FELLOW: CREATING LIVELIHOODS VIA AGRICULTURE PROJECT, VOLUNTEERING FOR INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONALS Summary More nine years professional experience multidisciplinary/international environment, working programs projects emphasis strategic communications, environmental issues, community building. Highlights MS Word, Power Point, Excel, Concur-Travel, PeopleSoft-Human Resources, Bud-E-Budgeting, Macromedia Dream Weaver, Adobe Illustrator, Word Perfect, Quattro Pro, Google Applications, Social Media Accomplishments *Experience strategic planning, budget management, project execution, monitoring evaluation *Excellent skills communication team work Work experience India, Laos, Malaysia, US projects Mexico Panama Experience 01/2015 05/2015 Fellow: Creating Livelihoods via Agriculture Project, Volunteering International Professionals Company Name － City State Senior member multicultural, international team local non-profit organization working single mothers create program increase livelihood options beneficiaries using profits agriculture-based enterprise Drafted project proposal including work impact areas, purpose, outputs, work plan sustainability plan Conducted needs assessment benefit women community Kulim, Kedah Established benchmarks goals project; worked team ensure delivery dates met Monitored project progress produced submitted reports presentations accordingly Ministry Finance executing agency Business Development Volunteer, FruitFriends, Vang Vieng Laos 02/14 04/14 Defined, prioritized, documented FruitFriends' immediate long-term goals objectives; developed monitoring evaluation plans, including results metrics Developed financial reporting framework aid presentation organization's financial standing potential donors Worked program manager researching market, identifying stakeholders, estimating profit margins producing business plans agricultural products Created follow-up mechanisms organize volunteers. 09/2013 02/2014 Program Manager Company Name － City State Coordinated WildForest program, managing participating interns Created comprehensive strategic plan program, including tasks, goals, objectives short, medium, long term Participated reforestation project, educational initiatives grassroots-level research outreach Created impact assessment tools program Fostered relationships local non-profit, private, governmental organizations. 04/2006 04/2013 Consultant Company Name － City State Formulated annual multi-year strategic work plans, part team Drafted funding proposals communications plans Researched analyze various topics development communications strategies priority corporate initiatives (sustainable cities, climate change, biodiversity, corporate social responsibility, etc.) Cultivated relationships 25 Latin American Caribbean community-based organizations Washington, D.C. area Coordinated annual grant cycle IDB's Corporate Social Responsibility Program: IDB-D.C. Solidarity Coordinated special projects events US, abroad ensure compliance internal regulations Coordinated budget execution, monitored spending, provided reports accordingly Designed, edited produced IDB's Annual Report. Education August 2003 MA International Affairs American University － State International Affairs Making Sustainable Development Work: The Case Costa Rica August 2003 MA Natural Resources Sustainable Development United Nations University － City Costa Rica Natural Resources Sustainable Development April 2001 BA International Relations Economics Florida International University － City State International Relations Economics Certificate Latin American Caribbean Studies Independent Study: Governance Legitimacy Colombia CONTINUING EDUCATION Effective Project Management Development, PM4DEV, August 2015 Permaculture Design, Panya Project, Thailand, May 2014 Project Design Monitoring Evaluation, PM4DEV, April 2014 Languages Bilingual Spanish/English Interests Volunteer researcher, Farmer Farmer Program, Partners Americas, June-November, 2009 Call center trainee, Human Trafficking Hotline, Ayuda, Inc. Self Reliance Institute, 2008 Translator, Martha's Table, 2008 2009 Event Volunteer Coptic Orphans, Merrifield, VA, 2006 2007 Norma Rivera Additional Information VOLUNTEER WORK Volunteer researcher, Farmer Farmer Program, Partners Americas, June-November, 2009 Call center trainee, Human Trafficking Hotline, Ayuda, Inc. Self Reliance Institute, 2008 Translator, Martha's Table, 2008 2009 Event Volunteer Coptic Orphans, Merrifield, VA, 2006 2007 Norma Rivera Skills Dream Weaver, Adobe Illustrator, agency, Budgeting, budget, Business Development, business plans, C, delivery, English, estimating, Finance, financial, financial reporting, Human Resources, Latin, Macromedia, managing, market, Excel, Power Point, MS Word, needs assessment, enterprise, PeopleSoft, presentations, producing, profit, progress, Project Design, Project Management, proposals, proposal, Quattro Pro, researching, research, Spanish, strategic, Word Perfect