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Education
Master of Science in Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Humanitarian Health
May 2019
Bachelor of Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
May 2016, College and University Honors
Work Experience
Director of Business Innovation, Carnegie Mellon University | October 2023 - Present
Director of Business Innovation, Carnegie Mellon University | October 2023 - Present
Leading transformative technological, DEIB, and sustainability projects to optimize operations and promote synergy across various functional areas.
Performing in-depth analysis and leveraging data insights, surveys, and institutional research to guide solution development.
Championing the integration of technology in operations, ensuring easy access to insights and data, and promoting the use of project management tools.
Program Director, Carnegie Mellon University | April 2020 - Present
Program Director, Carnegie Mellon University | April 2020 - Present
Previous: Assistant Housefellow, Office of the Dean | October 2019 - March 2020; Pre-Calculus SCPP Instructor (Summer 2019)
Previous: Assistant Housefellow, Office of the Dean | October 2019 - March 2020; Pre-Calculus SCPP Instructor (Summer 2019)
Craft and implement innovative leadership, civic engagement, and diversity programming that enhance the growth of 500+ students, facilitating their development of self and fostering community involvement and building
Managing the coordination and execution of programs and initiatives related to class-year programs from concept creation to the budget, social media, and marketing, including leading the direction of the new student orientation and supervising a team of six
Cultivate opportunities that champion a deeper sense of global citizenship, creating a Global CMU-wide programming effort to work with colleagues and students from Pittsburgh, Qatar, Africa, Australia, D.C., and Silicon Valley programs
Co-Chair the Committee of Diversity and Inclusion, creating initiatives and programs to strengthen the community and change the status quo, working with and for students, faculty, and staff with diverse backgrounds and cultures; proposing and creating a new university-wide Anti-Discrimination Dialogue course
Research Associate, Yale Child Study Center | December 2018 - July 2020
Programmed and developed a survey to identify trends and strategies to strengthen access, equity and quality in a sector-wide assessment of early childhood education in emergencies funded by Dubai Cares
Business Analyst, Mentoring Her | June 2019 - December 2019
Drove global partnership management and established a business case, product offering, and grant strategy
Formalized a new virtual female empowerment platform resulting in the match of 60 mentorships
Mentored and coached girls in high school in STEM fields on academic support and personal growth
Research Data Analyst, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health | May 2018 - May 2019
Research Data Analyst, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health | May 2018 - May 2019
Center for Humanitarian Health: Conducted a global organization review for expertise in disasters, looking at international response plans and efforts towards pandemic infectious disease outbreaks
Global mHealth Initiative: Identified factors underpinning RMNCH+ factors by creating a validated phone survey tool for rapid, routine collection of data in a 5000-women impact evaluation study in India; defined respectful maternity care practices including stigma, discrimination, and health system constraints
Food for the Hungry: Supervised collection and analysis of field and laboratory data for a 500-household study on baby water, sanitation, and hygiene practices; creation of resource management program and database; trained 20 field and lab assistants in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Baltimore Action Fellow, Living Classrooms Foundation | Aug 2017 - May 2018
Spearheaded educational outreach programming to facilitate discussions for Baltimore youth about global environmental, political, and social challenges using hands-on cooking classes
Collaborated with the Environmental Challenges Working Group at Johns Hopkins’s American Health Initiative for sustainable implementation at over a dozen after-school centers across Baltimore
Product Engineer, Folia Water | May 2015 - May 2017
Product Engineer, Folia Water | May 2015 - May 2017
Developed iterative human-centered designs, prototypes, and protocols to evaluate water purification capabilities of a low-cost point-of-use water filtration system from origination to execution
Piloted field studies to gather consumer insights about the viability, feasibility, and desirability of the filtration device and develop business strategies and models in resource-limited settings
Built relationships with community members, local and national governments, NGOs, private sectors, and other stakeholders to explain the technical ideas and innovations of Folia Water
Orchestrated marketing and social media presence: capturing 2 million views on NowThis, featured in The Smithsonian American History Museum “Inventive Minds” exhibit, BBC, CNN, and Time
Other Experience
Women and Climate, Doha City Lead | Jan 2023 - Present
Creating a community for women sustainability leaders in Doha, Qatar
Special Projects Director, Board Member at EMPOWR | Jan 2022 - Present
Developing an inclusive teaching model focused on growth mindset and the power of specs grading to close the racial wealth gaps in educational programs in a novel school-to-career iOS curriculum pipeline
Zimbabwe Team Lead, S.Y.STEM Coalition | October 2021 - Present
Designed a Zimbabwe Chapter, bringing Robotics Clubs and Coding Curriculum to 180 Nyadire school students, forged strategic partnerships, and led fundraising efforts. Trained teachers in coding and robotics, crafted expansion plans, and provided ongoing mentorship, monitoring, and evaluation into the program's 2nd year
The Mindfulness Room Founder, Carnegie Mellon | 2012 - 2019
Secured and managed $25,000 in grants to innovate and build The Mindfulness Room, a room of resiliency, rejuvenation, and relaxation; collaborated with higher administration, facilities, faculty, staff, and students to identify and implement sustainable mental health and wellness initiatives for CMU
Operated marketing strategies and publicity, as featured in NY Times, NBC News, The Today Show; consulted for universities, high schools, and hospitals to build their own Mindfulness Rooms
