Experience

Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA)

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Research Associate

  • May 2020 - Present

  I facilitate large-scale data collection for a study of an unconditional cash transfer program in western Kenya. This includes:designing household socio-economic surveys and programming these in SurveyCTO,training teams of enumerators (in-person and virtually) on how to administer these surveys,developing monitoring infrastructures to conduct high-frequency checks on data quality,and completing related administrative tasks (IRB approvals, budgets, donor reports).

• Research Associate

  • Mar 2019 - May 2020



International Potato Center (CIP)

• Peru
• Research Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Research and Innovation for Agriculture Fellow

  • Jun 2018 - Dec 2018



UCSD Extension English Language Institute

• Greater San Diego Area

• Conversation Leader

  • Oct 2015 - Apr 2018

  Assisted ESL/EFL instructors in the classroom by engaging international students in conversation at the advanced, high-intermediate, and low-intermediate level. Assisted ESL/EFL instructors in the classroom by engaging international students in conversation at the advanced, high-intermediate, and low-intermediate level.



International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

• Kenya
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sustainable Livestock Systems Intern

  • Jun 2017 - Sep 2017

  Accelerated the monitoring and evaluation process for a pilot project by writing a comprehensive report on issues encountered and lessons learned during the design, implementation, and data collection. Conducted focus group discussions with project participants in remote livestock markets in northern Kenya. Standardized data collection processes for project participants after identifying inconsistencies during project site visits. Collaborated with officials from Kenya’s State Department for Livestock and researchers from University of Nairobi on the way forward in the area of collecting and disseminating livestock market information.



Project Concern International

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Women Empowered Initiative Intern

  • Oct 2015 - Mar 2016

  Conducted research on women’s microcredit savings groups and their impact on intervention areas including climate change adaptation, nutrition, and urban transition. Produced brief summary reports to provide foundational insight on said topics to the organization’s technical team. Conducted research on women’s microcredit savings groups and their impact on intervention areas including climate change adaptation, nutrition, and urban transition. Produced brief summary reports to provide foundational insight on said topics to the organization’s technical team.