Experience

International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia Climate School

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Associate

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  New York, United States •Coordinated activities of a $5 million project focused on improving food security using climate information in Latin America with international partners and government agencies •Prepared training material on climate basics and climate services for the agricultural extensionists •Implemented capacity building workshop on budgeting and decision-making tools in the Guatemalan agricultural sector •Organized and implemented strategic partners meetings representing IRI in meetings with… Show more •Coordinated activities of a $5 million project focused on improving food security using climate information in Latin America with international partners and government agencies •Prepared training material on climate basics and climate services for the agricultural extensionists •Implemented capacity building workshop on budgeting and decision-making tools in the Guatemalan agricultural sector •Organized and implemented strategic partners meetings representing IRI in meetings with World Food Program, Red Cross, Center for Tropical Agriculture, national meteorological services of Colombia and Guatemala •Developed concept notes and proposals for projects pertaining to climate risk management in agriculture, nutrition, and health •Worked with the Colombia Ministry of Health to identify climate and non-climate predictors for a forecast and monitoring system for the number of Dengue cases in Colombia per department •Leading work with the National Coffee Association of Guatemala for a coffee yield forecast system in Guatemala •Consulted USAID on Climate Strategy 2022 and green jobs, and APEC Policy Partnership on food security strategies Show less



Columbia University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• GIS Teaching Assistent

  • Jan 2020 - May 2020

  Greater New York City Area



East-West Management Institute

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Graduate Consultant

  • Nov 2019 - May 2020

  New York City Metropolitan Area, Cambodia •Produced a set of guidelines for natural resources collaborative management for Cambodia. •Researched best practices for natural resource conservation, community engagement and livelihoods.



Alef Advisory

• Middle East Political Analyst

  • Oct 2019 - Dec 2019

  Greater New York City Area •Produced a report on the Lebanese economic and political crisis using secondary and primary research methods. •Conducted secondary research on the future of the Iraqi energy sector and Gulf states security.



International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia Climate School

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Food Security Consultant

  • Jun 2019 - Sep 2019

  Guatemala •Created a map of stakeholders in the Guatemalan agricultural process. •Conducted 9 workshops on understanding climate information. •Identified agricultural needs for each of the seven regions of Guatemala.



Columbia | SIPA

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2018 - Aug 2019

  Greater New York City Area •Analyzed 1000 files of ISIS audio and video communication for a set of pre-defined recruitment themes. •Translated 856 transcripts (Arabic-English) •Detected ISIS's top five most successful recruitment methods.



Middlebury College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Resident Coordinator

  • Aug 2017 - Jul 2018

  Amman Governorate, Jordan •Designed a one-week course on countering violence extremism and another course on tribes in Jordan. •Planned and implemented two orientation sessions. •Secured volunteering and internship opportunities for 54 students. •Established relationships with 17 local families to host students throughout their time in Jordan.



IREX

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

  Amman Governorate, Jordan •Collected and organized documentation for 86 sub-grants for the Takamol program. •Analyzed the success factors of 64 results of the sub-grants program for the Takamol program.



Middlebury College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Arabic Language Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2015 - May 2017

  Middlebury, VT-USA •Lead Arabic classes for first years twice a week. •Designed and ran a workshop on Levantine Arabic dialect during the winter semester of 2016. •Organized extracurricular Arab culture themed social events three times a week. •Created and presented the weekly Arabic radio show.



Nathan, a Cadmus Company

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Program Coordinator

  • Sep 2014 - Aug 2015

  Amman, Jordan •Composed two quarterly reports and 17 business cases for activities for USAID Jordan Fiscal Reform Project. •Contracted six consultants. •Organized two launch events and eight training of trainers. •Interpreted (English-Arabic) for US home office consultants. •Processed payroll. tax and social security for three local employees.



Shuttlers Badminton Academy

• Assistant Coach

  • Sep 2012 - Aug 2015

  Amman, Jordan



Al Mashriq Center for Arabic Language Instruction

• Assistant Teacher

  • Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

  Amman, Jordan Teacher of the Arabic language in both the formal and non-formal dialect to non Arabic speakers.



Art Medium

• Jordan
• Entertainment Providers

• Intern

  • Aug 2013 - Sep 2013

  Amman, Jordan Assisting in the organization of Art Week Amman and Mashrou' Leila concert. Arranging meetings, arranging for schools to attend lectures and workshops organized by Art Medium during AWA, translation of documents from English to Arabic and vice versa.