Resume
Below, you will find my experience as it directly relates to user experience research. For a look at my broader experience, please see my LinkedIn profile.
Work Experience
Advisor, Scientific and Technical Division
Ipas
2018 - Present
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Developed the three-year organizational strategy using UCD methodologies, which effectively set parameters for programmatic work, fundraising, and M&E for all staff.
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Created organization-level strategies for Ipas’s work with young adolescents, climate change, and telehealth through collaborative engagement and interviews with key staff and desk reviews.
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Served on the internal ‘Design Thinking Steering Committee’, which was responsible for providing UCD and UX orientations, building staff skills, and promoting an exchange of best practices across the organization.
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Created an internal toolkit for UCD & Design Thinking processes and resources, including prototyping, testing, user research strategies, and facilitation of design workshops.
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Established a community of practice for 250+ internal/external facilitators of values clarification and attitude transformation (VCAT) workshops, led by a shared leadership team of international staff.
Coordinator, Technical Excellence Department
Ipas
2016 - 2018
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Led the creation of an online training course for Ipas’s Social and Behavior Change content, including UI.
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Contributed to Ipas’s Stigma Toolkit and Social and Behavior Change User Guide, including guidance on UX design, provision of content, editing, and review.
Associate, Health Systems
Ipas
2014 - 2016
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Established the new Francophone regional program as a core member of the start-up team.
Americorps VISTA, NC Migrant Education Program
Department of Public Instruction
2012 - 2013
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Designed and implemented an English as a Second Language curriculum for migrant farmworkers, informed by key needs and interests from migrant workers and their families.
Intern, Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research
Duke University
2011
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Developed and conducted qualitative surveys with NC health centers to support grant submissions.
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Created a new ACCESS database to compile all clinics and services for HIV/AIDS patients in all regions of NC.
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Connected people to low-cost transportation services to access crucial health facilities through prototyping, testing, and distributing key materials, community outreach events, and interviews with key stakeholders.
Project Coordinator
CIPFEM
2010
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Created and implemented an afterschool curriculum in French for adolescent girls based on their identified needs and interests.
​Project Coordinator
Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRPH)
2010
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Developed and implemented various lessons to include in the Adolescent Girls Program curriculum, based on the needs and interests of the program members.
Professional Development
Designing Strategy
IDEO
2022
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Participated in online UCD course to support strategic problem solving at an organizational level.
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Cultivated skills to build and conduct various tests on prototypes to select strategies and support teams in taking action towards strategic goals.
Design Thinking & User-Centered Design Fellowship
Ipas
2021
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Participated in an Ipas internal fellowship on design thinking and UCD alongside 19 international colleagues.
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Completed a bridge project highlighting core concepts of design thinking learned throughout the fellowship, including survey design, user research methods, interviews, prototyping, testing, and design workshops
Maguire Fellowship
Ipas
2015 -2016
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Developed a mixed-methods survey to collect data on provider and government stakeholder perceptions of abortion and contraception in various Indian states.
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Led training for staff responsible for collecting survey data on key stakeholder perceptions.
Education
Northeastern University | Master’s Degree
December 2018
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Master of Science in Global Studies and International Relations: Development and Global Health & Sub-Saharan Africa Concentrations. GPA 4.0
Elon University | Bachelor’s Degree
May 2012
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Bachelor of Arts in International Studies: Sub-Saharan African Concentration. Minors in Public Health & African American Studies.