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Washington, DC, US

• Host hour-long conversations with clients to guide them in identifying goals and strive for success in their personal and professional lives.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Support and embody processes and procedures that ensure consistent and excellent customer service.
• Manage staff and sales floor, ensuring that all processes and procedures are being followed.
• Foster staff development and morale that supports delivering best in class customer service and a happy and healthy work environment.
• Review CCI's with manager to assist in efficiencies and reaching sales goals.

Washington, DC

• Utilizing my passion for running to equip customers with the best shoes and apparel to help them achieve their running goals.
• Lead weekly group runs.
• Develop and execute community outreach plan to recruit for the DC Half Marathon.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Design program and oversee all logistics for two virtual programs, including calendar, reporting, resources, and communication with participants.
• Develop activities to host ongoing programs, including speaker recruitment for webinar series.
• Manage budget and expenses for a $700,000 program funded by the Department of State.
• Drive diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives across organization by serving on a 12 member taskforce.
• Supervise, evaluate, and guide Program Coordinators and Interns.
• Liaise between State Department officials and community partners to implement strategic plans and measure outcomes for programs.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Planned creative national campaign “Relay Run for Refugees” for 12 participants from the Palestinian Territories and coordinated day-to-day logistics for the 250-mile route from New York City to Washington, DC.
• Achieved initial fundraising goal of $50,000 via outreach across multiple mediums and storytelling events hosted during the relay run.
• Utilized strong network of partnerships with organizations, churches, and businesses to host storytelling events in five cities for over 250 attendees.
• Planned first annual UNRWA USA Advocacy Day with 23 Senate and Congressional offices for 30 participants.
• Developed key messages and campaign materials in coordination with Communications Director, identifying strategic partnerships within the advocacy and running communities.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led ten-member team to Israel and the Palestinian Territory focused on reconciliation and nonviolence. Developed itinerary, recruited team members, hosted pre-departure study meetings, facilitated meetings on the.
• Developed, implemented, and refined the execution of outreach strategy.
• Boosted church donations by routine monitoring of data relevant to partnerships in SALSA.
• Created and directed DC -area regional strategy meeting for 20 church partners, facilitating group discussion and advising on action items to increase participation in events and grow church partner relationships.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Provided content and editorial support for USEA’s competitive proposal to renew its cooperative agreement with USAID, which was approved for an additional five years and $5 million.
• Managed the budget, logistics, training content, and programming for regional partnership training programs, workshops, conferences, and executive exchanges in South Asia, Africa, South America, and the Caribbean.
• Drafted RFPs and implemented selection of workshop consultants by reviewing proposals and drafting the scope of work and subagreement according to programmatic work plans.
• Fostered partnerships with USAID field offices and international partners to support country teams with strategy development, work plan design, and activity implementation.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Forecasted student costs, approved grant payments and tracked student disbursements.
• Ensured program had necessary resources to meet goals by managing financial data on Concur.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• . Garnered support for a campaign addressing Palestinian minors in detention by researching key Department of State officials and performing cold calls to schedule and attend meetings.
• Co-wrote and edited the Israeli-Palestinian section of the Advocacy department’s Government Engagement Strategy report based on departmental and organizational goals and strategies.
• Researched and distilled platforms of 105 candidates for now-published book entitled Land Full of God, which addresses various views regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Greater Denver Area

• Advised graduate and undergraduate students from multiple fields of study in developing their writing strengths through editing essays, term papers, dissertations, cover letters and resumes.
• Maintained a comprehensive account of each tutoring session in departmental database.

Greater Denver Area

• Provided effective administrative support by executing and tracking purchasing orders, organizing files and completing data input.
• Developed cooperative working relationships in day-to-day administrative operations of the English department, including accurate data entry into the school’s proprietary system.

Rudnyy, Kostanai, Kazakhstan

• Fundraised over $1,500 for new English textbooks for over 200 students in four grades by developing a project budget plan and writing a grant in partnership with local counterpart.
• Organized and taught with three volunteers at two teacher-training conferences for 30-50 local teachers, totaling three weeks of presentations.
• Coordinated logistics and led various summer camps throughout the country with fellow volunteers for 15-50 secondary school students, developing strong and lasting relationships with participants.

Corona-Norco, CA

• Demonstrated flexibility and resourcefulness, educating elementary and secondary students in various subjects throughout the school district.
• Taught special education classes grades Kindergarten to 8, adapting teaching style to cater to various needs.
• Received follow-up requests from teachers to manage their classes in their absence.
• Established boundaries with students in respect and discipline as their temporary teacher.

Master Of Arts - Ma, International Human Rights

Activities and Societies: Middle East Discussion GroupRelevant Coursework: Project Management; International Campaign Management.

Certífícado De Conclusión De Estudíos, El Cuarto Nivel De Español Por 90 Horas

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Literature

Associate Of Arts - Aa, General Education