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Crafting and managing research projects that aim to understand how government services can keep attuned to the dynamic and diverse needs of the public.

Putting the needs, expectations, and changing life circumstances of county residents at the center of government service enhancement efforts. In-depth interviewing of residents about their experience accessing government subsidies and benefits. Distilling and crystalizing their expectations of government into guiding principles.

Washington, DC

Research and document the public service exchange through the eyes of citizens and government staff who provide service. Craft participatory workshops that empower citizens and government staff to collaboratively glean insights from qualitative research about the service exchange. Identifying and communicating to government leaders actionable insights.

Washington, DC

Designing stories, as relayed through grant proposals, that highlight the positive role that Inspired Teaching plays in the educational life of students and teachers in public schools across the District of Columbia. Under tight deadlines, I wrote and submitted all grant proposals, interim reports, and final reports which communicate the value of the.

Arlington, VA

Co-leading a year-long professional development experience for a cohort of 30 education leaders across the country. Writing blogs and creating communication forums (in person and virtual) so that the cohort can share best practices and thought leadership.

Washington DC

Putting a human face on the rise of food insecurity across the U.S. by ghostwriting, for Food Research Action Center, several chapters of the book "A Place at the Table: The Crisis of 49 Million Hungry Americans and How to Solve It." Conducting qualitative research for the chapters, interviewing dozens of people across the country such as parents who skimp.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

With the goal of highlighting the human dimension of political, policy, and socioeconomic trends, I sought out and pre-interviewed for Colorado Public Radio policymakers and people who experience the ripple effects of policy in their day to day lives. As radio producer, I was enterprising in reaching out to stakeholders across the state, in search of.

Towards the goal of putting a human face on immigration trends playing out in the Roaring Fork Valley of Colorado, I reported stories about newcomer immigrants working in the tourist, farming, and oil and gas industries in western Colorado. I conducted a majority of my interviews with newcomers in Spanish. After Aspen Public Radio, I continued reporting on.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

I reported on K-12 education, state and city governance, policy that impacts family and children’s well being, and immigration. I was also a frequent contributor to NPR, reporting stories such as "Jail Camp", "Comic Books", "Zen Driving", and "Maryland Requires Retailers to Boost Health Care."

I founded and managed WAMU’s Youth Voices program (see WAMU's 2006 Annual Report, page 7). This entailed researching best practices in youth media program operation and training and discerning whom the program was for—young people in local public schools who have compelling stories to tell but lack a platform or the financial resources to do so. I.

Trained by husband-wife scholars Marcelo and Carola Suarez-Orozco, I conducted ethnographic observations of classroom life inside Bay Area elementary schools that educate a large number of newcomer immigrant children. I wrote ethnrographic notes about young people’s adaptation to school life in the U.S. based on these classroom observations and based on.

Master Of Journalism, Broadcast Journalism

Studies focused on Radio Broadcast and Storytelling.

Bachelor Of Arts, World Literature

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta KappaStudies focused on the Latin American Boom literary movement.

African Literature

A semester studying African Writers from Post Independence era.