Resume
Work & Project
Experience
2024
2021-2024
2024
2023
2023
2022
2021-2022
2019-2021
2019
2018
2016-2017
Lead Learning Designer
LearnJam
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Joining forces with LearnJam leadership to design a Regenerative Futures fellowship for the Royal Society of Arts Spark Program. More details to come!
Lead Facilitator & Learning Designer
Changemakerxchange
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Lead facilitator on Changemakerxchange’s Changemakers for the Planet Summits since 2023 (Germany in 2023, Sweden in 2024 and USA/Canada in 2025) in partnership with Apple and SAP.
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Design diverse facilitation methods for Changemakers for the Planet summits which integrate systems thinking, knowledge exchange and co-creation.
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Design and facilitate sessions on futures thinking and strategic foresight for 100+ facilitators.
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Coordinate & facilitate Care Team initiative with a focus on supporting mental health needs of 3000+ community members.
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Designed & hosted co-creation summit for 25 Changemakers in Berlin which resulted in strengthened connections and community culture amongst generations of community members.
Project Lead, Hospicing Systems
Collective Imagination Practice Community
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Co-creation and co-design of a practical yet playful set of tools and methods to facilitate Collective Imagination conversations about the role of care in systems change. To be published in December 2024.
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Research and inspiration includes Vanessa Andreotti’s “Hosicping Systems”, Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures, Imagination Manifesto, and concepts from the “Mushroom at the End of the World” by Anna Tsing.
Lead Facilitator
WOW Foundation
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Designed & Facilitated two 90-minute sessions for WOW Foundation's Young Leaders Convening. 80 girls and young people joined to explore the Future of their Well-Being.
Facilitator, Systems Exchange
IRC Wash
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Designed week-long side-session for IRC Wash All Systems Connect Symposium which engaged high-level government officials from Mozambique, Ethiopia, Malawi and Nepal in agile methodology to develop and exchange on National WASH Systems strategies.
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Co-created final two days of sessions with participants which resulted in cross-national knowledge sharing activities and dialogues.
Head of Innovation & Projects
Re:Coded
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Developed & lead project process design including prioritization, retrospection & reporting for Programs at Re:Coded.
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Designed & implemented innovation systems including student journey mapping and role utilization modelling.
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Facilitated culture best-practice meetings & discussions specifically as it relates to collaboration and creative problem solving.
Senior Program Manager
Re:Coded
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Passionately managed & mentored a six person team of learning designers, educators and project managers implementing design bootcamps in Iraq & Turkey.
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Project managed design, implementation & reporting for five design programs overseeing entire life cycle of 150+ students from outreach to career support across Turkey & Iraq.
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Developed feedback loops for collaborators & team members to ensure programs were documenting lessons-learned and using data to drive decision-making.
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Managed high-level partners including but not limited to USAID, ACTED & the German Development Agency (GIZ). Duties included managing meetings, outreach, writing success stories, reporting and program design in tandem with each donor.
Program Manager
Re:Coded
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Created a pilot design education program for women in Northern Iraq as a tool for Mental Health support. Transitioned both the content of this program & the team leading it from in-person to digital during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Launched Re:Coded's first fully remote bootcamp & successfully maintained a 100% student retention rate. Oversaw digital outreach, retention and career-support of learners.
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Doubled in size Re:Coded's global design team & took the lead in team hiring and management.
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Drove design as a new area of growth across all Re:Coded operating countries both internally and externally.
Co-Founder & Operations Lead
Startup Migrants
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Lead strategy on growth of EMEA data and case-making initiatives.
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Coordinated operations for internal business development and external partnerships.
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Represented company in international settings both as a migration expert and adviser.
Programme Assistant
United Nations Development Program
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Provided program development strategy and innovation support to the Gender and Youth Program Manager for UNDP Arab States Youth Leadership Progamme.
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Developed impact and evaluation survey instruments multiple Gender and Youth programs.
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Contributed analysis of youth innovation UAE Green Economy Report 2019.
Malala Fund
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Supported creation of Girl Advocate Programme strategy and Advocate Guide.
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Supported implementation of numerous high-level global events including, but not limited to, Malala Fund side-events at the UN General Assembly.
Education
2014 - 2017
2017
2022
2023
2024
Goucher College | Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Political Science
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International Scholars Program
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Recipient of the 2017 Martha A. Nichols Award for Leadership
SIT | School for International Training | Morocco
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Semester program on Transnational Identity and Migration in Morocco & Sub-Sahara Africa.
Service Design College | Mastering Service Design
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10-week certificate program covering in-depth process of Service Design and systems approaches to Service Design practice.
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Coached by Service Designer leaders including Diana Seaver (Head of Service Design at Philips), Ana Kirah (Service Design Pioneer @ Boeing and Microsoft) and Bassam Jabry (Head of Chemistry Design Studio).
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Successfully complete client project and pitch with global carmaker Polestar discovering the future of mobility and it's impact on the electric vehicle industry.
Institute for the Future | Strategic Foresight
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6-week certificate program (27+ hours) covering in-depth cycle of Strategic Foresight and tools.
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High-level instruction from Institute for the Future directors working across fields from Future of Learning to Future of Food.
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Included weekly assignments that received feedback from peers and instructors.
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Culminated in an independent Futures Project (in-progress).
Institute for Design (IED) | Innovation & Futures Thinking
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2-week Summer Intensive (70+ hours) covering sensing, participatory futures, scenerio planning, narrative crafting and experiential futures.
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High-level instruction from top global Futurists: John V Wilshire, Toban Shadlyn, Susan Cox-Smith, Nyangala Zolho, Nic Holden and Cristina Bifano.
Certification
Online Facilitation | Changemakerxchange
In-person Facilitation | Changemakerxchange
Facilitation Qualification | Horizontal School by mitost
Mental Health First Responder | MHFA International
Facilitation Certification | Climate Fresk
Skills
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Learning experience design (online/in-person)
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Strategic Foresight & Futures Thinking
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Design thinking & Design Sprint Methodology
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Group dynamics
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Well-being discovery & Facilitation
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Advanced in Mural, Figjam, Miro, Notion, Asana and Slack.
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Emergent Strategy
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People management
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Team-building
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Collaboration design (online and in-person)
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Non-Violent Communication practice & Facilitation
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Co-creation & participatory design
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Climate Fresk