Experience

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  Maryland Department of Emergency Management (MDEM)

  • Baltimore County, Maryland, United States

  • Grants Administrator

    • Jan 2024 - Present
    • Baltimore County, Maryland, United States

    Grant Administrator for western Maryland region for the federal National Security Grant Program

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  Baltimore City Football Club

  • Managing Director

    • Oct 2022 - Present

    Founder and General Manager of the only Soccer club playing in the City of Baltimore, currently competing in the Eastern Premier Soccer League as part of NISA Nation.Financial Management: Responsible for managing the finances of the club, including budgeting, financial planning, and accounting, e...

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  Pan American Development Foundation

  • Program Coordinator

    • Nov 2022 - Feb 2023

    Supported general program management efforts, including report writing, budget tracking, drafting of contracts and agreements, and preparing payments for program activities and outputs.Assisted with the review and analysis of documents and information received from partners and/or field teams.Ass...

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  Lutheran World Relief

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Senior Program Associate - Humanitarian Assistance

    • Nov 2019 - Oct 2022
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    - Managing LWR's Material Resources Program, including coordinating shipments, ensuring appropriate warehousing and logistics of in-kind donations, and monitoring distributions of Material Resources - Providing administrative support to the LWR- IMA Emergency Operations unit - Providing emerg...

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  Mercy Corps

  • Puerto Rico

  • Disaster Risk Reduction and Resiliency & Humanitarian Affairs Assistant

    • Feb 2019 - Nov 2019
    • Puerto Rico

    Assisting Disaster Risk Resilience team with disaster preparedness programs & projects in Puerto Rico countering threats faced by the islands. - Common themes include effective preparation & response with community partners, (applied through evacuation drills, crisis-mapping workshops, e...

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  Kreisvolkshochschule Groß-Gerau

  • Groß Gerau, Germany

  • Federal Volunteer / Bundesfreiwilligendienstler (Office/Admin staff)

    • Nov 2018 - Feb 2019
    • Groß Gerau, Germany

    Document and file management, analysis for accounting preparation, customer service, German-exam proctor, simple graphic design, clerical/administrative tasks with the goal of assisting refugees, asylum seekers and new immigrants to the area with integration through German language education.

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  Institute of Crisis Management Studies (ICMS)

  • Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Research Intern

    • Jun 2017 - Sep 2017
    • Kathmandu, Nepal

    Journal Publication/Planning leader and lead for a United Kingdom Department for International Development scoping study proposal regarding vulnerability and resiliency of urban communities in Nepal. Included qualitative and quantitative metrics, surveys and interviews, coupled with a proposed bu...

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  The Santiago Times

  • Santiago Province, Chile

  • Freelance Writer

    • Jun 2016 - Sep 2016
    • Santiago Province, Chile

    Wrote articles, took photos, and helped new CEO during first weeks in the country with getting familiar, helping with translation, etc.

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  Consulate General Of Canada in Seattle

  • Seattle

  • Intern

    • May 2015 - Aug 2015
    • Seattle

    Research, liaison, communications, event planning, correspondence, and data organisation all furthering the interests of the Canadian Government in Pacific Northwestern United States of America

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  Pacific NorthWest Economic Region

  • Seattle

  • Intern

    • May 2015 - Aug 2015
    • Seattle

    Communication, event planning, event liaison, data organisation, and more leading up to the annual 2015 PNWER Summit in Big Sky, MT.The 2015 PNWER Summit (July 12-16) had over 500 attendees, including Ambassadors, CEOs, Presidents, Executives, Legislators, and many more people involved with the e...

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  U.S. Department of State

  • Dublin, Ireland

  • Summer Hire (Assistant Visa Clerk in Consular Section at Embassy of the U.S.A...

    • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011
    • Dublin, Ireland

    o Reviewed visa applications for completeness and affixed visas to passportso Sorted, filed and disposed of past visa applicationso Surveyed daily press for embassy officers

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  U.S. Department of State

  • Dublin, Ireland

  • Summer Hire (Mailroom assistant and telephone operator at the Embassy of the ...

    • Jul 2010 - Sep 2010
    • Dublin, Ireland

    o Assisted mailroom operators with sorting of ingoing and outgoing mail o Part-time Embassy switchboard operator