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San Francisco, California, United States

Work across a portfolio of analysis, implementation and performance management projects to improve public services in San Francisco. Support City departments in making transparent, data-driven decisions. Guide City departments in aligning programming with resources for greater efficiency and impact. Provide City departments with the tools they need to.

San Francisco Bay Area

Provide analysis, thought partnership, and communication strategy on data quality, change management initiatives, and large-scale Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) projects. Develop reports and benchmarks for monitoring and analysis, including creating a new PowerBI tool for internal monitoring. Created, analyzed, and reported on annual HMIS.

developing surveys, analyzing survey results, conducting interviews, and coding interview results. Determined recommendations for areas of program improvement. Developed research plans to support strategic planning processes. Created interview and focus group protocols, conducted interviews and focus groups, completed qualitative coding in MAXQDA, and.

Berkeley, CA

Conduct quantitative analysis and essential research for a coalition seeking to overturn criminal system fees in California, including drafting fact sheets and legislation. Analyze relevant data to draft policy briefs and generate visualizations in order to support legislative change. Assisted in the organization of a national convening and facilitated a.

Berkeley

Developed focus groups, led interviews, performed analysis, and identified challenges for the Policy Lab on a record clearance project with the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.

As a consultant for the board, provide strategic advice to increase membership and expand programs.

Responsible for researching topics, interviewing guests, and producing episodes for "Talk Policy to Me", a project of the Berkeley Institute for the Future of Young Americans at the Goldman School of Public Policy. Supported with training new team members and project timelines. http://talkpolicytome.org

Baltimore, Maryland Area

With a 5-person team of fellow Master's students, analyzed Baltimore’s fines and fees to understand community impact, determine areas of greatest harm, and recommend viable alternatives. Conducted interviews with advocacy organizations and other city reform efforts. Developed a series of memos, a slide deck, and a long-form report on the findings.

San Francisco Bay Area

Provided program oversight and implementation, including overseeing all direct-service staff and outcomes for Employment & Training department, managing and tracking all yearly goals, clients, outreach and events, as well as supervising all client budgeting and spending. Responsible for management and compliance of seven concurrent Federal, State, and City.

San Francisco Bay Area

In order to support the mission of increasing hiring opportunities for veteran clients, performed outreach to community employers to grow employer network. Coordinated and led employer sessions to both introduce services to new employers and to recognize established employers partnerships.

San Francisco Bay Area

Managed relationships with 25 international grassroots organizations receiving a yearly total of $50,000 in grants—included visiting field sites, communicating results with donors, and tracking grantee organizations metrics and results. Introduced marketing tactics to improve functionality and efficiency of the organization, including CRM, website design.

Connected recent refugees to emergency food services, including food banks and emergency food supplies. Led workshops on cooking and nutrition for clients with varying levels of English proficiencies, including key information on navigating the American food system. Tracked client food security indicators on an institutional scale through the IRC database.

Cameroon

Created curriculums and led workshops on improved vegetable production and modern beekeeping methods in conjunction with nutrition education in order to improve food security in a village of 3,600 people. Rehabilitated a water system and worked with local leaders to create a sustainable water management system, providing a consistent supply of clean water.

Master'S Of Public Policy

Bachelor'S Degree, Environmental Sciences

Activities and Societies: Environmental Sciences Student AssociationMinored in Global Poverty and Practice. Completed senior thesis.