Experience

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  Lewis & clark college

  Jan 2008 - Dec 2009

  Overseas and off-campus programs assistant

  Provided office support for overseas programs in Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, Ecuador, Chile, Cuba, Spain, France, China, India, Australia, and domestic programs. Managed travel, project activities, budget and per diem allocations for students studying abroad. Co-led the Kenya and Tanzania program and oversaw students’ independent projects, home-stays, and health and safety. Facilitated final presentations to senior authorities of Olasiti, Tanzania. Conducted mid-term and closeout program evaluations that were used to improve future programming. Show less

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  Middlebury institute of international studies at monterey

  Aug 2010 - Dec 2010

  Graduate assistant

  Provided support to the Middlebury Institute of International Studies Career Center through managing the career page and job search portal. Supported in scheduling of career counseling meetings and student relations.

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  Community partnership for youth

  Jan 2011 - Aug 2011

  Program assistant

  Provided program management support for Community Partnership for Youth's after school and summer program for children at risk to gang violence in Salinas, CA. Provided grant management and fundraising support, website reconstruction, and program activity planning.

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  Middlebury institute of international studies at monterey

  Aug 2011 - May 2012

  Graduate assistant

  Acted as partnership manager between the Middlebury Institute of International Studies MPA program students, and the Firelight Foundation. The academic/professional partnership aimed to provide students with the opportunity to evaluate Firelight Foundation operations components and present alternative methods to improve programming through rigorous academic research and monitoring and evaluation.

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  Community alliance for safety and peace

  Jan 2012 - May 2012

  Consultant

  Worked with a team of graduate students to provide a variety of consulting services to the Community Alliance for Safety and Peace - a coalition of educators, law enforcement, parents, social workers, and government employees determined to reduce violence and build a better future for children in Salinas California.Conducted focus groups, mapping of communications, and delivered recommendations to improve cooperation and increase results for children.

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  Save the children us

  Jul 2014 - Nov 2014

  Maintained the Healthy Newborn Network (HNN) website and Facebook page (18,000 followers) by synthesizing newborn health resources and data, curating blogs and building partnerships with key actors such as USAID’s Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program and PMNCH and WHO. Led logistics for global progress reports and international conferences including the Every Newborn Action Plan. Supported advocacy and champion strategies through managing the call for nominations, deliberations, travel logistics and award ceremonies for five winners of the International Neonatal Nursing and Midwife awards. Supported knowledge management activities in seven Country Offices – Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda – resulting in the design and implementation of a capacity building workshop on facilitation, documentation and writing with 50 participants in Ethiopia. Developed a documentation tracking and dissemination planning system for products, events and presentations. Drafted annual and quarterly reports for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Show less Temporary duty assignment to McAllen, Texas to support the Central American Children's Crisis. Site lead for Child Friendly Spaces located in a shelter/transit center. Managed two employees and over 120 children and adults at the site per day.Maintained the safety and security of children within the space through constant monitoring and capacity building of staff. Revised, tracked and reported beneficiary reach from distributions and child focused programs in coordination with Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning staff. Developed key beneficiary statistics to disseminate to external partners and ensured information was shared with program staff to maintain quality. Provided support for logistics and finance teams, including updating asset records and expense tracking in accordance with donor requirements. Composed bi-weekly situation reports, drafted case studies, wrote resource guides in Spanish outlining health and legal services in destination cities for traveling families, and worked closely with the Proposal Writer to develop key messages for proposals totaling over $1 million. Developed strategic partnerships with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security to reach under-served children in detention centers by training FEMACorps volunteers. Show less

  • Knowledge Management and Communications Coordinator, Saving Newborn Lives

    Nov 2012 - Nov 2014

  • Information and Communications Coordinator

    Jul 2014 - Aug 2014
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  International rescue committee

