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I have 9 years of driving evidence-based impact across global health, economic development, and social policy. I've led complex research portfolios at university-affiliated centers, a multilateral org, and impact-first consulting firms. My work spans maternal & child health, agriculture, nutrition, workforce development, and service delivery for welfare programs.
My experience sits at the intersection of rigorous evidence and real-world program design. I've managed a multimillion-dollar federally-funded initiative linking complex health records to track intergenerational health outcomes, and executed impact evaluations for programs in low-and-middle-income countries. Over time, I've developed expertise in conducting cost-effectiveness analyses, mixed-methods research, and communicating academic findings into actionable strategy for government agencies and philanthropic partners.
I'm passionate about applying these skills to accelerate social impact — whether through implementation research, program evaluation, or strategic advisory & technical assistance work that helps organizations allocate resources where they matter most.
Projects
Side projects where I build tools that make policy-relevant data more accessible and actionable.
An interactive tool that helps people facing employment barriers — justice involvement, limited education, immigration status, transportation challenges — discover realistic career pathways in AI-resilient occupations. A 6-step assessment wizard evaluates eligibility across 24+ skilled trades, healthcare, and high-demand occupations, accounting for conviction history, state licensing rules, drug screening, physical limitations, and financial constraints. Results include personalized remediation steps, state-specific policy guidance, funding sources (WIOA, Pell, apprenticeships), and AI automation risk scores.
Experience
Cross-campus initiative on health equity & climate resilience
Managed program operations for Stanford's cross-campus initiative connecting impact investors, social entrepreneurs, and faculty researchers. Designed and executed stakeholder engagement strategy, coordinated program logistics and communications for the Emergence Health Industry Collaborative's launch, and built operational systems for tracking partner engagement and pipeline activity. Served as the primary operational liaison between the founding team and external ecosystem partners.
Strategic concept design for immigrant & refugee integration initiative
Developed the strategic concept note for the Institute's inaugural multiyear initiative on immigrant and refugee integration in U.S. cities. Conducted landscape analysis of existing evidence, identified programmatic gaps, and translated research findings into a phased operational roadmap for piloting community-level interventions. Engaged faculty and external stakeholders to refine the initiative's theory of change and measurement framework.
View the Flourishing Cities Initiative →NIH-funded record linkage across 30M+ Medicaid claims
Led end-to-end program management of a first-of-its-kind NIH-funded initiative (R01MD013844) to design and deploy a record-linking algorithm across 30M+ Medicaid claims spanning 2011–19, enabling longitudinal tracking of maternal-child health outcomes across multiple states.
Managed the full project lifecycle: scoped the technical approach with data scientists, negotiated data use agreements with federal agencies, coordinated with Stanford's IRB and compliance infrastructure, and translated the PIs' research vision into a delivery plan with milestones and timelines. Built cross-institutional partnerships with CMS-adjacent data organizations and other Stanford research centers to identify downstream use cases for the linked datasets.
Read the published paper →Grant portfolio synthesis for climate philanthropy
Supported the foundation's evidence and learning function by synthesizing grantee performance data and external research to inform strategic decision-making on climate philanthropy investments. Contributed to internal learning products that helped program staff assess the effectiveness of grant portfolios.
Economic mobility & workforce development for government partners
Partnered with government agencies and community organizations to design and evaluate economic mobility programs, with a focus on cash transfers and tools for workforce development. Co-led qualitative research with justice-involved recipients of Alameda County's Returning Home Career Grant to assess program impact on workforce reentry — producing findings that informed the county's and Rubicon Programs' approach to guaranteed income for disadvantaged populations.
Built demographic projection models for six rural Texas counties to support targeted outreach for an ARPA-funded workforce program (Texas Good Jobs Challenge), and synthesized multi-stakeholder input into research briefs and asset maps tailored to different decision-making audiences.
Better Careers Design Group → TX Rural Sector Partnerships →Global ECD funding landscape analysis for impact advisory firm
Conducted a systematic review and landscape analysis of global philanthropic investments in Early Childhood Development (ECD) for a leading impact advisory firm. Mapped funding flows, identified gaps in evidence-informed grantmaking, and developed strategic recommendations for scaling ECD investments across low- and middle-income countries.
Market analysis & program reporting for global health NGO
Developed a market analysis framework to assess demand for an online toolkit targeting neglected tropical diseases (soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis), informing the team's go-to-market strategy for global health practitioners. Contributed to quarterly program reporting for Nigeria operations, synthesizing field data into narrative updates for the organization's knowledge management system.
Mixed-methods impact evaluation of India's National Rural Livelihoods Mission
Executed a mixed-methods impact evaluation of India's National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) to assess its effects on women's labor force participation and political engagement in rural Jharkhand. Developed the concept note and literature review, deployed the survey instrument, and conducted interviews with state government officials and self-help group members to map the operational partnerships between the livelihoods programs and women's self-help groups.
Read the final report →Multi-city qualitative research on informal settlements
Managed multi-city qualitative research across three major Indian cities on quality of life in informal settlements, for a book-length study covering tenure security, land rights, health, intergenerational mobility, and financial inclusion. Designed survey instruments and built data collection partnerships with local NGOs and field teams. Conducted interviews spanning slum residents, urban planners, academics, and senior government officials — navigating politically sensitive dynamics to surface ground-level realities. Brokered a first-of-its-kind spatial data-sharing agreement with a city government, securing both institutional and community buy-in through sustained relationship-building.
View the project page →Policy advocacy toolkit for governance reform
Co-developed a policy advocacy toolkit aimed at improving governance processes in India by streamlining procedural rules and strengthening communication between executive agencies. Translated policy research into practitioner-friendly guidance for government reform advocates.
View the Governance Reforms Tweakbook →Curriculum development on education economics
Developed educational content on the economics of India's education sector for an online course, translating academic research into accessible curriculum for a non-specialist audience.
USAID/DFID-funded RCT on labor market matching
Managed field operations for a USAID/DFID-funded randomized controlled trial testing a skills assessment intervention to reduce labor market matching frictions, working with 1,000+ job candidates across India. Supervised a team of 15 field enumerators conducting interviews with hiring managers at SMEs. Brokered and managed the partnership with India's largest mobile wallet provider to disburse digital cash incentives to study participants. Designed study recruitment pitches for firms of varying sizes and ran data quality back-checks to maintain research integrity.
Read the final report →Skills