Resume
Work
Experience
2023-2024
2022
2020 - 2022
2019 - 2020
2017- 2019
2017
2016
Facilitator & Service Designer
Self-Employed
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(in-progress) Coordination & facilitation of Care Team initiative for global Changemakerxchange facilitators and summits.
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Design, coordination & facilitation of Changemakerxchange's Homecoming Gathering in Berlin.
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Co-Design & Co-Facilitation of Changemakers for the Planet 2024 Summit in partnership with Changemakerxchange & Apple.
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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.
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Designed & Facilitated various Team Off-sites focused on topics ranging from values to communication to play & learning.
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Co-Designed & Co-Facilitated Changemakers for the Planet Summit in partnership with ChangemakerxChange & Apple.
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Designed & Co-Facilitated IRC WASH Make Change Sprints at the annual All Systems Connect Symposium supporting four delegations in National System Strengthening and multi-sectoral collaboration.
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Co-Facilitated ChangemakerxChange’s online Trainer of Trainers Summit.
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