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MAE Solutions partners with social impact organizations to harness their data and scale the impact of the innovative solutions being generated by communities, for communities.• Partnering with social impact orgs to leverage their data as a tool to transform their communities• Coaching staff at all levels of orgs to co-create and implement monitoring, analytics, and evaluation strategies• Building data collection tools, data management systems, and analytics platforms to meet org priorities• Synthesizing policy and social science research for non-technical audiences to inform strategic decision-making

• Pairing literature review with expert interviews to research root causes of and evaluate policy solutions to racial disproportionality in the Massachusetts child welfare system• Partnering with community-based organizations working directly with foster youth as well as individuals with lived experience in the child welfare system to guide research, interpret data, and formulate recommendations• Synthesizing research findings into concrete policy recommendations for the Department of Children and Families

Identifying, designing, and implementing tailored data solutions and systems to improve the public health programming of state, county, city, tribal, and community partners.

• Created ArcGIS maps to visualize systemic drivers of inequity to inform equitable vaccine distribution planning• Analyzed data for state and county health departments to evaluate COVID-19 response efficacy and equity• Led professional development seminars on data visualization for decision-making and stakeholder analysis

Boston, Ma

• Developed monitoring and evaluation protocols to collect and streamline analysis for 2,000+ students • Building SQL database and PowerBI data dashboard to facilitate data-driven program management• Supervised 12 enumerators conducting baseline assessment across two counties in Liberia• Synthesized data analyses into accessible presentations shared with key internal and external stakeholders

Greater Boston Area

• Led Luminos' exploration into educational technology and designed blended learning pilot in Liberia• Submitted funding proposals to foundations and bi-laterals for $20k - $8.9M grants

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Updated content for blended learning courses designed to train policymakers to incorporate data and evidence into decision-making processes• Adapted training design and pedagogy for a fully virtual learning environment

Remote

• Developed a set of legislative priorities for the Department of Education to support vulnerable student groups in anticipation of interrupted learning in the fall• Wrote a series of policy briefs on 1) inclusive digital education for students with disabilities, English Language Learners, and students with limited internet access; and 2) current data gaps in the measurement of COVID-19 impact and recovery• Published a Quarterly Research Bulletin with best practices in inclusive digital instruction to be distributed to Division leadership• Contributed to grant proposal development to study short-, medium-, and long-term impact of COVID-19 on students and learning outcomes

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Developed case hardening procedure to extend briquette extruder lifespan for sustainable charcoal producers in Soroti, Uganda.• Designed solar water disinfection unit for use in refugee camps in northern Uganda.

Master In Public Policy

Micromasters In Data, Economics, And Development Policy

Coursework: Data Analysis for Social Scientists, Challenges of Global Poverty, Foundations of Development Policy, Designing and Running.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering, Gpa 4.7

Thesis: "The Identification and Validation of Case hardening for Extending Charcoal Briquette Extruder Lifespan" Coursework: Global.