Experience

Hesperian Health Guides

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • 2014 - Present

  Berkeley California The New Where There Is No Doctor Hesperian is developing a new 21st-century edition of our hallmark publication to address global health challenges that were not present when Where There Is No Doctor was written. This resource will retain the comprehensive approach, practicality, and accessibility of the original book while integrating new information on the mostly preventable and treatable diseases that continue to take an enormous toll on the world’s poorest people. View advance chapters… Show more The New Where There Is No Doctor Hesperian is developing a new 21st-century edition of our hallmark publication to address global health challenges that were not present when Where There Is No Doctor was written. This resource will retain the comprehensive approach, practicality, and accessibility of the original book while integrating new information on the mostly preventable and treatable diseases that continue to take an enormous toll on the world’s poorest people. View advance chapters of the New Where There Is No Doctor. - http://en.hesperian.org/hhg/New_Where_There_Is_No_Doctor Show less



The Multicultural Institute (MI)

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Director

  • 2004 - 2014

  Berkeley California Program planning, grant-writing, and contract management for non-profit supporting immigrant workers (Mexican and Central American day laborer population), providing after-school programs, other immigrant outreach/services, and adult education programs.



UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

• Switzerland
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Program Officer

  • 1992 - 2000

  Guatemala City, Guatemala Coordinated with UN, governmental, and private agencies to provide humanitarian aid and projects for returning refugees. Specialized in land tenure issues, women’s community participation, and community conflict resolution. Represented UNHCR as mediator in negotiation sessions between Guatemalan government and refugee groups. Planning, statistical reporting, financial control, and logistics of repatriation movements. Conducted one-year evaluation process and write-up, published by UNHCR Geneva.… Show more Coordinated with UN, governmental, and private agencies to provide humanitarian aid and projects for returning refugees. Specialized in land tenure issues, women’s community participation, and community conflict resolution. Represented UNHCR as mediator in negotiation sessions between Guatemalan government and refugee groups. Planning, statistical reporting, financial control, and logistics of repatriation movements. Conducted one-year evaluation process and write-up, published by UNHCR Geneva. Posted as UNHCR specialist on refugees and displaced persons to the United Nations-supported Guatemala Commission for Historical Clarification (CEH) to contribute research and writings to final report (1999). Show less



Asociacion para el Avance de las Ciencias Sociales en Guatemala AVANCSO

• Researcher

  • 1988 - 1992

  Guatemala Researched two consecutive team projects related to Guatemala’s populations displaced by war and violence for Guatemalan social science research institute. Conducted extensive rural fieldwork, data gathering and interviewing. Participated in research design, write-up and editing for publications (in Spanish).



Oxfam America

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Program Assistant, Central American and Caribbean Program

  • 1985 - 1987

  Boston Massachusetts Assisted in administration of seven-country, grants program from Boston office. Maintained communication with counterpart agencies and traveled to Central America to monitor funded development projects.