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New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

- Overseeing digital communications for Trickle Up, working with in-house and external vendors to support Trickle Up's communications strategy. - Coordinating with international teams and leadership to share Trickle Up's impact in economic and social inclusion and the advancement of women in extreme poverty. - Updating digital assets, talking points, and key messaging for editorial consistency.

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Art, culture, and conversation.

- Mapped and researched philanthropy ecosystems in Gulf countries and identified key primary sources and areas for further research.- Copyedited business and philanthropic giving case studies relating to entrepreneurship in emerging markets and economic development.- Collaborated with researchers to fact-check and organize presentation of case studies for MIT students and B2B partners. - Helped establish house style and suggested updates to the style guide to ensure inclusive language in while covering developing economies.

New York, New York, United States

- Led proposal development for technical assistance in poverty reduction, climate resilience, rural development, and social protection for USAID grants targeting East and West Africa.

New York, New York, United States

- Assisted in course organization and facilitation of "Global Food Systems," a core course for all 50 MPA-Development Practice students. - Hosted weekly office hours by appointment and with drop-in hours to assist students in understanding course material and preparing for assignments. - Reviewed course readings and source materials for relevance.

Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire

- Co-designed a comprehensive resilience framework and policy recommendations for governments in West and Central Africa in collaboration with CERFAM in Cote d’Ivoire. - Supported interviews of 9 key stakeholders in resilience programming across West and Central Africa in French and English to identify common development challenges at various levels. - Contributed to, formatted, and edited final report and policy briefs to support bilateral partnership building between CERFAM and country governments.

New York, United States

- Reviewed and analyzed survey data for a cost-benefit analysis of the Food Assistance for Assets program in Malawi. - Coordinated with local partners to interpret and disseminate data and findings to the Asset Creation and Livelihoods Unit in Rome.

New York City Metropolitan Area

- Drafted high-level and presidential briefing documents for IFAD senior management.- Performed research and analysis on political trends to support the Office’s engagement and partnership with external organizations.- Developed organizational tools for office workflows and management of intern responsibilities. - Supported IFAD engagements at UN Headquarters (UNGA 75, 2nd Committee, 3rd Committee, etc.) with technical and administrative units based in New York, Rome, and other country offices.

Remote

- Proofreading, copy-editing and checking of structure and clarity for theses, dissertations, and other academic papers on all subjects, often focusing on social sciences, law/legal subjects and business- Averaging 2,073 words edited per hour- Edited over 260 orders (over 1,000,000 words) as of January 2021

New York City Metropolitan Area

- Coordinated refresh of CAPI state reports presenting an updated review of corruption legislation and legal frameworks at the state-level. - Managed recruitment and assignment of state reports among Columbia Law students and Columbia College students. - Designed and distributed newsletter providing local and global corruption updates alongside CAPI media appearances, publications, events, and educational opportunities. - Monitored daily needs of office operations including website maintenance.

Yangon, Myanmar

- Cleaned and analyzed randomized control trial data on land use and education in STATA.- Supported programming of phone surveys in Survey CTO and benchtesting for data collection on the impacts of COVID-19 on local food systems with IFPRI.- Developed remote data collection protocol, recommendations, and enumerator script for project on mobile money with Yoma Bank.

Tunis, Tunisia

- Implemented EU-funded MedUP! project in Egypt alongside local partner, Sekem Development Foundation; scope: Southern Mediterranean, budget: 5.4 mil. Euro, time: 4 years. - Drafted project work plan and coordinated with Oxfam Italy to ensure regional consistency. - Conducted stakeholder consultations and field meetings with social enterprises and social enterprise support organizations around Cairo to establish country-specific advocacy priorities.- Commissioned needs assessment and country mapping of social enterprise ecosystem in Egypt.- Translated results of mappings into communications and visibility materials and presented to European Commission and other Oxfam affiliates. - Launched and adjudicated subgranting through Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A) for approximately 30 qualified Egyptian social enterprises among 150 applicants.- Authored quarterly and annual reports on project outcomes, successes, and areas of learning.

Tunis, Tunisia

- Strategized use cases for HoozAround app for face-to-face networking.

Tunis Governorate, Tunisia

- Managed U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) award of $165,360 to support economic development in Tunisia’s interior regions through promotion of entrepreneurship and coworking.- Drafted and updated project and activity work plans for 18-month MEPI project.- Coordinated MEPI activities with key stakeholders in 11 governorates in Tunisia.- Designed and organized three-day MEPI capacity building meetup for 13 Tunisian coworking spaces in Djerba in January 2018 with Tunisian and international trainers.- Recruited and supervised international and Tunisian trainers and facilitator for Djerba meetup.- Wrote quarterly narrative and financial donor reports for MEPI grant and assisted in report writing for Hivos and Drosos grants. - Managed MEPI programmatic budget and procurement of vendors. - Prepared solicitation to vendors for procurement of lodging, transportation and contractual hires in accordance with MEPI policies.- Briefed donors (MEPI) on project activities during site visit and prepared appropriate financial and administrative documents.- Designed and implemented monitoring and evaluation tools to measure progress of projects against Cogite indictors and donor indicators across Cogite portfolio.- Supervised finance and administrative team for grant-based projects (2 people). Leading field teams (1-2 people).- Led technical proposal development for international donors in coordination with international partners. - Developed and curated “Humans of Cogite,” a digital storytelling project highlighting Cogite's success stories.

