Experience

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  Americorps

  Aug 2010 - Jul 2012

  Americorps volunteer

  • Completed over 3,400 hours of service to the communities of Seattle and Boise• Taught English as a second language and job skills to 25 adult English language learners• Served as a paraprofessional in a Title I elementary school working with English language learners and children with intellectual disabilities• Assessed community needs and planned, coordinated, and carried out three community projects and constructed a school garden

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  Mercy corps

  Sept 2012 - Mar 2015

  Youth development intern

  • Provided programmatic and administrative across the Youth and Conflict and Gender technical support teams and their respective projects in East Africa and South Asia• Edited budgets, narratives, and logic models, conducted desk research, and developed baseline assessments for USG and DFID proposals resulting in new girls’ education projects• Developed data collection tools for field teams to monitor youth projects in low-connectivity areas• Conducted market analysis to help organization position itself better among competitors for new bids on youth development• Contributed to the development of survey tools for research on South Sudanese youth and translated and collated qualitative data from interviews with ex-combatant women in Colombia• Drafted written materials and presentations for management meetings Show less

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  Sangsan anakot yawachon (say-dp)

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2014

  Organizational development intern

  • Collaborated with the Executive Director to identify and fill organizational gaps in donor compliance, data collection and M&E, and work plan management• Improved upon existing budgets and instituted budget tracking and analysis mechanisms• Wrote quarterly project reports and technical narratives resulting in new foundation funding for migrant youth projects; networked with new donors• Managed new and ongoing relationships with donors resulting in new and continued project funding• Developed and implemented a communications package including a Facebook page, blog, website, and quarterly newsletter• Provided 30+ migrant, at-risk youth with skills and leadership training including financial literacy and expanded their access to education Show less

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  Voz workers' rights education project

  Jan 2014 - Aug 2014

  Intern

  • Coordinated meetings with city officials, ally organizations, and Board of Directors• Provided programmatic and campaign support through managing of work plans, coordinating outreach events, and preparing of materials such as press releases• Regularly updated and maintained website, social media pages, newsletters, and database

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  The bridgespan group

  Sept 2014 - Jul 2015

  Executive assistant

  • Managed schedules and correspondence and booked all travel for two partners • Supported the Knowledge and Marketing and Engagement Teams including CRM database entry and management• Planned and coordinated major cross-office, alumni, and community networking events• Supported in the strategic internal and external sharing of organization publications• Assisted with special projects including research for practice areas, market analysis, and grant reports

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  World education

  Jul 2015 - May 2018

  Program officer, thailand and myanmar

  Projects: USAID-funded Project for Local Empowerment, sub-grant to the USAID-funded Kann Let Project in Myanmar• Backstopped a diverse portfolio of USAID and USG-funded projects focused on education, capacity building, community development, and vulnerable populations including ethnic groups, landmine survivors, and persons with disabilities• Prepared and monitored project budgets ranging; anticipated and proactively mitigated budgetary issues; executed all financial reporting and managed monthly reforecasting of budgets• Coordinated all administrative tasks related to projects including invoices, sub-grant contracts and modifications, and consultant contracts and expense reports• Managed project work plans in close collaboration with Country Directors and COP’s to meet project objectives and donor reporting requirements• Ensured compliance with internal and donor policies, specifically US government rules and regulations including 2 CFR 200 and ADS Chapter 303; donor liaison• Drafted quarterly, annual, and impact reports, and success stories; assisted with M&E of Myanmar projects• Recruited and hired field staff, key personnel, consultants, and new program officers; mentored and trained new program officers and remotely managed field admin staffNew Business Development:• Traveled 3-4 times per year to support pre-positioning efforts and identified emerging and strategic opportunities for organization• Contributed to USG/USAID and private foundation new country-specific and regional business development including developing budgets, M&E plans, and logic models, as well as wrote PPRs and capability statements• Lead technical writer on USDOS proposal for capacity building of regional disabled persons organizations; writer for USDOS/USAID grants on economic empowerment for persons with disabilities• Developed budget and contributed to technical narrative for USAID Leader with Associate $21.5M counter-trafficking in persons bid for Southeast Asia Show less

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  Acdi/voca

  Jun 2018 - Feb 2019

  Project coordinator

  Projects: USAID-funded Kenya Livestock Market Systems Activity and Farmer-to-Farmer ECCA• Backstopped a diverse portfolio of USAID-funded projects focused on agriculture, livestock market systems, food security• Assisted with managing of sub-awards including reviewing financial reports, drafting and executing modifications, and ensuring compliance with subagreement requirements • Coordinated administrative tasks related to projects including procurement, drafting and issuing of employment contracts• Drafted and edited bi-weekly, quarterly, and annual reports and success stories• Coordinated project start-up and close out in compliance with donor and organization policies and procedures• Served as proposal coordinator on USAID-funded proposal in Myanmar• Active member in the Youth and Gender Technical Working Groups Show less

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  National democratic institute (ndi)

  Feb 2019 - Mar 2023

  • Provide technical guidance to teams across the Institute in designing and implementing more inclusive programs, specifically focusing on LGBTI communities, persons with disabilities, and ethnic and religious minorities• Track trends as it relates to inclusion and democracy and governance and develop guidance documents and approaches• Manage a collective advocacy and movement building program in Kenya specifically supporting persons with albinism• Conduct inclusion assessments and contribute to inclusive electoral activities, • Capture learning across the Institute as it relates to inclusion and increasing the political participation of marginalized communities• Represent NDI in relevant communities of practice, events, meetings, and conferences Show less

  • Senior Program Manager, Citizen Participation and Inclusion

    Jul 2022 - Mar 2023

  • Program Manager for Citizen Participation and Inclusion

    Feb 2019 - Jul 2022
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  Outright international

  Mar 2023 - now

  Program manager - global lgbtqi+ inclusive democracy