• Collaborated with authors to review technical briefing papers, national action plans, and reports assessing the human rights impact of small arms, ensuring gender dimensions align with institutional frameworks and standards.
• Strengthened government capacity to mitigate the risk of illicit arms flows and armed violence, refining multiple donor-funded publications on social and governance issues.

• Advised state agencies on public policies and shaped response strategies in humanitarian emergency contexts, analyzing policy impacts and collaborating across teams to support 400K+ vulnerable individuals.
• Facilitated cooperation and decision-making with external partners, leveraging data to report critical information to senior leadership teams, inform rapid responses, and advocate for increased operational readiness.
• Led coordination efforts with medical operations teams to swiftly adapt operational policies for emerging infectious disease outbreaks, ensuring equitable health interventions and vaccine uptake.
• Designed and managed an end-of-mission evaluation and after-action reviews, identifying best practices and providing actionable guidance for effective crisis management.
• Drafted high-level strategic communications for senior officials, creating clarity during crises through timely situation reports and trainings.

*Contract was via Hagerty Consulting and MSS.

• Evaluated an Iraq-based program by analyzing data from 182 interviews and conducting a comparative analysis with the baseline assessment, assessing the human rights impact of return and reintegration and drafting social cohesion findings.
• Delivered an evidence-based mid-term evaluation report within 2 weeks to meet government donor requirements, enhancing evaluation methodologies and informing governance frameworks for community stabilization.

• Published 27 blog articles on investment migration governance through comprehensive policy analysis across 100+ countries, increasing SEO and reaching 300M+ readers. Tailored content for diverse clients and managed a novel edit.

• Streamlined operations to increase capacity from 10K to 30K samples in one month, coordinating diagnostic kit supply chain and warehouse logistics to increase equitable access to COVID-19 testing and public health safety. Verified health data.

• Advanced IOM’s global disaster risk reduction (DRR) programming, representing IOM in inter-agency meetings to maintain partnerships with other UN agencies and ensure alignment with a human rights-based approach.
• Led the writing and publication of an annual DRR report incorporating gender perspectives, evaluating progress against institutional framework indicators for 102 projects valued at $251M and assisting 4.6M individuals across 65 countries.
• Collaborated with external partners in the CADRI Secretariat to develop a digital human mobility tool for multi-sectoral capacity assessments, improving preparedness mechanisms for DRR.
• Developed a data collection strategy and provided technical contributions, enhancing reporting for a global stocktake of IOM’s DRR performance across 83 projects valued at $287M and assisting 6.2M individuals in 43 countries.
• Acted as a DRR-migration focal point to field offices, coordinated technical inputs for monitoring and reporting.

Refined 30 e-learning modules focused on inclusive economic growth, sustainability, and gender equality in low- and middle-income countries, enabling harmonization and structural cohesion for effective learning.

*Consultancy was partially in parallel to earning my MA degree.

Designed a marketing strategy for the CEO for EU Ecolabel-certified products, contributing to the UN SDGs and sustainable production. Conducted 100+ stakeholder interviews, analyzed market research data, and supervised 2 consultants.

*Consultancy was partially in parallel to earning my MBA degree.

• Advised executive leadership teams and influenced decision-making by delivering business cases and actionable insights, formulating health reform policy changes into strategic guidance for accessible, affordable, and quality health products.
• Led the design and launch of a health coverage portfolio to increase access to health services, gaining state health authority approval and negotiating vendor contracts to contribute to a 17% membership growth.
• Managed the Choice Portfolio and collaborated with cross-functional teams to create policies, care impact assessments, marketing strategies, and accessible pricing models, strengthening health equity and public health system resilience.
• Directed product and policy implementation into health information systems and created reporting dashboards, ensuring compliance with business and regulatory requirements to meet KPIs.
• Recommended enhancements for product positioning, prioritizing health equity and gender equality.

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII: Temporary Research & Fiscal Appointments (2007 – 2008); VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS: Research Associate (2004 – 2007); ALTHEA TECHNOLOGIES: Manufacturing Technician (2003 – 2004); VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS: Research Assistant (2002 – 2003); UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS & CLINICS: Student Laboratory Assistant (2000 – 2001).

• Led biotechnology dose response projects to develop treatments for serious diseases, conducting complex data analysis to enable reliable findings for medicines to reach the market.
• Built partnerships by collaborating with cross-functional teams and database projects to manage expectations and recommend improvements. Supervised a small team of research interns.
• Doubled project efficiency, developing methodologies to streamline processes and implement prioritization strategies.
• Conducted molecular biology experiments and utilized analytical skills to advance research in cardiovascular disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Hepatitis C, and liver toxicity.