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Professional Summary

I am a 2019 graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy with direct and research experience, especially in the Middle East and Afghanistan, and particularly in the fields of extremism, governance, human rights, and monitoring, evaluation, and analysis.

In my current position at the Special Investigator General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, I analyze waste, abuse, and fraud in taxpayer spending on humanitarian projects in Afghanistan. This involves in-depth interviewing of officials at the Department of State, USAID, and various additional federal bureaus. I also investigate the financial and procedural documents of such agencies for inconsistencies and irregularities in addition to general adherence to US and international rules and regulations regarding association with and financing of sanctioned groups. These culminate in reports for Congress and the general public that I have written as part of a small team, which is currently focusing on the risk analysis for programs operating since the Taliban takeover.

More broadly, my research background includes primary, secondary, and open source. Several of my papers written at Fletcher have been published in the book Marketing Terrorism: The Continental Fear from Middle East to Asia & Africa as well as by the think tank Islamic Theology of Counter-Terrorism.

In 2016, I joined a Yazidi nonprofit to assist with research, writing, and editing, and worked on location near Mosul. I also aided local staff in addressing a UN audit of financial assistance programs. While in Iraq, I worked directly with the displaced Yazidi community, both teaching volunteers about working with children with trauma and aiding women who had escaped ISIS captivity with the NGO Yuva, with whom I volunteer to this day.

Looking forward, I would particularly like to apply my research, writing, and analysis skills to promote positive changes for equity, governance, and rule of law in Afghanistan and the MENA region.

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Skills

Writing Interviewing Research Logistics Resource Management Event Management Facilitation Creative Initiatives Editing Audit Analysis

Work Experience

February 2022 - Present

Program Analyst at the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

Write and edit reports regarding information found over the course of an audit to be given to Congress and published on the SIGAR website
Analyze criteria for auditing based on latest federal guidelines and determine compliance or noncompliance of programs and agencies being audited
Examine quantitative and qualitative data for inconsistencies and recall that knowledge when presented with related information
Conduct interviews with members of USAID, the State Department, and their implementing partners, including developing questions and debriefing senior members of SIGAR
Continue training courses at USIP, GAO, and DOD among others in topics relevant to auditing, necessary tools for project management and report writing, and international relations and peacebuilding
Won award for audit proposal ideas
Accepted to DEIA Council as head of the Survey Committee; created then analyzed results of annual DEIA survey for upper management as well as organization-wide dispersal with editing and fact checking while working on primary report
Frequently take the initiative to provide independent research for my team and others
Remember and verify details of information from any point throughout the course of an audit, multiple times finding and fixing report inaccuracies before they are presented to non-team members

November 2020-December 2021; October 2023-Present

Volunteer for the Yuva Organization for Child's Rights

Provided hands-on education in appropriate mental health paradigms to Yazidi volunteers in Dohuk and neighboring villages on Sinjar Mountain serving internally displaced people (IDP)
Worked with local volunteers to provide mental health and social support for IDP trauma victims and survivors of sexual slavery
Created official website and developed content
Introduced, organized, and implemented fundraising event of diverse poets reading on trauma and resilience

May-November 2021

Editor at ImpactCurve Global Consulting

Edit full RFPs including budgets
Consult on program creation through logic models, adhering to specific requests and budgets

August 2019-September 2020

Project Coordinator at Strategic Capacity Group

Recruited by the security sector reform focused nonprofit to serve as a key member of the Mali Academies of Excellence Program, as well as provide research, development, and logistical support on a variety of projects throughout Africa and Asia
Organized and attended the first annual conference for Women in Law Enforcement in Southeast Asia located in Manila
Assessed the organizational and pedagogical capacities of the National Guard in Bamako
Led the creation of a series of instructor professionalization events for the Malian security forces (National Guard, National Police, Gendarmerie, and Civil Service Protection)
o Conducted M&E and follow up analysis on training programs

February-September 2019

South Asia Policy Desk Member at Islamic Theology of Counter-Terrorism

Researching, writing, and editing articles on topics related to national security and geopolitics for online and print editions alone and as part of a team, including three chapters in Marketing Terrorism: The Continental Fear from Middle East to Asia and Africa, edited by Noor Dahri.

March-September 2017

Volunteer Coordinator, Advisor, and UN Assessment Report Manager at Yazda

Worked with US-based 501(c)(3) international NGO supporting Yazidi refugees worldwide following the August 2014 genocide
Gathered and compiled available financial documentation to support continuation of UN programs for IDP victims of the 2014 Yazidi Genocide for required audit
Interviewed and recorded personal testimony of survivors including women and children survivors of sexual slavery to raise awareness and garner international support for victims
Met with tribal leaders to document efforts to rebuild educational facilities in war-damaged ancestral villages and to explore options for accessing international financial support