Experience

Strong Girls United Women

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• COO

  • Dec 2019 - Present

  At Strong Girls, United Women we work to fulfill the simple idea that all women and girls are valuable. All should live a life of their choosing, free from pain, physical threat, and fear. At Strong Girls, United Women we work to fulfill the simple idea that all women and girls are valuable. All should live a life of their choosing, free from pain, physical threat, and fear.



International Institute of New England

• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Sep 2006 - Jun 2013

  IINE is the oldest immigrant and refugee service agency in the region with offices in Boston and Lowell, Massachusetts and Manchester, NH IINE is the oldest immigrant and refugee service agency in the region with offices in Boston and Lowell, Massachusetts and Manchester, NH



Northeastern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Course Leader

  • Jul 2005 - Dec 2008

  Co-developed and led a Dialogs in Civilization course comparing the role of civil society in Benin, West Africa and the US. Supervised NEU students during service-learning in Benin and language learning in Paris. Co-developed and led a Dialogs in Civilization course comparing the role of civil society in Benin, West Africa and the US. Supervised NEU students during service-learning in Benin and language learning in Paris.



International Institute for Justice and Development

• United States
• International Affairs

• Principal Investigator

  • Jan 2004 - Sep 2006

  Researched and wrote a Conditions of Detention report for the IIJD contracted by the Republic of Benin to assess the carceral system within the country. Brief included site visits to prisons; interviews with incarcerated; inspections for conditions deficits and human rights violations. Briefed Ministers of Justice and Human Rights. Researched and wrote a Conditions of Detention report for the IIJD contracted by the Republic of Benin to assess the carceral system within the country. Brief included site visits to prisons; interviews with incarcerated; inspections for conditions deficits and human rights violations. Briefed Ministers of Justice and Human Rights.



Boston College Law School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Supervising Attorney

  • Sep 1997 - May 1999

  Supervised law students representing asylum seekers in the Boston College Immigration and Asylum Project (BCIAP) legal clinic. Represented immigrant detainees in conditions of detention challenges in the Northeast region. Represented asylees and others in immigration proceedings. This position was funded through the Jesuit Refugee Services as a two year fellowship. Supervised law students representing asylum seekers in the Boston College Immigration and Asylum Project (BCIAP) legal clinic. Represented immigrant detainees in conditions of detention challenges in the Northeast region. Represented asylees and others in immigration proceedings. This position was funded through the Jesuit Refugee Services as a two year fellowship.