Project Manager

• Nov 2021 - Present

• Manages multiple USAID-funded economic growth projects, implementing a portfolio valued at $12 million+ across eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, South Caucus region and Central America• Leads market systems, access to finance and agribusiness technical fieldwork in Egypt, Ghana, Honduras, Uganda and Zambia• Supervises international and local project staff and consultants present in more than 10 countries• Manages subcontracts, procurement and hiring processes, working planning, project budgets and project documentation• Ensures project and subcontractor compliance with federal and international government policy and law • Supports business development efforts by coordinating proposal teams and managing client relationships Show less

Northern Triangle Specialist

• Oct 2021 - Nov 2021

• Led proposal strategy for USAID-funded activities addressing the root causes of unauthorized migration from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to the United States as a technical-area expert

Contract Grant Writer, Strategic Initiatives Team

• Jul 2021 - Nov 2021

Assistant Director, Unaccompanied Children's Network

• May 2021 - Jul 2021

• Supervised 12 family reunification case managers in a 1,400 bed Office of Refugee Resettlement emergency intake site for unaccompanied migrant children • Trained and supervised all case managers, led weekly audits of up to 120 case files and developed strategic plans for the expeditious discharge of children to their families• Ensured team’s compliance with international, federal, state and local policy and law

Consultant

• Sep 2020 - May 2021

• Partnered with leading data scientists to inform artificial intelligence methods that predict social unrest, poverty, and economic disruption in three global cities • Collaboration was facilitated by Georgetown's MIDP capstone program • Partnered with leading data scientists to inform artificial intelligence methods that predict social unrest, poverty, and economic disruption in three global cities • Collaboration was facilitated by Georgetown's MIDP capstone program

Research and Data Assistant

• Jul 2020 - May 2021

• Reviewed quantitative analysis and Stata do-files, and generating pivot tables and data visualizations in Stata and Excel • Led qualitative research, including key informant interviews• Authored policy memos and reports

Contractor

• May 2020 - Jul 2020

Research Intern

• Jan 2020 - May 2020

Researcher

• Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

• Supported a randomized controlled trial in Kenya measuring the impact of a digital financial inclusion product on smallholder farmers • Designed, programmed and tested a survey instrument using SurveyCTO • Trained 10 local enumerators on the quantitative survey instrument logic • Conducted daily backchecks, data cleaning and analysis on survey data using Stata • Supported a randomized controlled trial in Kenya measuring the impact of a digital financial inclusion product on smallholder farmers • Designed, programmed and tested a survey instrument using SurveyCTO • Trained 10 local enumerators on the quantitative survey instrument logic • Conducted daily backchecks, data cleaning and analysis on survey data using Stata

Family Reunification Case Manager

• Jun 2017 - Jul 2019

• Reunified more than 70 migrant children with their families as a bilingual family reunification case manager for unaccompanied children under the care of the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement • Managed cases involving asylum claims, abandonment and neglect, debt bondage, family separations, human trafficking, missing children and victims and witnesses of crimes • Coordinated cases across U.S. federal agencies, Central American social services and consulates • Supervised and trained six case managers Show less

Immigration Clinic Intern

• Aug 2016 - May 2017

• Filed work authorization and fee waiver applications to USCIS on behalf of low-income clients • Supported legal research and argument writing for Asylum, VAWA, SIJS, T-Visa, and U-Visa immigration court cases • Filed work authorization and fee waiver applications to USCIS on behalf of low-income clients • Supported legal research and argument writing for Asylum, VAWA, SIJS, T-Visa, and U-Visa immigration court cases

Media and Communications Intern

• May 2016 - Aug 2016

• Conducted 40+ key informant interviews on the ground in Haiti via English-Creole interpreter • Catalogued the impact narratives of Haitian patients, students, and teachers connected to CCH • Conducted 40+ key informant interviews on the ground in Haiti via English-Creole interpreter • Catalogued the impact narratives of Haitian patients, students, and teachers connected to CCH