Experience

Immigration Policy Lab

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications Manager

  • Feb 2023 - Present



Freelance

• Cairo, Egypt

• Communications Consultant

  • Dec 2022 - Jan 2023



Eskolta School Research and Design

• United States
• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Communications Manager

  • Dec 2021 - Dec 2022

• Manager of Communications and Design

  • Aug 2015 - Dec 2021

  Branding, art direction, and graphic design for conferences, fundraising campaigns, annual reports, data visualizations, brochures, presentations, and website graphics. Event photography, digital retouching, and digital illustration for in-house and client work. Develop annual marketing plan, writing, editing content for external communications, including editorial pieces with and for the executive director, fundraising campaigns, technical reports, annual report copy, and content for social media, blog posts, and newsletters.Pitched editorial pieces and managed outreach to press for pieces published in Washington Post, EdWeek, and Governing MagazineRecruitment, outreach, registration, branding, and event planning for the annual NYC Transfer School Conference (900-1000 attendees), including recruitment of 20+ local and national organizations as presentersSpecialties: communications | art direction | graphic design | digital illustration | branding Show less

• Project Associate

  • Sep 2013 - Jul 2015

  • Conducted recruitment, outreach, registration, branding, and event planning for the NYC Transfer School Conference (800-900 attendees)• Facilitated weekly inquiry cycles with teachers using design thinking/improvement science• Developed classroom tools, research briefs, data reports, and wrote case studies• Conducted 60+ structured interviews, drafted report findings

• Program Intern

  • Oct 2012 - Aug 2013

  • Co-authored program evaluation studying the effects of a career-readiness program implemented in 71 schools in New York City on graduation rates; co-designed study framework, and conducted statistical analysis.• Analyzed grading standards and developed a tool for school staff to determine areas of overlap across disciplines and adjust grading standards. • Authored a white paper on blended learning practices using feedback from focus groups and interviews with school staff and students.



Maddox Jolie-PItt Foundation

• Battambang, Cambodia

• Rural Business Development Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  • Conducted a value chain analysis and designed a sustainable horticulture project plan. • Designed research instruments, conducted field interviews on local cash crop production, and established partnerships with clients and training partners. • Conducted a value chain analysis and designed a sustainable horticulture project plan. • Designed research instruments, conducted field interviews on local cash crop production, and established partnerships with clients and training partners.



The DREAM Project DR

• Dominican Republic
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Consultant

  • Feb 2012 - May 2012

  • Designed study framework, coordinated data collection, and conducted household surveys. • Analyzed math and language data, public school grades, and socioeconomic indicators. • Drafted a report of study results, providing recommendations for changes in programming and future evaluations. • Designed study framework, coordinated data collection, and conducted household surveys. • Analyzed math and language data, public school grades, and socioeconomic indicators. • Drafted a report of study results, providing recommendations for changes in programming and future evaluations.



El Alba Bilingual School

• Elementary School Teacher

  • Jan 2011 - Jun 2011

  Comayagua, Honduras • Instructed 2nd-6th grade students individually and in groups in art, math, science, English and spelling using standard U.S. textbooks. Comayagua, Honduras • Instructed 2nd-6th grade students individually and in groups in art, math, science, English and spelling using standard U.S. textbooks.



Peace Corps

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Protected Areas Management Volunteer

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2010

  Environmental Education/Ecotourism Development: • Designed and illustrated educational materials for a national park including brochures, maps, and interpretive posters. • Developed and taught lesson plans on ecotourism and environmental practices to 115 6th and 12th grade students. • Facilitated workshops for 149 students and 12 teachers, and coordinated a high school field trip to evaluate ecotourism facilities at a protected area. Women’s Health/Income Generation: • Coordinated a women’s group on reproductive and sexual health. • Conducted training sessions on business skills and craft production to 33 members of two women’s cooperatives and wrote funding proposals. • Organized Peace Corps Women Leaders in Agriculture Conference (22 participants) and facilitated workshops on health and nutrition. Show less