Lead research activities on projects on development data financing, gender statistics, and climate data, including managing research assistants
Provided technical assistance and conducted research missions to national statistical offices in six African countries to support climate adaptation indicator assessment
Conducted geospatial climate data analysis in Python to assess populations with insufficient climate projection data for IPCC AR6 report
Built database of gender statistics project commitments from DAC CRS and IATI data sources with 477 unique projects to inform research on gender statistics financing patterns
Built Clearinghouse for Financing Development Data for PARIS21 tracking the financial resources supporting statistical systems globally
Performed quality assurance and analysis automation for UN DESA's SDG progress monitoring database
Co-authored research on gender data financing patterns and conducted advocacy and policy engagement on statistical financing for FfD4 preparatory processes
Research Analyst
Global Economy and Development, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
June 2015 – June 2019
Supported papers and reports on development topics such as global poverty gaps, and billionaire wealth compared to country GDP
Built the Ending Rural Hunger database with 106 indicators across 116 developing countries to support analysis and monitoring of Sustainable Development Goal 2
Maintained the Aid Transparency Index, conducting data analysis on OECD-DAC Creditor Reporting System data
Global Cities Intern
Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
September 2014 – May 2015
Conducted research on indicators relating to economic and demographic trends in citieis worldwide using Stata
Strategic Initiatives Intern
Habitat for Humanity International, Washington, D.C.
September 2013 – May 2014
Researched housing and community development legislation, organized Capitol Hill meetings and briefings
Education
Master of Public Policy (MPP)
Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy, Washington, D.C.