Experience

Washington Project for the Arts

• United States
• Artists and Writers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Gallery Assistant

  • Nov 2022 - Present



Tsedaye Studio

• Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Studio Assistant

  • Jan 2023 - Present



Addis Fine Art

• United Kingdom
• Museums
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Oct 2021 - Mar 2022

  Gallery assistant for a contemporary art gallery specializing in art from the Horn of Africa and its diaspora. Responsibilities include assisting supervisors with front of house operations, research, curatorial writing, and administration. Gallery assistant for a contemporary art gallery specializing in art from the Horn of Africa and its diaspora. Responsibilities include assisting supervisors with front of house operations, research, curatorial writing, and administration.



Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

• Research Fellow

  • Apr 2019 - May 2021

  - Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Presentation, 2019, "Identity Formation & Belonging in the Queer African Diaspora: An Analysis of South-South Migration and Citizenship in South Africa” - MMUF Northeast Regional Conference, 2020, “Digital Diasporas” - Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Presentation, 2019, "Identity Formation & Belonging in the Queer African Diaspora: An Analysis of South-South Migration and Citizenship in South Africa” - MMUF Northeast Regional Conference, 2020, “Digital Diasporas”



Verité

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Intern

  • Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

  Intern at a non-profit and civil society organization dedicated to improving conditions for workers worldwide, across a variety of industries. Responsibilities include: country/industry research, stakeholder mapping, researching various commodities, and data entry. Intern at a non-profit and civil society organization dedicated to improving conditions for workers worldwide, across a variety of industries. Responsibilities include: country/industry research, stakeholder mapping, researching various commodities, and data entry.



Smith College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Researcher

  • Jan 2019 - May 2019

  Student researcher as part of the anthropology methods course. The topic of research was disability and inclusion at Smith College. Methods that were used included participant observation, interviews, and focus groups with diverse members of the Smith community. This work culminated into an advocacy brief I wrote examining the role of professors in issues of disability and inclusion at Smith College. Student researcher as part of the anthropology methods course. The topic of research was disability and inclusion at Smith College. Methods that were used included participant observation, interviews, and focus groups with diverse members of the Smith community. This work culminated into an advocacy brief I wrote examining the role of professors in issues of disability and inclusion at Smith College.