Professional Experience

Following my time as a K-12 teacher, I was a researcher with the World Bank and the Education Commission. In these roles, I worked on a variety projects ranging from large-scale RCTs focused on youth unemployment and gender, to complex analysis and modeling of education finance globally. In my most recent full-time role, I was as a Senior Policy Analyst and Education Expert with the Center for Global Development. At CGD, I co-led research related to education finance and girls’ education. I’m currently a political economy advisor with UNHCR and others focused on refugee integration.

Policy and Research Work

I frequently work with international organizations, governments, NGOs, and think tanks. My areas of expertise include education, migration and forced displacement, gender, labor and employment, social policy, and international and public finance. I’ve completed both long and short-term consultancies focused on research and writing, quantitative analysis, study design and implementation (quantitative and qualitative), impact and program evaluation, political economy analysis, and finance (domestic, development, and humanitarian). Some of the organizations I’ve worked with include:

  • United Nations Refugee Agency - East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes Regional Bureau - Finance; Refugee Education; Political Economy

  • United Nations Refugee Agency - Southern Africa Regional Bureau - Political Economy Advisor

  • United Nations Refugee Agency - UNHCR Kenya - Political Economy Analyst; Education Specialist

  • The Ministry of Education Kenya - Member of Refugee Education Secretariat and Policy Reference Group

  • Innovations for Poverty Action - Research related to dual generation programs in Uganda

  • The Center for Global Development - Education & Migration

  • The World Bank - Africa Gender Innovation Lab; Education Global Practice; Labor & Social Protection; Jobs & Development Unit

  • UNICEF Innocenti and the Overseas Development Institute - Research related to refugee education

  • International Rescue Committee - Refugee Education & Political Economy

  • The Education Commission - Education Finance

  • Global Business Coalition for Education - Skills and Employment

  • TheirWorld - Education Finance

  • World Education - Grant Writing

  • UNICEF - Jamaica - Education and Gender

  • USAID - Office of Policy, Planning, and Learning - Extreme Poverty Strategy

  • Texas Education Agency - Office of At-Risk Youth and Dropout Prevention