Experience

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Senior Social Risk Officer

  • Aug 2019 - Present



Atlas Renewable Energy

• Head of Environmental and Social Governance

  • Jan 2018 - Jun 2019



ERM

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Social Specialist

  • Jun 2011 - Jan 2018

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Social specialist providing strategic support in Impact Assessment, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Community Investment and general Corporate Social Responsibility based on International Best Practice. Specialist in Human Rights, Latinamerica, and the energy sector.



ACCESS Youth

• Program Manager

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

  Managing, coordinating and training a staff or 20 Volunteer Mediators and 15 Volunteer Teachers as well as several Legal Externs in the daily operations of the office and programs. Creating, updating, training and implementing procedures and manuals for three youth programs as well as for the Grant Writing and Reporting processes. Interviewing and hiring volunteer teachers, mediators and interns Logistics and Coordination of ongoing mediation and teacher training… Show more Managing, coordinating and training a staff or 20 Volunteer Mediators and 15 Volunteer Teachers as well as several Legal Externs in the daily operations of the office and programs. Creating, updating, training and implementing procedures and manuals for three youth programs as well as for the Grant Writing and Reporting processes. Interviewing and hiring volunteer teachers, mediators and interns Logistics and Coordination of ongoing mediation and teacher training workshops Strategic planning for the further development of current programs to include community and family strengthening components available to the bilingual and Spanish speaking population of Washington, D.C. Liaising with Latino families of juvenile offenders and supporting them through the diversion process Show less



Save the Children UK

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Coordinación de Proyectos Especiales

  • Oct 2007 - Jan 2010

  • Manager for projects outside of the primary mission of Save the Children Mexico, including environmental projects, livelihoods support, indigenous rights, emergency and disaster response, diversion from gang involvement; specialist on the Conventions of the Rights of the Child • Designed and implemented curricula for after school pilot program on for 70 at-risk youth, including supporting individuals who had been physically or sexually abused through the legal proceedings involved in… Show more • Manager for projects outside of the primary mission of Save the Children Mexico, including environmental projects, livelihoods support, indigenous rights, emergency and disaster response, diversion from gang involvement; specialist on the Conventions of the Rights of the Child • Designed and implemented curricula for after school pilot program on for 70 at-risk youth, including supporting individuals who had been physically or sexually abused through the legal proceedings involved in denouncing the acts. • Representative on government panels on human rights, violence, education, sex trade and at-risk youth; • Supervisor and trainer for a cadre of six indigenous women trained as after-school program coordinators in their communities; • Coordinated joint ventures on at-risk youth for indigenous youth with local medical and educational staff to address substance abuse, teen pregnancy and violence; • State emergency and disaster response coordinator based on SPHERE, the Resilience Model and the Child Friendly Spaces model of emergency response. Show less



Associação de Apoio à Criança em Risco - ACER

• Investigadora

  • Aug 2006 - Aug 2007

  • Measurement and evaluation procedure establishing key performance indicators for impact, effort, budget and sustainability for flagship program to support ongoing specific program funding. Process included scoping meeting, document review, coordinating and leading key informant interviews and stakeholder panels in Portuguese.



Canadian Consortium on Human Security

• Research Assistant

  • 2005 - 2005