protect city property and ensure safety of park visitors.• Community action: Networked with community members to enhance department transparency and develop a safe and inclusive urban public space.

Baltimore, Md, Us

• Evaluation: Collaborated with beneficiary institutions of the USAID funded Farmer to Farmer (F2F) program to draft scopes of work for institutional capacity building. Cultivated program expansion and enhanced efficiency to increase impact. Produced promotional materials and performed in field monitoring and evaluation (M&E). • Procurement: Performed procurement duties, project design implementation for the USAID Feed the Future Livelihoods Resilience-Oromia project. Administered program initiation, budget organization, meeting scheduling and staff hiring.• Communications: Produced program promotional and success story materials for the USAID Funded Resilience for Enhanced Adaptation, Action-Learning and Partnership (REAAP). Strategized to prepare at risk communities in Oromia, Ethiopia for recurring droughts and climate variability. Engineered small internal lending programs, community environmental rehabilitation, and drought resistant seed distribution.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

• Project design and management: Applied principles of logical and scientific thinking to intellectual and practical problems associated with environmental management and agriculture. Established two tree nurseries with fruit, coffee, and indigenous tree species. Organized community planting days and donated over 200 coffee trees to community institutions. Led community gardening trainings for 20 rural households and introduced bio intensive techniques, composting methods, urban gardening, and regenerative agriculture. Established and led Environmental/English clubs with 60 members to promote community activism and environmentalism. Engineered a watershed management project utilizing agroforestry, buffer zones, and conservation agriculture that featured income generating activities and small business promotion in rural Amhara region.• Monitoring and evaluation (M&E): Organized and directed five youth camps focused on Environmental, Health, Gender and English subjects. • Foundation and management: Established a community library research center that expanded educational opportunities for community youth to improve English literacy with emphasis on female student empowerment. Oversaw donations of over 1000 books from Ethiopian and international donors. Orchestrated procurement of three desktop computers donated by a local university and two laptops with a local “ebook” servers from an international NGO.• Liaison: Served as member of the Gender and Development Committee as a Program/Camps Liaison tasked with disseminating program materials, developing ideas and enhancing programing for fellow Peace Corps volunteers. Collaborated with UK AID’s “Girl Hub” to pilot a female empowerment program for 20 adolescent females in rural Ethiopia. Researched and delivered community practices concerning youth action, childhood marriage, FGM, and female student dropout rates.

• Sustainability: Developed and implemented a more efficient recycling program within the island chain as well as authored a proposal for an inter-island community supported agricultural (CSA) program.• Conservation/Maintenance: Guided conservation teams to complete a wide range of tasks to prepare the Boston Harbor Islands for recreation and natural resource protection.

Master Of Science - Ms, Environmental Science And Policy

Natural Resources Conservation, Environmental Science