I am a program officer at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice (IPJ) at the University of San Diego and a skilled peacebuilding and conflict resolution practitioner with extensive experience developing and managing violence prevention and peacebuilding programs, designing curriculum and facilitating training in different countries including Kenya, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Turkey and South Sudan. I have worked extensively with communities and individuals under threat to ensure their safety, mediated conflicts between individuals and groups, facilitated dialogue with key actors, and negotiated safe spaces for this dialogue to take place. In Sri Lanka I worked extensively with human rights defenders under threat, former child soldiers & ex-combatants, and oversaw a project focused on building community capacity in violence prevention and security. I am currently leading a project on violence prevention and strengthening police-youth relations in Kenya, and co-leading a project focused on increasing and sustaining women's leadership in the political sphere in Cambodia.
I also teach short courses for the Kroc School of Peace studies Masters in Peace & Justice students. The courses I currently teach include International Project Management and Interpersonal and Small Group Conflict.
I am passionate about greater integration of social justice, conflict resolution and educational equity in curriculum and in communities and hope to see more of it in and out of the classroom!
I also teach short courses for the Kroc School of Peace studies Masters in Peace & Justice students. The courses I currently teach include International Project Management and Interpersonal and Small Group Conflict.
I am passionate about greater integration of social justice, conflict resolution and educational equity in curriculum and in communities and hope to see more of it in and out of the classroom!