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Leaving organizations better than I found them

Projects

Strategic Planning Qualitative Research

June 2024

  • Conduct qualitative interviews with external stakeholders (20)
  • Conduct focus groups (6)
  • Analyze interview data and compile into Key Findings Report for internal presentation

Demographic Mapping

April 2024

  • Conduct demographic research for seniors 60+ in Will County, IL
  • Analyze data and design demographic maps using ArcGIS
  • Develop written report with visuals

Strategic Planning Qualitative Research

January 2024

  • Conduct qualitative interviews with external stakeholders (20)
  • Analyze interview data and compile into Key Findings Report
  • Research peer organizations at the national level and write landscape analysis

Community Co-design Workshop Materials Design

November 2023

  • Design workshop materials to gather data including reflection workbook, dream boards, and slide deck
  • Analyze data gathered during workshops
  • Co-facilitate insights session and integration session

Business Operations & Proposal Development

October 2023

  • Track business leads using Pipedrive
  • Manage Executive Director business appointments
  • Write business development proposals and oversee proposal development process
  • Manage development of operations systems and processes
  • Coach colleagues in IT and Operations

Current and past projects include projects undertaken in the last 1-2 years. For further professional history, scroll down.

Writing Samples

Preserving the Mission: Strategic Options for Nonprofits Facing Crisis

Preserving the Mission: Strategic Options for Nonprofits Facing Crisis

Preserving the Mission: Strategic Options for Nonprofits Facing Crisis

While our research revealed some critical gaps in the field’s knowledge and available tools, the literature is clear about one thing: the question leaders should be asking is not, “How do we keep the organization alive?” but, rather, “What is the best way to continue advancing our mission?” Nonprofits have more options available than they might realize.

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Protection Networks for Human Rights Defenders

Preserving the Mission: Strategic Options for Nonprofits Facing Crisis

Preserving the Mission: Strategic Options for Nonprofits Facing Crisis

 Around the world, civic space is shrinking, contributing to risks and persecution faced by Human Rights Defenders (HRDs). This includes new types of security threats as well as concerns about the wellbeing of Defenders. For many HRDs, working in a crisis is a chronic situation. Defenders may experience multiple forms of stress, including

 Around the world, civic space is shrinking, contributing to risks and persecution faced by Human Rights Defenders (HRDs). This includes new types of security threats as well as concerns about the wellbeing of Defenders. For many HRDs, working in a crisis is a chronic situation. Defenders may experience multiple forms of stress, including pressing workloads, threats, and attacks to their physical security, economic instability, invasion of privacy, and social stigma.  

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The Role of Development in Elevating Human Rights

Preserving the Mission: Strategic Options for Nonprofits Facing Crisis

The Role of Development in Elevating Human Rights

The Master of Human Rights Degree Program strongly believes in the importance of integrating professional experience with academic knowledge in the field of human rights, making internships one of the central aspects of the program. In this Q&A series, we interview our students to learn more about their experiences. In the fourth Q&A of t

The Master of Human Rights Degree Program strongly believes in the importance of integrating professional experience with academic knowledge in the field of human rights, making internships one of the central aspects of the program. In this Q&A series, we interview our students to learn more about their experiences. In the fourth Q&A of the series, we are joined by Brenda Urueta, a second-year Master of Human Rights (MHR) student.  

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Previous Roles

Research Manager

  • Managed proposal prospecting and development from start to finish, overseeing a business pipeline of $1.7 million with a 12% conversion success rate in my first year of employment and managing a portfolio of grant funded and contract-based projects worth $350,000
  • Managed large and complex research projects across multiple teams in the U.S. and Latin America
  • Designed research and evaluation frameworks for community and family philanthropic clients
  • Wrote compelling blogs, reports, and research briefs on community data, family philanthropy legacy narratives, and the nonprofit sector
  • Managed Institutional Review Board (IRB) research protocols at Grand Valley State University

Business Development Manager

  • Manage proposal development process from beginning to end, including client relationship management, writing of proposals ranging from $15k-$200k, and file documentation
  • Deliver project services to foundation clients including workshop tools design, administrative system structuring, workstream development, and coalition building coaching
  • Executive Office project management support

Policy Associate

  • Review grant proposals and reports
  • Research policy in multiple areas, including education, violence prevention, workforce, and economic opportunity
  • Support policy and ecosystem portfolio with research, relationship-building, and strategy development

Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant

  • Managed course website in Canvas and communication between 40 students and the professor
  • Graded papers and assignments including discussion posts, several professional memorandums, and a final case-study project
  • Facilitated class activities as need and organized final group projects
  • Facilitated coding process with Atlas.ti qualitative coding software
  • Managed data with documentation
  • Conducted literature searches and annotations

Special Projects Manager & Executive Assistant

  • Facilitated grants proposals resulting in nearly $500k in funding for COVID-19 relief and racial equity programming
  • Served as Board Liaison for Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
  • Partnered with CEO to streamline and align board functions
  • Supported onboarding, calendar management, and leadership team facilitation for CEO

Community Organizer

  • Organized five public actions on immigration
  • Trained and organized 100+ volunteers for the Humboldt Rapid Response Network and coached public leaders in activism around immigration and housing
  • Supported three coordinators to develop curriculum and training for the Humboldt Rapid Response Network

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