Experience

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  Southern connecticut state university, athletic department

  Jan 2010 - May 2013

  Clerical assistant

  Provided clerical assistance to the executive security of the SCSU Athletic Department.

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  City of new haven

  Aug 2012 - Dec 2012

  Intern

  Interned at the Office of Economic Development where I contributed to the creation of development site templates, researched potential projects and provided clerical assistance.

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  Americorps vista

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2014

  Americorps vista

  Conducted research and reports of partnership data for the Connecticut Campus Compact and Southern Connecticut State University. Also created mutually beneficial partnerships between SCSU and the New Haven community to increase community service amongst students. And facilitated and organized multiple community dialogues and social justice programs for students, faculty, and staff based on assessment and need.

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  Georgetown university

  Aug 2014 - Jun 2015

  Graduate assistant

  Organized logistics and reporting for on-campus awareness of social inequality.

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  United states senate

  Jan 2015 - Jun 2015

  Legislative intern for senator chris murphy

  Researched and prepared reports on trade agreements, appropriation requests and foreign affairs for senate staff. Also drafted summaries of hearings from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and was responsible for correspondence between the office, government agencies and constituents on domestic and foreign affairs.

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  Atlantic council

  Aug 2015 - Nov 2015

  Transatlantic relations intern

  Created a weekly newsletter on relevant European Union legislation and occurrences for an American audience. Newsletter was distributed to a 500+ audience along the Washington beltway.Collected logistics for events ranging from hosting public officials at the Atlantic Council headquarters to contributing to the planning of the annual Wroclaw Forum.

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  Center for transatlantic relations

  Jul 2016 - Sept 2016

  Special advisor to ambassador andrás simonyi for nordic ways

  Supported the editor with refining and strengthening papers of 40+ contributions to the Nordic Ways publication. Also, translated (from Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian to English), and researched biographies and backgrounds of contributors to the project.

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  Freedom house

  Nov 2016 - Jul 2019

  Program Officer for the Human Rights Support Mechanism (HRSM) at Freedom House. Ensured compliance for USAID’s human rights consortium of 12+ international development organizations and developed policy materials, events, and quarterly reports for the donors. Contributed to daily management, including scheduling meetings and ensuring good internal communications amongst the partners and relevant USAID Missions.Coordinated presentations between HRSM partners and USAID/Headquarters and mission staff, including the development of documents and memos, accessed by missions to track all work carried out by the program. Managed Freedom House engagement on the State Department’s Fundamental Freedom Fund as the main point of contact.Organized and contributed proposals for the U.S. government, philanthropic foundations, and foreign aid agencies. Presented reports to senior leadership within the organization for Hill advocacy. Trained staff on the proposal development process through a module of courses incorporating both in-class and online learning methodologies. Show less Maintained and analyzed a database of 400+ global proposals through pivot tables and data visualizations for presentations given to the Executive Board, Board of Trustees, and the United States Congress for advocacy purposes.Created training modules for staff to learn the proposal development process. Speaking Engagements: Harnessing Data to Visualize Trends in Global Civil Society (Presenter). RightsCon, 2018; Building the First Global Perception of Gender and Online Violence (Moderator). RightsCon, 2019; Engaging Citizens at Scale in Restrictive Environments (Panelist). RightsCon, 2019. Show less

  • Program Officer

    Aug 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Senior Program Associate

    Nov 2016 - Oct 2018
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  Transatlantic leadership network

  Sept 2018 - Sept 2020

  Fellow

  A nonresident fellow position that allows me to publish, consult, and engage with Transatlantic Leadership Network’s events and special activities.

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  Consortium for elections and political process strengthening (cepps)

  Jul 2019 - now

  The Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) pools the expertise of three premier international organizations dedicated to democratic development: the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute. As a Program Officer for the mechanism, I work co-equally with the three institutes to implement the Global Elections and Political Transitions (GEPT) Program, a USAID-funded Leader With Associates (LWA) award.Manages over $1 billion in federal funding for democracy assistance programs on two large grants spanning more than 140+ countries. Collaborates with diverse constituencies to establish high-level strategic goals for the global award, including developing a policy and outreach campaign that repositioned the consortium for a successful rebid in 2021. Show less

  • CEPPS Program Manager

    Jul 2021 - now

  • CEPPS Program Officer

    Jul 2019 - Jul 2021