Account Executive at Locality (2025-01 – Present)
- Manage a full portfolio of client accounts from prospecting through execution, building negotiation and relationship management skills applicable to donor stewardship.
Fundraising & Project Supervisor at Denizens Society (2024-01 – Present)
- Oversee a team of five in the planning, budgeting, and execution of a 150-person fundraising event supporting displaced Palestinian children.
- Manage full event lifecycle including logistics, vendor coordination, and stakeholder communications from concept to delivery.
- Provide structured mentorship to student team members, maintaining accountability across deliverables and timelines.
Practicum Researcher at IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation (2025-01 – 2025-07)
- Worked within the Partnerships and Protection Units, synthesizing information from UN-led coordination meetings related to Syria and Sudan into structured briefing notes summarizing operational updates, funding gaps, and coordination challenges for senior leadership.
- Researched alternative and emerging partnership models in the humanitarian sector, comparatively analyzing INGO partnership structures against the five principles of equitable partnership established by the Global Humanitarian Platform, with a focus on transparency and accountability in financial flows to local partners.
Program & Volunteer Coordinator at Bethel Center (2022-12 – 2024-08)
- Coordinated volunteers and services for unhoused community members, responding to fluctuating needs and limited resources while maintaining standards of care.
- Served as emergency contact for the soup kitchen, sourcing volunteers and food supplies at short notice and maintaining a rotating volunteer list to keep meal service running without interruption.
Operations & Safety Coordinator at Roots (2023-12 – 2024-04)
- Designed and piloted a multilingual safety induction for an international volunteer workforce. Documented daily service conditions and created standardized WASH operation checklists that shortened handover time and ensured consistent safety compliance.
- Assisted in filming and subtitling instructional videos on clean water station setup and coordinated across multilingual volunteer teams and other NGOs within a fast-paced, high-pressure field environment.
Research Assistant at Southern Connecticut State University (2021-09 – 2022-05)
- Designed survey instruments and managed confidential data collection and recordkeeping using Excel and SPSS. Prepared audience-tailored research summaries for faculty and external stakeholders.
Community Engagement Intern at Intercultural Language Centre (2019-09 – 2019-12)
- Led a documentary portrait photography project with migrant communities; outputs were adopted into educational programming, demonstrating storytelling and community relationship skills.
- Facilitated outreach and engagement with culturally diverse participants, staff, and volunteers.
