Experience

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  Points of light

  Jun 2018 - Dec 2019

  Community development assistant director

  Helped further the organizations anti racist goals by looking at partnerships with nonprofits around the Seattle area and increased capacity of local nonprofits by planning and managing volunteer service projects for volunteer groups and work with nonprofit partners who are supporting the environment or reducing hunger. Conducted community asset mapping of our nonprofit partners across impact areas, documenting assets (e.g. current/potential nonprofit partners) in a written format that will be referenced and updated, informing where there are gaps in impact areas. Show less

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  University of washington

  Jan 2019 - Jun 2021

  • Research Mentor

    Sept 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Global Health Researcher

    Jan 2019 - Jun 2021
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  Federal ministry of health ethiopia

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

  Health policy researcher

  Conducted comprehensive ethnographic research study involving in depth interviews and focus groups with patients and providers across hospitals in Addis Ababa and generated insightful reports and recommendations for policy makers.

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  University of washington department of laboratory medicine and pathology

  Dec 2019 - May 2021

  Research assistant

  Collected nasal swabs from both asymptomatic and symptomatic participants - to investigate the spread of Influenza in sheltered homeless populations in Seattle and carried out various laboratory tasks.

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  Seattle coronavirus assessment network

  Jun 2020 - Sept 2020

  Research assistant

  Developed and implemented a COVID-19 home testing kit program, enabling individuals to self-administer tests and return samples for laboratory analysis.

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  King county, wa

  Jun 2020 - Apr 2022

  Forged strong connections between clients and external programs and organizations in King County, ensuring personalized support with pandemic related challenges, thereby bolstering compliance with isolation and quarantine guidelines. Promoted disease prevention and transmission reduction through innovative education initiatives, partnering with local leaders to reinforce health guidelines and actively engage the community in upholding essential public health measures. Gathered data from in-depth interviews with confirmed cases to assess the next steps to notifying their contacts about testing/exposure status and created resulting data visualizations on Tableau. Analyzed collected data to identify populations and areas within King County that have high COVID-19 transmission rates and determine common settings of exposure.

  • Community Health Educator

    May 2021 - Apr 2022

  • Disease Investigation and Research Specialist- Public Health

    Jun 2020 - May 2021
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  Ethnomed

  Aug 2020 - Jun 2021

  Ethiopian community advisor

  Created and reviewed Amharic culturally competent educational videos and brochures about cultural beliefs, medical issues, and other topics related to the healthcare of immigrants and refugees.

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  Point hope, inc.

  Mar 2022 - Aug 2022

  Project manager

  Worked primarily in two of the refugee settlements and designed a project to build capacity among staff through trainings to strengthen growth monitoring and evaluation of refugee infants and young children in their nutrition program. Conducted interviews, focus groups, and collected anthropometric data for children ages of 0-5 years old to identify cases of undernourishment, wasting and stunting and provide consulting to mothers and families.

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  Nyu school of medicine, center for health and human rights

  Mar 2022 - now

  Research consultant
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  Yale school of public health

  Sept 2022 - Sept 2023

  Project 1: Qualitative study on Black youth suicide and mental healthProject 2: Mixed methods project that aims to understand how social capital and neighborhood relations might be associated with quality of life among aging adults (55yo+) with HIV in New Haven. Course 1 Title: Major Health Threats and Public Health EthicsCourse 2 Title: Qualitative Research Methods in Public HealthCourse 3 Title: Tackling the Big Three: Malaria, TB, and HIV in Resource-Limited Settings

  • Qualitative Researcher

    Oct 2022 - Sept 2023

  • Graduate Teaching Fellow

    Sept 2022 - Jun 2023
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  Uw medicine

  Oct 2023 - now

  Research manager
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  King county, wa

  Sept 2024 - now

  King county commissioner- immigrant and refugee commission

  The Immigrant and Refugee Commission advises the Mayor and City Council on matters impacting immigrants and refugees living and working in Seattle and supports the City of Seattle's goals of immigrant integration.