Experience

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  U.s. customs and border protection

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

  Mission support branch intern

  • Served as assistant to the director of the Mission Support Branch: assisted with office management through meeting preparations, cataloging and maintaining inventory for entire department, and aiding in project management. • Received “Person Making a Difference” award in February 2010 and September 2011.

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  Truman national security project

  Jan 2012 - May 2012

  Advocacy department intern

  • Furthered the Operation Free and Make US Strong advocacy campaigns, focused on increase renewable energy use in the US and increasing the foreign aid budget, with event planning and event execution.• Composed blog posts, conducted policy research analysis, and prepared press-releases that were used internally and externally to communicate the goals of advocacy campaigns.

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  Minerva bilingual school

  Jul 2012 - Jun 2014

  • Negotiated cultural and communication differences by serving as the liaison between 20 international staff members and the school administration. Assisted with logistical issues, including power outages, lack of supplies, and crisis management.• Managed the daily pre-school, primary, and secondary school schedules, which consisted of 13 different grade levels and over 30 different staff members. In addition, every quarter created an exam schedule for final exams for primary and secondary, which included room assignments, and proctors for each grade and subject. • Assisted in the recruitment and hiring of the international staff for the following school year by reviewing applications, holding interviews, and making hiring decisions with other administrators. Following the hiring decision was the point of contact for the new staff providing guidance and support before the teachers arrived in country. Show less • Designed and taught a comprehensive English as a second language curriculum from limited resources that provided 32 students with a solid foundation in English and built their confidence and skills.• Enhanced the quality of education for 32 students by employing inclusive classroom management techniques and creating a child-friendly environment that emphasized creativity and exploration by collaborating with local and foreign staff to create engaging educational activities, such as Reading Buddies. Show less

  • Director of English Programming

    Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

  • Kindergarten Teacher

    Jul 2012 - Jun 2013
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  University of pennsylvania

  Aug 2014 - May 2015

  Graduate assistant

  • Designed, coordinated, and managed culturally sensitive, academic events to build a strong sense of community for the International Educational Development Program cohort which involved coordinating program locations, costs, food, and transportation arrangements.• Collaborated with other graduate assistants to execute successful events that provided the IEDP cohort with opportunities to network, socialize, and expand their academic knowledge with individuals from other programs.

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  World vision

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

  • Conducted a comprehensive analysis of education budgets for all 30 Area Development Programs (ADP’s) in the Rwanda National Office, in which all major cost categories were compared regionally and nationally over two fiscal years, resulting in the realignment of the budgets to support the programmatic targets and goals of the education sector.• Revised the content of the Youth Ready Facilitator’s Guide based on learnings from the field-testing captured through direct observation, group discussions with youth participants, and debriefing interviews with the Youth Ready Officers.• Edited five modules of Youth Ready to ensure consistency and documented any major pieces that need urgent attention. Consolidated the session guides into five printable guidebooks for use. Show less • Facilitated a workshop with a team of 10 World Vision Staff from around the globe in which we designed and created a curriculum that empowers youth by providing them with educational, entrepreneurship, and employment skills, resulting in youth gaining employment that helps themselves, their families, and their community.• Field-tested the Youth Ready Curriculum in five area development programs (ADPs) in Rwanda. Maintained records of the changes that need to be made to increase the productivity and efficiency of the curriculum to prepare for the scale-up and implementation of the program in 7-10 countries. Show less

  • Youth Ready Project Consultant

    Oct 2015 - Dec 2015

  • Youth Ready Program Intern

    Jan 2015 - Sept 2015
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  Independent consultant

  Apr 2016 - now

  Independent consultant

  -Founded consulting practice specializing in international project design & program management, grant writing, and professional development; Clients have included World Vision, Top Antigua, Puentes, FUDI, and Save the Children. -Presented research, data analysis, and contextual information on national education trends and current USAID-funded projects to support an USAID proposal.-Prepared a concept note for a USAID bid through collaborative meetings with the program team to accurately describe the organization’s innovations and successes. -Assessed the Puentes curriculum to realign and restructure the program’s competencies and methodology to better respond to the program’s purpose and context. -Trained facilitators on the restructured curriculum and on coaching strategies, such as how to be a role model and resilience, to improve project implementation outcomes.-Presented the curriculum assessment and work plan to USAID and other partners which outlined the changes to be made in accordance with the collaborative meetings with facilitators in the field to identify areas to strengthen. -Created a physical education curriculum that is rooted in positive youth development principles to improve physical wellbeing and teach social-emotional skills to students. -Developed metrics for social-emotional and physical competencies for students to document impact through the creation of tools for knowledge management. -Redesigned the Youth Ready life skills and work readiness curriculum for Latin America through collaboration with representatives from five countries. Was the point of contact for multiple countries to document the country-specific adaptions. -Designed and developed a curriculum map for program implementation, marketing and forging future partnerships with external stakeholders, such as Intel, which was used in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Show less

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  Education for the children foundation

  Jul 2017 - Nov 2018

  Education program manager

  Responsible for overall program development, administration and supervision of EFTC's educational programs- in English and Spanish to ensure a cohesive curriculum, standardizing processes, monitoring and evaluation of results, and implementation of corrective measures to ensure that school standards are surpassed.

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  Food for the hungry, inc.

  Jun 2022 - Oct 2023

  Senior tecnical advisor for youth

  Led technical support focused on advising, strategic planning, coordination, reporting, and capacity building for international staff to encourage the design, strengthening, and monitoring of innovations in youth programming at FH.-Identified gaps / redesigned a more comprehensive youth entrepreneurship training curriculum for Ugandan youth that included a stronger emphasis on life skills, community alignment, and facilitator / youth capacity development.-Enhanced the integration of positive youth development techniques and youth-friendly practices through the review of problem trees, annual plans, and project designs for over 10 country offices in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.-Coordinated with a local partner on the Ethiopian PReSERVE RFSA to incorporate youth-friendly and inclusive techniques, especially as it related to incorporating young women and social behavior change techniques. -Facilitated a three-day theory of change and design workshop for a USAID education grant in the Dominican Republic with local and international partners to create a multi-sectoral proposal design.-Supported the design of a USAID RFSA proposal using systems thinking and human-centered design in the DRC.-Contextualized trauma-informed facilitator training materials for a youth reproductive health program in Nicaragua.-Fostered relationships with local and international organizations for sharing information and best practices regarding youth financial and social inclusion. Show less