Cairo, Egypt

- Secured award of $40,000 from UN Food and Agriculture Organization for 3-month project for youth and women graduates from University of Fayoum and Fayoum Agricultural Technical Schools (ATS) to implement projects in agriculture and agribusiness. Supported inception phase of project and communication/outreach plan.- Authored or assisted in technical development of successful proposals with award amounts ranging from $200,000 - $1,000,000 for EU and Netherlands Embassy. - Supported development of 11 additional proposals in economic and rural development, and inclusive growth.- Led and assisted with report writing for donors including EU, UN, European Embassies, AfDB.- Coordinated implementation of Empowerment of Girls through Sports (EGS) project, funded by Netherlands Embassy.- Designed tools for EGS in-field focus group discussions (FGDs) and led field teams to 4 governorates to conduct FGDs with girls and coaches in 11 sports centers.- Collected and analyzed results of EGS FGDs to inform design of the Leadership and Life Skills training program.- Designed and facilitated pilot of EGS Leadership and Life Skills training program for 16 girls, age 9-16, from 4 sports centers in Fayoum.- Trained in incubator design, management, evaluation and sustainability by USAID SEED program for the Nawaya Rural Incubator project ($125,000). - Briefed donors, including FAO and Netherlands Embassy, on project activities, progress, and results.

Cairo, Egypt

- Strategized and executed crowd management of large-scale university events including recruitment, trainings and crisis management for participants.- Managed internal operations of the Presidential Internship Program.- Drafted proposals and policies for Internship Program recruitment and retention.- Compiled report on value proposition of a liberal arts education at AUC through interdepartmental data analysis and synthesis and comparative research.

Houston, Texas Area

- Worked in the chambers of Judge Lee H. Rosenthal.- Compiled data and researched case law and precedent for current Court decisions.- Proofread and copy-edited opinions to be published by the Court.- Attended judicial proceedings.

Houston, Texas Area

- Conducted interview-based research examining themes of leadership and academia in the Rice University School of the Humanities.- Transcribed and assisted in coding interviews to inform Turning Points book series.- Edited selected pieces for publication in Turning Points book series.

Houston, Texas Area

- Coordinated outreach for colloquium with delegation from Qatar and assisted with logistics for the visit.- Moderated colloquium on U.S. and Qatar Foreign Policy in the Middle East and coauthored related report (2013).- Moderated colloquium on The Role of Cultural Conceptions and Media in Social Life and Gender Roles and coauthored related report (2012).- Published issue brief on urban development and accessibility for persons with disability in Doha (2015).

Houston, Texas Area

- Conducted a literature review on the perception of women in the MENA region using a cognitive sciences framework to propose a model for policy recommendations.- Utilized social media to expand the audience of the "Arab Awakening and Gender: Challenges and Opportunities for Women" conference in Feb 2013.- Organized material for insitutional memory of policies and procedures related to conference organization. - Published "Remembering Their Role: Keeping Women Involved Post-Arab Awakening" in the Student Journal of Women and Human Rights in the Middle East through the Baker Institute (2013).

Houston, Texas

- Provided administrative support for partner, Kate McConnico .- Conducted legal research on separation laws for same-sex partnerships across states in the U.S.- Shadowed sessions on mediation, litigation, negotiation, and other practices in Family Law.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Worked under the Executive Director of the Washington Legislative Office, Laura Murphy.- Tracked current events related to civil liberty issues while monitoring state and national political and judicial developments that impact ACLU legislative initiatives.- Attended congressional hearings, press briefings, and internal and external organizational meetings pertaining to immigration, NSA surveillance programs, reproductive freedoms and more. - Drafted internal documents and briefing binders on behalf of the Director for upcoming speaking events and issue updates.

Istanbul, Turkey; Houston, Texas

- Conducted cross-cultural research on asylum law and local NGOs in Istanbul and Houston.- Published "Asylum Law and Syrian Asylum Seekers in Houston and Istanbul" through the Global Urban Lab and the Kinder Institute for Urban Research websites as a series of selected white papers from the Global Urban Lab 2014.- Awarded the Global Urban Lab Research Award for conducting research that adds new knowledge and understanding between the two cities.

Paris Area, France

- Analyzed and compiled new and upcoming research and methodologies in Cultural Sociology relevant to research at the Center.- Compiled press reviews of French language publications to analyze and research the issue of the Muslim veil and French secularism in private enterprises. - Edited and translated internal communications and web content between French and English.

Houston, Texas Area

- Established social media marketing protocol to increase sales for on-campus events and external clients in line with new branding standards.- Assisted in re-branding of Willy's Pub as a self-sustaining Student Run Business and staple of Rice University campus.- Coordinated with Marketing Manager for event planning and management.- Created College Representative system with General Manager to increase access to information about Pub events across campus.

Troy, Michigan

- Organized and instituted a mechanism to follow up with multinational suppliers for Valiant Machine and Tool using SAP and LotusNotes database systems.

Pontiac, Michigan

- Coordinated neighborhood and county efforts with national goals by quarter during the Obama 2012 Reelection Campaign.- Trained neighborhood teams on various aspects of campaigning and VAN database usage to achieve monthly and quarterly goals.- Conceptualized, designed and disseminated a community newsletter to update the community and share progress towards quarterly goals.

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, Development Practice

Activities and Societies: TA Global Food Systems (Spring 2021); GPPN Finalist; VP Food Systems Group; PA Center for the Advancement.

B.A., Cognitive Sciences, Policy Studies

Activities and Societies: Rice ACLU Chapter President, Gateway Study of Leadership Fellow and "Turning Points" Contributor, Baker.

Undergraduate Exchange Program, Fall 2013, International Affairs

Relevant Coursework: Strategic Intelligence in Democratic Societies, Creative Diplomacy, Public International Law, Middle East Cinema &.