Selected Experience

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World Bank Health, Climate, Environment, and Disasters (HCED) Program

2022 - Present

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Consultant researching and writing on the health impacts of climate change in Papua New Guinea, Nepal, Cambodia, and Madagascar.

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Meedan Digital Health Lab

2020 - 2021

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Health literacy researcher producing the free database, LearnAboutCOVID19.org, to help reduce misinformation and increase access to scientifically-verified information during the current pandemic.

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Bloomberg City Leadership Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government

2020

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COVID-19 response and recovery fellow working to inform the development of inclusive city-level policies during the current pandemic.

 

ResilientAfrica Network

2018 - 2020

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Research collaborator for a Doctoral Engagement in Leadership and Translation for Action (DELTA) project on refugee health education in Kakuma, Kenya.

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Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health

2017 - 2019

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) fellow working on community engagement and accessible pathways to allyship.

Member of the Dean's Advisory Committee for Diversity and Inclusion (DACDI).

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Harvard Global Health Education and Learning Incubator

2016 - 2017

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Head teaching assistant for Professor Sue Goldie's online course on Global Health Challenges: Complexities of Evidence-Based Policy.

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Stanford Transformative Learning Technologies Lab

2014 - 2015

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Student research assistant, looking at qualitative data on the impact of a makerspace engaging youth from East Palo Alto in turning their ideas into reality.

 

Global Issues Network

2014 - present

 

Board of trustees member, supporting a network of students and teachers working on global challenges in international schools.

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MIT Climate CoLab

2013 - 2015

 

Fellow facilitating a competition to crowdsource climate adaptation solutions from around the world. Returning fellow in shifting attitudes and behaviors.

 

MIT D-Lab

2009 - 2017

 

Instructor of the D-Lab: Education (EC.717) and D-Lab: Biodiversity (EC. 714) courses. Trip Leader of undergraduate and graduate students to India, Cambodia, Nicaragua, Ghana, as well as curricula developer for staff-led projects Uganda and Sudan. Founder of the D-Lab Youth Program, which engaged thousands of primary and secondary school-age students in over 8 countries. Organizer of the Scale-Ups Practical Impact Alliance Co-Design Summit in Ghana.

 

Zimba, LLP - Water Social Enterprise in India

2009 - present

 

Co-founder, helping to design a reliable automatic chlorine dispenser that disinfects drinking water on a community-scale and launch a business to implement the technology in West Bengal and Orissa.

 

International Development Design Summits and Innovation Network

2008 - present

 

Summits advisory committee member, organizing collaborative design experiences that bring together innovators from over 50 countries. Network member, program participant and organizer of summits in the U.S., Ghana, Brazil, India, Colombia, Guatemala, and Uganda.

Languages

 

• Mandarin (Conversant)

• Spanish (Conversant)

• Portuguese (Conversant)

• Swahili (Conversant)

• Sudanese Arabic (Beginner)

• Hindi/Marathi/Bengali (Beginner)

• Twi (Beginner)

• French/Haitian Creole (Beginner)

Skills

 

• Design and Prototyping (Laser Cutting, Vinyl Cutting, 3D Printing, Visual Thinking, Etc.)

• Data Analysis (Stata, R, MATLAB, Tableau, Etc.)

• CITI Training: Social and Behavioral Responsible Conduct of Research, Human Subjects Research Protections

• Project Management for Development (PMD Pro) Certified

• Certified Community Mediator

• Certified Member of the Partners for Youth with Disabilities' Boston Inclusion Community

• Certified Level 10 in Piano with Music Teachers' Association of California

• Prior Certifications (To Be Renewed):

  • Wilderness First Aid & CPR Certified

  • Certified SolidWorks Associate

  • Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer