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Professional Summary

I am a 2019 graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy with direct experience working in a conflict zone as well as extensive research experience 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 government taxpayer spending and fraud on humanitarian projects in Afghanistan. This involves interviewing officials at the Department of State and USAID, examining financial, procedural, and timeline related documents for inconsistencies, and writing and editing reports for Congress and the general public.

My research background includes primary, secondary, and open source. Several of my papers written while at Fletcher have been published in the book Marketing Terrorism: The Continental Fear from Middle East to Asia & Africa as well as at the think tank Islamic Theology of Counter. I wrote numerous pieces on Afghanistan—its politics, its extremists, its current climate, its regional role, and the negotiations with the Taliban—as well as on Iraq. Additionally, I conducted and transcribed interviews for our security journal, including one with the former ambassador to Pakistan. I also spent the summer of 2018 as a research intern at the think tank the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, both doing my own research and assisting the staff in theirs.

In 2016, I joined the Yazidi nonprofit Yazda to assist with research, writing, and editing, and on location near Mosul with the local staff to compile the data needed to meet the audit guidelines of the UN financial assistance programs in which Yazda was participating. I also worked directly with the displaced community, both gathering data and teaching volunteers about working with children with trauma and aiding women who had escaped ISIS captivity.

Looking forward, I would particularly like to apply my research and writing skills for an organization promoting positive changes in the Middle East.

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Skills

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

Work Experience

February 2022 - Present

Research 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
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, DOD, among others in topics relevant to auditing, necessary tools, and international relations and peacebuilding
Won an award for audit proposal ideas
Complete tracing and verifying and referencing on final reports
Accepted to DEIA Council as head of the Survey Committee; produced and analyzed annual DEIA survey

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

September 2016-December 2021

Consultant at Women's Empowerment at Yuva Group for Women and Children Trauma Victims

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 website content

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.

May-August 2018

Research Intern and Coordinator of the Executive Programs Conference at the International Institute of

Counter-Terrorism

Worked with academics and professionals in the field of Security Studies researching impact of ISIS governance on civilian population in Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Organized and facilitated multi-national Executive Program annual conference of academic and
military securities professionals, including logistics such as scheduling, travel, and faculty preparation
Worked with director of the law and security program on United Nations grant proposal for research into use of AI in defense technology

March-September 2017

Volunteer Coordinator and Advisor; Manager of 2014 Yazidi Genocide UN Assessment Report 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

Education

2017-2019

Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (3.9 GPA)

Fields of Study:
- Human Security
- International Security Studies
Thesis:
- Human security, economic vulnerability, and terrorism in Afghanistan
- Editor of The Fletcher Security Review