Experience

The Cloudburst Group

• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Research Analyst

  • Apr 2018 - Present

  Project manager and technical analyst on rigorous mixed methods evaluations.

• Research Analyst

  • Mar 2015 - Apr 2018

  Support a land tenure and natural resource management research team in planning, executing, and reporting impact evaluation, including statistical analysis, writing, drafting survey instruments, and mapping.



Singidunum University

• Serbia
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Fulbright Research Scholar

  • Jan 2014 - Oct 2014

  I worked on a mixed-methods research project concerning the outstanding housing needs of refugees from Croatia, Bosnia an Herzegovina, and Kosovo in Serbia. I worked on a mixed-methods research project concerning the outstanding housing needs of refugees from Croatia, Bosnia an Herzegovina, and Kosovo in Serbia.



University of California, Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student Instructor

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2013

  I taught social science theory classes, including urban theory, political economy, and Global Poverty: Challenges and Hopes in the New Millennium, facilitating two upperclassman undergraduate discussion sections of 25 students each. In this role, I designed lesson plans and short lectures and activities, supervised student research projects, and graded course examinations. I taught social science theory classes, including urban theory, political economy, and Global Poverty: Challenges and Hopes in the New Millennium, facilitating two upperclassman undergraduate discussion sections of 25 students each. In this role, I designed lesson plans and short lectures and activities, supervised student research projects, and graded course examinations.



International Rescue Committee

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

• Employment Intern

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012

  I mentored newly arrived refugees throughout the job preparation and placement process, and I drafted informational materials about the causes of the refugee situation, resettlement challenges and refugee skills in common resettled populations for nationwide organizational use. I mentored newly arrived refugees throughout the job preparation and placement process, and I drafted informational materials about the causes of the refugee situation, resettlement challenges and refugee skills in common resettled populations for nationwide organizational use.



DLA Piper

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Assistant

  • Jan 2010 - Jun 2011

  I reported directly to a team of seven attorneys with broad ranged responsibilities that encompass the timely and complex preparation of cases from discovery to settlement phase. In addition, I performed the functions of junior attorney carrying out multiple aspects of case preparation and management, including drafting reports to Client and overseeing record collection on over 30 cases.

• Contract Paralegal

  • Sep 2009 - Jan 2010



Columbia University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 2008 - Sep 2009

  I supported a study of place-based merchant's associations in New York City by collecting, analyzing, and visually representing data with GIS software. I supported a study of place-based merchant's associations in New York City by collecting, analyzing, and visually representing data with GIS software.



R.A.C.C.O.O.N. (Reconciliation and Culture Cooperative Network), Inc.

• Intern

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2009

  I represented R.A.C.C.O.O.N. at city and state-wide public health outreach programs. I also coordinated the network between the organization and Columbia and publicized initiatives at Columbia. I represented R.A.C.C.O.O.N. at city and state-wide public health outreach programs. I also coordinated the network between the organization and Columbia and publicized initiatives at Columbia.



Ambrela Roma Education Center, Skopje, Macedonia

• Intern

  • Jul 2008 - Jul 2008

  I wrote grant proposals to major international foundations, prepared a budget for the organization, and taught English Classes and Creative Workshops to children ages 6-12. I also conducted field research on housing conditions in the area. I wrote grant proposals to major international foundations, prepared a budget for the organization, and taught English Classes and Creative Workshops to children ages 6-12. I also conducted field research on housing conditions in the area.



Voluntary Workcamps Association of Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria

• Volunteer

  • Jul 2007 - Aug 2007

  I worked with the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria to acquire funding for the organization, and I taught children ages 6-18 at a series of public, private, and village schools. I worked with the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria to acquire funding for the organization, and I taught children ages 6-18 at a series of public, private, and village schools.



F&S Partners

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Intern

  • May 2006 - Jul 2007

  Summer intern at firm for 2 summers. I designed pages for the firm's marketing book and worked on the design of the firm's pro bono projects. Summer intern at firm for 2 summers. I designed pages for the firm's marketing book and worked on the design of the firm's pro bono projects.