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Cambridge, MA

• Gender: Co-authoring a paper for the Asian Development Bank on female labor force participation in Indonesia, which required cleaning and analyzing 20 years of Indonesian labor data. Reviewing economic literature.
• Agriculture: Analyzed data from randomized control trial of leaf color charts in Bangladesh, wrote grant reports and policy briefs, survey instruments for an RCT on soil testing
• Public Works: Wrote a discussion paper on a decentralized infrastructure program, and designed a survey instrument on a sanitation program in India
• Vocational training: Conducted scoping exercises with implementers for an RCT on vocational education in India. Designed survey instruments utilizing SurveyCTO.
• Work with Rohini Pande, Simone Schaner, Erin Fletcher, Mahnaz Islam, Charity Troyer-Moore

Literature review and data analysis on social networks and connectedness

Guwahati Area, India

Used results of 2008 research to obtain funding and create program under a local nonprofit. Remotely (with annual visits) managed the creation of a placement, training, and support agency for domestic workers. Supervised staff of 4 which trained over 120 women, placed over 100 women, and provided support or educational sessions to over 700 women.

Greater Boston Area

• Educated those experiencing economic hardship on home retention and budget management.
• Negotiated with banks and advocated for changes in bank and public policy.
• Managed unit staff and interns who served 500 clients per year.
• Designed, coordinated, and taught financial literacy workshops.
• Organized case management systems and analyzed data for grant proposals.
• Promoted from Intern to Counselor to Regional Manager between Fall 2008 and Spring 2010

Greater Boston Area

Researched innovation in nonprofit methodology for certain issue tracks in Boston, MA.Analyzed data for organization impact assessment.

Guwahati Area, India

• Designed economic study of the labor market for domestic workers: supply, demand, market imperfections.
• Created business plan and feasibility study for social entrepreneurial solution for domestic worker market.
• Organizational consultation in five Indian cities to discover existing resources and best practices.
• Trained and organized 18 field workers to conduct surveys of 700 households in Guwahati.
• Conducted focus groups and press conference to present initial data.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

• Analyzed employment data for various industries in Florida; extensive use of Microsoft Excel
• Produced reports and PowerPoint presentations on industry performance for counties and state

Traveled with field workers in Assam, India to assess success of microfinance initiatives. Studied cost efficient means of impact assessment.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Researched companies, job creation opportunities, and organizations with which prospective companies could form liaisons in Tallahassee, FL.

Master'S Degree, Economics

Completed PhD coursework: Development, Labor, Econometrics, Trade, Mathematics, Statistics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Public Policy With International Affairs

Activities and Societies: Amnesty International

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Mathematical Economic Analysis

Study Abroad

Education record

Semester and Summer courses during high school and college

Education record

Valedictorian