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Experience

WORK EXPERIENCE

Democracy International, Social and Behavioral Sciences Intern | Bethesda, MD
June - August 2022

  • Developed toolkit of best practices for use by 10+ civil service organizations to promote citizen engagement in Liberia as part of a five-year USAID program.

  • Supported thought leadership initiatives by publishing blogs on the use of behavioral science in programming work.

  • Participated in program design sessions to identify barriers to voting and increase participation of women and youth.

  • Led training with staff to introduce behavioral mapping strategies and inform program implementation.

BDI Properties, Inc, Account Manager | Manila, Philippines
June 2018 - July 2021

  • Led successful bid to lease office space to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, bringing in $200,000 in annual rent.

  • Delivered end-to-end service to tenants, from entertaining enquiries to negotiating concessions during the pandemic.

  • Initiated brand development programs such as launching website and maintaining social media presence to connect with potential customers and increase conversion.

SELECTED PROJECT-BASED ENGAGEMENTS

Bayer Consumer Health, Student Consultant |Whippany, NJ
January - May 2022

  • Developed behavioral science interventions to optimize Bayer Consumer Health’s presence on e-commerce platforms as part of a class-based consulting engagement.

  • Prepared modules to teach heuristics and biases principles to key stakeholders at Bayer.

  • Conducted behavioral mapping exercises, qualitative interviews and ideation sessions to design nudges to support sales of allergy medicines on major online retailer.

Deloitte Monitor, Student Consultant | Philadelphia, PA
February - May 2022

  • Participated in design challenge to create innovative solutions to increase response rates for an annual client survey.

  • Conducted behavioral mapping, literature review and qualitative interviews to determine motivators of survey response.

AMH Philippines, HR Intern | Manila, Philippines
June - August 2015

  • Analyzed staff demographics under the supervision of the consulting firm’s president.

  • Presented a research report and provided recommendations to the company board on how to motivate and retain 70+ employees.

ACADEMIC ROLES

University of Pennsylvania, Student Researcher and Teaching Assistant | Philadelphia, PA
August 2021 - Present

  • Collaborated with team of five to design Qualtrics survey, run MTurk randomized controlled trial, and produce fifty-page report on the effect of cognitive priming on religiosity.

  • Wrote R code to clean data and develop quantitative models to predict the effect of norm nudges on honesty.

  • Developed Python program to automate text analysis and categorization of social media posts.

  • Provided homework assistance and feedback for 40+ Master’s students in a statistics and coding class. 

Center for Leadership Education at Johns Hopkins, Course Assistant | Baltimore, MD
August 2017 - May 2018

  • Leveraged expertise in business concepts to facilitate class discussions, lead review sessions and provide feedback on student work for courses in Principles of Marketing, International Marketing, and Business Ethics.

  • Achieved 4.87 out of 5 rating in student evaluations, significantly above department average.

Johns Hopkins Vision & Cognition Lab, Research Assistant | Baltimore, MD
January 2016 - May 2017

  • Recruited 100+ subjects, managed IRB compliance, conducted experiments, and reviewed peripheral vision literature.

  • Collaborated with principal investigators to conduct preliminary data analysis on R and Excel.

  • Assisted PhD student in preparing manuscripts and provided feedback on dissertation drafts.

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