feisty nugget of talent, dedication and passionate idealism coupled with a practical & creative problem solving realism
San Francisco Bay Area
feisty nugget of talent, dedication and passionate idealism coupled with a practical & creative problem solving realism
San Francisco Bay Area
2 more...
Over ten years of experience in: facilitation and training, conflict resolution, international work, mediation, community engagement, violence prevention, capacity building, legal work, documentary photography, grants management, project management, research, evaluation, writing and editing, human rights, peace building, team building, land use and environmental issues, economic and social justice, education.
I want to use my communication, team building and problem solving skills to support and improve the work and communication on the ground, or within and between organizations, within and between communities, between the public and the policy makers, etc. I would also like to focus more on the bigger picture, and oversee discrete projects from inception to implementation to evaluation.
Writing - immediacy, accessibility, writing that wins hearts and minds, makes the reader feel they are there
Documentary Photography -- mostly of women and children (projects in Kosovo, Israel/Palestine, Sri Lanka, San Francisco, Chicago)
Facilitator, team builder, creative problem solver -- a good listener and am able to "meet people where they are", and ask questions which challenge them to think differently
Mediator, conflict transformer