Innovated several animal wellness initiatives such as Paws to Relax, a twice-weekly therapy animal program for stress relief; designed an Animal Friendly Housing initiative; developed and implemented therapy animal training for faculty and staff members in order to foster a stronger student-faculty/staff relationships; changed campus bylaws and policies for animals on campus while working with closely with housing and facilities, wellness initiatives, student affairs, and residential education
Vice President of Social and Cultural Affairs, Johns Hopkins Graduate Student Assembly | Aug 2017 - May 2019
Crafted and implemented over 22 innovative and cultural programs and events that catered to over 2,000 students and their families, staff, and faculty of different backgrounds with a $100,000 budget annually
Managed over 20 students including planning retreat to organize strategic plans and provide leadership development
International Health Steering Committee Student Representative, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health | Aug 2017 - Aug 2018
Advocated for masters' students’ rights on strategic planning, deciding the priorities and direction of the International Health department in terms of research, academics, and administration on a $100 million budget
Pioneered and coordinated student/faculty events
Vice President, Carnegie Mellon’s Habitat for Humanity | Aug 2013 - May 2016
Lead overall planning and execution of campus volunteering initiatives and alternative break trips
Actively collaborated with students, administration, and external partners to define program goals, service-learning objectives, reflection and awareness events, and championed high-end engagement
Volunteer Involvement: Energize STEM Board Member (2022 - Present), Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Facilitator (2019), Johns Hopkins Incident Command (2019)
Consulting Experience
Maryland Department of Health (2019)
Developed a quantitative and qualitative survey tool to measure the training transfer, tool utilization, and trainee satisfaction of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) training for home visitors
Collaborating Center for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (2018)
Constructed teacher training materials and created educational booklet on Environmental Health impacts and disaster resiliency in Asia
Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs in India (2018)
Devised and oversaw questionnaires to define risk for community disaster preparedness with UNICEF in Bihar state
Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village (2014)
Organized a hackathon to teach the basics of programming for vulnerable high school youth in Rwanda
Managed collaboration with CMU Rwanda to create a cloud-based integrated student information system
Created an educational computer learning curriculum teaching students, staff, and faculty typing skills
Publications
Ng A, Mohan D, Shah N, Kilkari Impact Evaluation Team, et al. Assessing the reliability of phone surveys to measure reproductive, maternal and child health knowledge among pregnant women in rural India: a feasibility study. BMJ Open 2022;12:e056076. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056076
Ponguta, Liliana Angélica, Kathryn Moore, Divina Varghese, Sascha Hein, Angela Ng, Aseel Fawaz Alzaghoul, Maria Angélica Benavides Camacho, Karishma Sethi, and Majd Al-Soleiti. 2022. “Landscape Analysis of Early Childhood Development and Education in Emergencies.” Journal on Education in Emergencies 8 (1): 138-86. https://doi.org/10.33682/w69a-bhpt.
George, C. M., Birindwa, A., Beck, S., Julian, T., Kuhl, J., Williams, C., Coglianese, N., Thomas, E., Bauler, S., François, R., Ng, A., Presence, A. S., Claude, B. R. J., Tofail, F., Perin, J., Mirindi, P., & Cirhuza, L. B. (2022). Fecal Contamination in Child Play Spaces and on Child Hands Are Associated with Subsequent Adverse Child Developmental Outcomes in Rural Democratic Republic of the Congo: REDUCE Prospective Cohort Study, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
George, C. M., Coglianese, N., Bauler, S., Perin, J., Kuhl, J., Williams, C., Kang, Y., Thomas, E. D., François, R., Ng, A., Presence, A. S., Jean Claude, B. R., Tofail, F., Mirindi, P., & Cirhuza, L. B. (2022). Low dietary diversity is associated with linear growth faltering and subsequent adverse child developmental outcomes in rural Democratic Republic of the Congo (REDUCE program). Maternal & Child Nutrition, e13340. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13340
George CM, Perin J, Kuhl J, Williams C, Coglianese N, Thomas ED, Bauler S, François R, Ng A, Kang Y, Presence AS, Jean Claude BR, Tofail F, Mirindi P, Cirhuza LB. Linear Growth Faltering Is Associated with Subsequent Adverse Child Cognitive Developmental Outcomes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (REDUCE Program). Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Nov 1;106(1):356-360. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0502. PMID: 34724633; PMCID: PMC8733491.
Licenses and Skills
Project Management Professional, Climate Fresk Facilitator, Terra.Do Learning for Action, NCEES Engineer in Training, NBPHE Certified in Public Health, PADI Advance Open Water, AIDA2 Freediver, RYT-500 Yoga Teacher
Project Management: Cross-disciplinary collaboration, business strategy, market analysis, research, team leadership, international and remote relationship development, fundraising, grant writing, reporting, event planning, and teaching
Engineering: Rapid prototyping, human-centered design, product design, robotics, construction, Adobe Suite, Stata, SAS, SQL, Microsoft Suite, Access, ArcGIS, R, Solidworks, Python, C, Qualtrics, ROS
Public Health: Monitoring and evaluation, program development, qualitative and quantitative analysis, spatial analysis, biostatistics, epidemiology, incident management, national response framework, survey design, contact tracing
Training: LGBTQ SafeZone Ally, Survivor Support Network, Incident Command System, Conflict Resolution, GreenDot
Personal: Relationship-builder, teamwork, time-management, innovation, cultural awareness, dragon boat, yoga, scuba, animal rescuer
Awards
Carnegie Mellon's Data Analytics Day IronViz Competition 2nd Place in 2024
Andy Award 2024
Carnegie Mellon's Data Analytics Day IronViz Competition 1st Place in 2023
Charles Thorpe Service Award in 2022
Johns Hopkins' Student Spirit Award in 2018
Carnegie Mellon's Alumni Student Service Award in 2017
Western Pennsylvania Engineer's George Washington Prize in 2016
Undergraduate Environmental Research Award in 2016
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