Experience

YWCA of Greater Portland

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CoRH Peer Advocate, Survivor Services

  • Aug 2023 - Present



Metropolitan Family Service

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Economic Empowerment Program Coordinator, Successful Families (SF2020)

  • Nov 2020 - Aug 2023

  Resources underserved participants through community partnerships in David Douglas School District - Designs, facilitates, evaluates, writes grant applications and reports for intersectional elementary and high-school financial literacy and career navigation programs, workshops, family coaching - Creates and presents financial literacy workshops for adults, in collaboration with culturally-specific partners - Hires, supervises, trains, evaluates, and mentors Americorps members and advises program development - Coaches caseload of 10+ Individual Development Account clients within CASA of Oregon network - Collaborates with IRCO, SEI, NAYA, Latino Network, SUN, school staff to provide wraparound services Show less



Cara Chicago

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Individual Development Specialist, Workforce Development

  • Nov 2017 - Oct 2018

  Coached caseload of 50+ participants from highly underserved backgrounds through first year of employment - Strategized weekly with multiple teams, detailing quantitative and qualitative progress reports of participant cohorts - Crafted relationships with participant supervisors, high-profile prospective partners to secure new collaborations - Established strong connections with local service providers to offer participants integrated and informed care - Co-facilitated first staff discussion on gender and intersectionality, issued recommendations to executive staff Show less



Center for International Private Enterprise

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Program Assistant, Middle East & North Africa

  • Jan 2013 - Jul 2014

  Supported Deputy Chief with designing, writing, and monitoring global economic development programs - Drafted budgets ($200,000 to $1.5 million) and monitored Egyptian field office grants during Arab Spring - Collaborated with Stanford CDDRL and ILD’s Hernando de Soto Polar to design a transnational survey across Egypt and Tunisia - Founded Women’s Entrepreneurship Staff Forum: led a team of 10 to research 15 years of global program data, related funding landscapes, and establish new evaluation metrics for organization - Forum funded by U.S. Dept. of State in 2016, now the Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment Show less