SELECTED WORK & IMPACT
BIGIRLJOB (BGJ) – Founder | Leading Programs for Underserved Women's Education to Employment Pathways | 2021 - Present
Social Innovation | Women's Economic Empowerment | Community Mobilization
Building a grassroots-to-global collective advancing mentorship, job placement, and leadership for young women from underserved communities, in Sierra Leone.
ECPAT She Leads Project | Senior Youth-Led Global Learning & Leadership Advocacy Consultant | Campaign for girls online safety and political participation 2024 - 2025
Co-designed infographics, videos, and surveys that reached thousands across Africa, centering girls’ voices in digital safety discourse and youth and young women's political leadership.
Facilitated virtual workshops and community inquiry labs. Developed digital tools, multimedia content and advocacy campaign, strategy documents, webinars, global policy publications
UNGEI – Gender at the Centre Initiative | Regional Lead - Gender Equality in and through Education - Communications, Resource Mobilization, Partnerships, and Advocacy Lead | 2023 - 2024
Program Management | Donor Relations | Strategic Communications
Managed partnerships with Ministries of Education, development partners, funders, CSOs, youth leaders, feminist leaders, media, grass-roots orgs, school bodies and schools across 8 countries. Mobilized millions in funding and produced storytelling content amplifying adolescent girls’ voices. Led partnerships for global and regional advocacy, policy and programming.
World Bank – Education Specialist | Education Systems Strengthening from Pre-Primary to Tertiary and TVET | Policy, Planning and Program Implementation | Innovation, Inclusivity & EdTech Lead | Gender-Responsive Education Lead | Curriculum development, learning outcomes & acceleration | Teacher capacity development 2021 - 2023
Co-led flagship $88M education reform projects in Sierra Leone, supporting ESP development, GPE financing, and learning assessments. Focused on gender equity, foundational learning, and FCV contexts.
Lead for EdTech, gender-responsive, inclusive, distance learning and emergency response programs reaching 2M+ learners, out-of-school-children, and youth in technical training programs, and 44,000+ educators with training programs.