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Durham, North Carolina, United States

• Support the Climate Adaptation and Resilience team by assisting in the management of budgets, contracts, and sub-contracts for a portfolio of grants and partnerships currently worth $700,000.
• Coordinate strategic relationships with diverse grantees and donors including the Rockefeller Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and USAID.
• Monitor overall financial health of Adaptation portfolio, and advise Adaptation Lead on financial, staffing, and other operational risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Create and implement budget management plans to ensure compliance with donor rules and regulations.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

• Manage a portfolio of 21 federal community service grants awarded to diverse nonprofits, local government, and educational institutions.
• Coordinate the entire lifecycle of grant awards including the pre -award and post grant process.
• Maintain grant oversight by ensuring timely, accurate, and complete submission of reporting requirements: federal financial reports, progress reports, and budget amendments.
• On a daily basis, provide programmatic guidance to external partners, tailored to their individual needs and grant circumstances. Field questions about allowable activities within 6 distinct AmeriCorps programs.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

• Supported grant oversight for all AmeriCorps VISTA Sponsors in Georgia and South Carolina by ensuring timely, accurate, and complete submission of reporting, recruitment, and onboarding forms.
• Served as the liaison between the VISTA Member Support Unit, VISTA Sponsors, and the Office of Regional Operations to facilitate seamless enrollment of volunteers under tight deadlines.
• Managed the enrollment of over 200 AmeriCorps VISTA Members.
• Promoted to Portfolio Manager position within 10 months of starting in the role.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

• Collaborated with dozens community partners to bring interdisciplinary programs for school-wide groups of 50-300 students. Partners included but not limited to the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology, Guam.
• Awarded grant funds to develop educational programming that explored the history of American political polarization. In collaboration with historians at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, designed and.
• Managed the Kids Voting initiative for 300 students. Organized educational workshops and interactive voting simulations to engage students.
• Delivered presentations, written communication, and in-person meetings in both English and Spanish.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

• Coordinated a team of 10 volunteer, professional experts, to deliver an interdisciplinary after-school program for 300 students aged 11-14.
• Taught and developed curriculum for Community Problem Solvers apprenticeship.
• Communicated with parents in both English and Spanish

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Managed logistics, outreach, and curriculum development for a volunteer-run schooloffering free classes to hundreds of students in the District of Columbia.
• Taught SNAP/Food Stamps 101; Intro to Environmental Economics; Public SpaceEconomics; and Storytelling workshops for adult learners.
• Facilitated a two-week-long effort with DC Funk Parade to offer four classes whichexplored Black history in the District: Women in Rock Music; Marvin Gaye, Go-go andArts in DC; Black Broadway on U Street; and Record.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Directly supervised over 30 volunteers, across 20 states, and 25 different partner organizations.
• Led virtual training regarding payroll, timesheets, and volunteerism.
• Coordinated full-day programming for a conference on ending hunger.
• Tracked and evaluated each volunteer’s progress toward their individual site's goals.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Communicated complex SNAP/Food Stamps program requirements to adults, teens, and children in an engaging and accessible way.
• Managed food access grants, tracked, and evaluated progress toward grant goals.
• Led in-person training of nonprofit and social service leaders about SNAP and emergency food services.
• Provided technical assistance to SNAP applicants in English and Spanish.

Master Of Arts In Teaching, Secondary Social Studies Education

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics

Activities and Societies: Omicron Delta Epsilon- International Economics Honor Society