Experience

CHASING TWO RABBITS AT ONCE

• Executive Director

  • Sep 2015 - Present

  Lead strategy, operations, and technical quality assurance for social enterprise that partners with indigenous forager communities in Cameroon to create homegrown preschool programs. We have served over 1400 children to date in 20 villages, boosting school readiness and cultural pride for $0.50 per day. - Oversee and support creation of teaching and learning content. Manage team of linguists, voice actors, musicians, and storytellers to create and record interactive audio curriculum in the local language. Design and publish teacher resources such as guides and manipulatives. Train trainers and teachers on audio curriculum, best practices in early childhood care and education, and play-based learning. - Design and implement impact evaluation. Develop and coordinate implementation of 20-village impact evaluation over two years, including piloting and validation of data collection tools, training of enumerators, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. - Collaborate with the Ministry of Basic Education to align program with government priorities and approaches. - Build partnerships and portfolio, including raising over $350,000 in grants, competitions, and donations. Show less



FHI 360

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Officer II, Literacy and Learning

  • Jul 2017 - Jul 2019

  Develop and implement best practices in early learning and literacy field projects in Ghana and the DRC. Provide direct support to programs on evidence-based methods and strategies for improving literacy and early learning outcomes. Strengthen technical capacity in instruction, materials development, teacher professional development, and assessment at the country level, regionally, and with global program staff. Support early learning research agenda and contribute to knowledge base on early learning best practice. Contribute to proposal development and project design. Show less


Harvard University Graduate School of Education
• Student

  • Aug 2016 - May 2017


Chemonics International

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager: DRC ACCELERE! Project; Education and Youth Practice

  • May 2015 - Aug 2016

  Accès, Lecture, Retention, et Redevabilité (ACCELERE!) Project:Provided technical and operational support for a 5-year $130 million early grade reading program in 25 sub-provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Managed operations and logistics of implementation at scale, including strategies and procurements for textbook delivery, teacher training cascades, continuous teacher professional development, and collaborations with the Ministry of Education. Identified staffing needs, developed scopes of work, recruited and on-boarded technical and operational personnel. Wrote reports and conducted extended field assignments to support technical and logistical priorities, including field office start-up, staff training, and work planning. Ensured compliance with project contract and adherence to scope of work. Education and Youth Practice: Supported project management, business development, and research to enhance project performance, internal technical capacity, and proposal quality in education and youth work. Tracked and shared knowledge on industry trends, promising partner organizations and consultants, and best practices in international educational development. Supported business development through: tracking forward market; conducting primary and secondary research, developing partnering strategies, recruiting technical expertise; and ensuring synthesis across technical approach, management plan, staffing, and cost elements. Supported proposal design in Nepal, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, and Senegal. Conducted education sector assessment in Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar through field-based interviews and focus groups, and desk research. Prepared and delivered trainings on education policy, literacy development, and evidence-based practices. Supported creation of indicator analysis tool for developing education and youth project monitoring and evaluation plans. Show less

• Associate, East Africa Division

  • May 2013 - May 2015

  Provided support and backstopping to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) project offices in Haiti and Afghanistan, including in management of project administration, procurement, finance and accounting, personnel, and staff capacity building. Conducted budget monitoring and forecasting, including oversight and management of shared security platform costs in Afghanistan. Ensured that project activities are compliant with Chemonics and USAID policy and contract requirements. Supported new business efforts for education-related projects. Show less



World Wide Fund for Nature

• Belgium
• Business Consulting and Services

• Indigenous Education Consultant

  • Oct 2012 - Jan 2013

  Conducted intensive field study on challenges and opportunities in education access and achievement for indigenous (Baka) hunter-gatherers in Cameroon. Conducted literature review on education approaches for indigenous children, traditional and modern educations in Baka communities, and Baka anthropology. Designed research tools including surveys and focus group questionnaires, and identified target populations. Led coding and quantitative analysis of data. Co-authored report of findings for consideration by Cameroonian parliament. Show less



US Fulbright Student Program

• Research Fellow

  • Oct 2011 - Jul 2012

  Designed and conducted participative anthropological research on forest-based and school-based educations, empowerment, childhood, and human rights with Baka hunter-gatherers in Cameroon. Developed and applied child-centered research strategies, including methods for consent, structuring queries, and analyzing data. Conducted more than 100 interviews with teachers, parents, government representatives and nonprofits; analyzed quantitative and qualitative data on enrollment, attendance, and test scores. Wrote report on findings for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of human rights. . Show less


Georgetown University
• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Student

  • 2007 - 2011