CV
Education
MA Investigación Aplicada en Estudios Feministas, de Género y Ciudadanía (Applied Research in Feminist, Gender and Citizenship Studies) with Notable awarded, Universitat Jaume I, 2023
MSc Environmental Forestry with Distinction awarded, Bangor University, 2020
BSc Physical Geography, Honours, Trent University, 2014
Consultancies
UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions), Kenya
January 2024 - Present
Conduct a stocktaking review of all gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) activities and distilling lessons learned to date by the CIFOR-ICRAF-led project Delivering nature-based solution outcomes by addressing policy, institutional and monitoring gaps in forest and landscape restoration
Develop a strategy for improving GESI integration across project work packages
Co-design future GESI-related activities and research components
Support editing of workshop reports and communication outputs
Coalition of Action for Soil Health (CA4SH)
June 2022 - Present
Communications Lead
Write 3-4 original monthly articles
Lead the Soil Health Mentorship Initiative
Conduct outreach with new members to form strategic partnerships to scale global soil health and foster an enabling environment for healthy soil practices on the ground
Responsible for all communications products including website content, reports and social media in collaboration with academic, civil society, government and other stakeholder groups
Create and promote content linking CA4SH activities with partner initiatives including the Land Degradation Surveillance Framework and Regreening Africa
The Alliance of Bioversity and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture
August 2022 - June 2024
Research lead for The Gambia project of the Women’s Land Rights Initiative
Conducted qualitative analysis of individual-level data based on focus group discussions and key-informant interviews
Facilitated gender-transformative approach pilot to strengthen women’s land rights including a multi-stakeholder platform to influence a new land policy in The Gambia
Co-author peer-reviewed articles for scientific journals
Resilient Food Systems Programme
October 2021 - June 2023
Wrote 3-4 original monthly articles
Responsible for the production of all communications products including website content, reports and social media in collaboration with academic, civil society, government and other stakeholder groups
Edited and proofread content submitted by partner organizations
Wrote and facilitated the design of the 2021 and 2022 Programme Highlights reports and the final Lessons Learned from the RFS programme report
International Livestock Research Institute
September 2021 - December 2021
Consolidated and analyzed sex-disaggregated data related to agriculture and climate change resilience
Communicated findings to inform the production of a technical report
The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Viet Nam Office
December 2020 - May 2021
Researched and compiled a draft checklist of gender constraints to participation in agriculture to be used by extension agents in the field
Performed assessments of community-based constraints to women’s empowerment through agroforestry projects
Co-authored publications for submission to academic journals, project briefs and the ICRAF Working Paper Series
Performed editing and proofreading services for academic journal submissions, reports and working papers