Professional Experience:
I am currently working as a Consultant in the Education Division at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington, DC. Over the past two and a half years at the IDB , along with full fluency in Spanish, I have honed sound and reliable policy judgement on pressing issues of education financing, conflict and displacement in Latin America. School funding inequalities, the application of AI techniques to improve students’ admission systems, the shortage of high-quality teachers in conflict-affected areas in the region, the education demand burden caused by Venezuelan migrants in the education systems of Colombia, Ecuador and Perú, are some examples of the policy areas I have been engaging with. Additionally, thanks to continuous interaction with policymakers and non-state actors, I have gained solid network management, writing, communication and presentation skills, together with an acute sensitivity to discretion and confidentiality.
Between 2014 and 2016, I have been working as a Research Assistant at the Poverty Global Practice of the World Bank in Washington, DC. This partnership gave me the opportunity to co-author on three scientific research papers on the socioeconomic development of Nigeria and to gain professional skills in different fields of work such as Agriculture/Rural Development; Trade; Poverty; Conflict and Education. Part of my duties in the organization included in-depth statistical and econometric analysis of household survey data for developing countries and the production of economics reports including dissemination work. While conducting scientific research and consulting for the organization, I developed analytical rigor, a marked capacity for logical reasoning and the ability to translate technical knowledge into practical contributions to various World Bank sector strategies.
In addition to that, local and international internship experiences provided me with strong organizational and interpersonal skills as I had to measure myself against both governmental institutions and the private sector. Firstly, at the Refugee Commission in the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs in Malta I was in charge of the organization of the Refugee Commissioner's political agenda, I was involved in the collection of asylum seeker's interviews and updating asylum seeker's national official statistics. Secondly, at the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe in Thessaloniki (Greece) I have drafted and edited EU grants applications on the topic of Civil Society and Human Rights Defenders protection in the Balkan area under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) and presented detailed budget plans. In addition, while at the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs I focused on policy analysis providing decision-makers with accurate analysis and policy proposals while raising public awareness on matters of European integration.