Experience

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  FHI 360

  • United States
  • International Trade and Development
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Senior Business Development Associate

    • Jun 2024 - Present

  • Program Officer - Global Connections

    • Sep 2022 - Jun 2024

    - Works with Project Director and other project leads to research, identify, and track business development opportunities and funding sources.- Builds strong relationships with colleagues across multiple internal departments to facilitatebusiness development activities and proposal process.- Serves as the department liaison at organization-wide business development and corporatecommunications meetings, as appropriate and at the direction of the Project Director.- Researches, writes, and/or edits a broad range of communications that promote activities, in collaboration with project social media teams.- Works with project leads to identify and prepare for key conferences and events, and participatein these events, as appropriate.

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  IREX

  • Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Program Coordinator - YLAI Fellowship Program

    • Jul 2021 - Jul 2022
    • Washington, District of Columbia, United States

    - Coordinated administration of the YLAI Fellowship Entrepreneurial Leadership Curriculum and events management.- Worked with program partners and participants, including communicating program updates, answering questions, and assisting with logistics- Co-led and led the production of program deliverables, including participant materials, templates, and guides for program partners- Assisted in arranging and executing event logistics, and producing event materials and resources- Maintained financial records and transactions- Clearly communicated progress and challenges verbally and in writing to supervisor and team

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  American University

  • Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    • Aug 2019 - May 2021
    • Washington, District of Columbia, United States

    - Aided in conducting research focused primarily on nonprofit and NGO management practices on topics such as gender influences in nonprofit management and causes and effects of nonprofit sector collaboration.- Oversaw the transfer of a large data set taken of international nonprofit organizations in order to update the data to be used for ongoing research. - Facilitated the organization of a seminar series put on by the School of Public Affairs Department of Public Administration and Policy - Provided ongoing communication with guest speakers over travel arrangements to and from the university - Facilitated in collecting presentation materials or providing any other communication necessary

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  Save the Children US

  • Contractor

    • Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

    - Collaborated with a small dynamic group to revitalize the Food Security and Nutrition Network online resource library. Online resources were tagged with relevant search words, and often times translated into several languages to make the resource library more accessible to development practitioners worldwide- Detailed notes were taken on the process and methods for tagging library resources in order to make future updates to the library more efficient and less time-consuming

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  Earth Equity Advisors, LLC

  • Asheville, North Carolina

  • Client Service Associate

    • Dec 2018 - Dec 2019
    • Asheville, North Carolina

    - Acted as the first point of contact between the firm's clients and their financial advisors-Maintained all firm documents in thorough organization-Managed firm calendars, appointments and client inquiries -Ensured smooth day-to-day operations-Represented the firm at events that we sponsored-Provided occasional online content such as blog pieces-Collaborates in a dynamic, mission-driven environment

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  Peace Corps

  • Nicaragua

  • TEFL Teacher Trainer

    • Aug 2017 - Jun 2018
    • Nicaragua

    My time as a Peace Corps Volunteer was singular and unique in my personal and professional development. It was unfortunately cut short due to political and civil unrest that erupted in 2018.As a Peace Corps Volunteer I was responsible for the following:-Lived and worked in rural Nicaragua-Planned and taught high school English along with three Nicaraguan teachers-Created, organized, and led a community English class -Collaborated on projects with other volunteers and community members -Collected and analyzed data relating to student and teacher development in English-Upon returning to the US, shared Nicaraguan culture with Americans