Consulting

World Bank Group

2023-Present

Contracted to support the Education and Climate Change team through qualitative research to better understand the priorities of climate education activists and civil society leaders across the global South.

Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) Programme

2021-Present

Housed at the Oxford Blavatnik School of Government and contracted by Oxford Policy Management at the Oxford to conduct secondary research and co-author multiple working papers on improving educational systems, as well as drafting additional blog posts in support of working paper dissemination efforts.

A.I.S.E. Consulting

2020-Present

Worked as an education specialist with a multidisciplinary team to conduct a baseline survey to support  Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) Malala Funded project aimed at mitigating the COVID-19 impacts on Girls’ education, sexual and reproductive health, and mental wellbeing in six Nigerian States. Currently working on a historical case study that examines the work of the Bernard van Leer Foundation in Peru to ensure that babies, toddlers and the people who care for them have a good start in life.

KIOO Project      

2016-Present

As Curriculum and MERL (Monitoring Evaluation, Research, and Learning) Advisor, developed participatory photography curriculum and monitoring and evaluation protocols for youth and gender empowerment programming for adolescents in resource-limited settings with project pilots in Uganda, Ethiopia, Brooklyn, Kenya, and India.

World Food Programme/UN REACH  

2014-15

Conducted external Capacity Gap Assessment mission to Nepal for World Food Programme to map existing gaps in functional capacities among 7 government ministries, donors, external development partners, civil society, academia and private sector alliances to ramp up implementation of the Multi Sectoral Nutrition Plan on behalf of UN REACH: Ending Child Hunger and Undernutrition Partnership. 

Earth Institute/1 Million Community Health Workers Campaign                    

2013

Developed online and mobile training materials for frontline health workers in resource-limited settings worldwide. Introduced best practices for adult learners in behavior change curriculum deployed to over 1,100 Community Health Workers in 11 Millennium Villages across sub-Saharan Africa.

Yspaniola  

2012-13

Led consultant team of 5 education specialists on creation of community-based literacy tutor training and handbooks to support emerging literacy skills of a local volunteer tutor team in a rural Haitian-Dominican batey community. 

Millennium Villages Project, Mbola                     

2012

Developed and executed a process evaluation of Community Education Worker pilot in the Mbola village cluster in the Western Tanzanian drylands, leading to drastic restructuring of program training and protocols in subsequent multi-country scaleup. Led participatory photography and creative writing workshops with partner organization Connect To Learn.