  Nov 2014 - Aug 2015

  Emergency child protection manager

  Managed IRC South Sudan's Child Protection program through the design and implementation of the activities in 5 locations with over 2,000 beneficiaries (children and caregivers). Responsible for the recruitment, training, and capacity building of national staff and volunteers. Drafted spending, procurement, staffing, and work plans for a budget of $300,000 under ECHO and CHF. Submitted budget reviews, cash projections, and salary mapping and develop quarterly and annual reports. Conducted monitoring and evaluation activities and develop proposals for Child Protection and counsel on expansion to other areas. Attended relevant Cluster and sub-group meetings at the national level and provide timely 5Ws, mapping, and reports. Presented IRC activities and breakthroughs in programming and develop strategic partnerships.Activities included:- Family Tracing and Reunification (identification, documentation, tracing, verification, reunification, and follow up of Unaccompanied, Separated and Missing Children and provide additional case management support for the most vulnerable children)- Psycho-social Support through Child Friendly Spaces and Parenting Sessions (Providing children with a protective and conducive environment to play, socialize, learn, express themselves and receive tailored support as they and their caregivers rebuild their lives. Train caregivers in developing positive coping mechanisms for stress and trauma for both themselves and their children thereby strengthening the continuum of care for vulnerable children both inside and outside of the home.)- Strengthening Community Based Child Protection Mechanisms (Facilitate access to information and identification of and response to child protection concerns through the development of community-based mitigation plans and child protection surveillance mechanisms.)- Youth Engagement Program (Providing basic life skills and livelihood training, and recreational rehabilitation of youth in the community.) Show less

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  Plan international

  Aug 2015 - Oct 2018

  Child protection in emergencies specialist

  Child Protection in Emergencies Specialist based in Washington, DC and deployed globally to Plan International's emergency responses for 70% of the year. Responsible for assessment, response analysis, design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of the Child Protection components of Plan International’s emergency response activities. Design appropriate monitoring, evaluation and learning systems and disseminate learning as appropriate. Support Plan International's engagement in global working groups and the development of global guidance and standards for country offices. Responses deployed to under this position include:Burundi Response, Mahama Refugee Camp, RwandaBoko Haram Crisis, Northeast NigeriaSouth Sudan Refugee Crisis, UgandaMarawi Displacement, PhilippinesForcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals, BangladeshCyclone Idai, Mozambique Show less

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  Plan international usa

  Oct 2018 - Nov 2019

  Disaster risk management program manager (child protection and gender based violence in emergencies)

  Responsible for supporting Plan International USA’s Disaster Risk Management (DRM) portfolio, including Emergency Response and Disaster Risk Reduction, Early Recovery, Refugee Assistance, and Governance programming, in the pursuit of new awards, backstopping of its existing grants portfolio, and providing guidance and technical support to Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) and Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Emergencies (SGBViE) programs through field deployments.

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  University of denver - josef korbel school of international studies

  Jan 2019 - Feb 2019

  Adjunct faculty

  Served as Adjunct Faculty to design and deliver a masters level Introduction to Child Protection in Humanitarian Settings course designed for humanitarian and human rights students. The course ran twice a week for 5 weeks.

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  Plan international

  Nov 2019 - Dec 2020

  Senior child protection in emergencies specialist

  Deputy to the Global Lead of Child Protection in Emergencies for the Plan International Federation. Liaise with various levels of seniority within the organization to deliver quality programming. Provide technical support in child protection and gender-based violence programming to country offices responding to natural disasters, conflicts, and refugee and migrant populations. Liaise with country directors to coordinate technical deployable surge capacity. Deploy to support program design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation in complex emergencies and hardship locations to provide technical direction, guidance and capacity building to response teams. Manage the deployments and professional development of 5 full-time deployable technical specialists and curate a roster of over 60 internal and external, rapid responders. Lead the capacity building strategy and initiatives for over 40 internal technical specialists across over 30 countries. This includes individual mentoring programs, learning visits, professional development training programs, virtual learning opportunities, and coaching and mentoring. Develop technical guidance notes, training packages, document lessons learned, and draft policy briefs. Lead research initiatives in child marriage, community-level child protection, case management, and prevention of violence. Represent Plan International on external coordination mechanisms including the Gender Based Violence Area of Responsibility, the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, InterAction, and working directly with UN Officials, government and bilateral donors. Design and submit technical proposals for country-level service delivery, regional and global initiatives, and commissioning of research to improve global standards. Show less

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  Uchealth

  Jun 2021 - Mar 2022

  Advanced care partner
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  Children's hospital colorado

  Feb 2022 - now

  Registered nurse