Project Management Experiences 

Project

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• A Universe (Summer 2020+2021)​

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• Design Brigade​​​​ ​(Summer 2020)​

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• Teaching Garden (2017-2018) ​

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• I=N=T=E=R=F=A=C=E (2019)​

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• Art Palestine International​​​​ 

       (2008-2012 and 2016-2017)

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• Redwood Art Studio​ (2014-2016)​

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Community

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Campers, urban youth, educators, staff

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Yale and New Haven communities, City officials, undergrad and grad students​​

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Public school students, teachers, staff

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CCAM fellow, Blended Reality, Yale Cab, YSD

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Palestinian artists, arts viewers, galleries, collaborative orgs, writers, critics

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Sunset Park residents and public school students, parents, local businesses

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Role

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Project designer and director

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Intern and core member of the

On Memory group

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Project designer and manager

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Content designer, artistic director, 

performer

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Project manager

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Co-founder, administrator, lead instructor

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Tsai CITY Innovation Fellow Role​

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• DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access)

  • Track record of involvement in DEIA Programs

    • Design Brigade (summer 2020)

      • Designed a memorial for those ​affected by COVID-19 through the lens of social justice

    • Beam Center Instructor (2017-2018)​

      • Taught with a mission to foster educational equity and youth empowerment in NYC and beyond​​​

    • Art Palestine International (2008-2012 and 2016-2017)

      • Managed a not-for-profit organization dedicated to exhibiting contemporary Palestinian art​

    • Redwood Art Studio​ (2014-2016)

      • Co-founded art school to address the lack of arts education ​in Sunset Park, Brooklyn

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• Skills​

  • Prototyping (digital and physical)

    • Programming Portfolio

      • Javascript, ReactJS, Ruby, Git, CSS, HTML, and jQuery

    • Design and Fabrication

      • Co-founded ​Socotra Studio; managed every aspect of starting and running the studio. 

  • Design​​

    • Photoshop, Indesign, SketchUp, ​Premiere Pro, Adobe Creative Suite, Google programs

      • Recent slides and presentations I have worked on: Design Brigade Slide presentation and Guidebook​​​

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What I Will Bring to this Role​

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• Bridging Tsai Center and the Schwarzman Center

  • Creating a hub to bridge undergraduate and graduate students, Yale and Greater New Haven communities

    • Programming performances, arts events, and interdisciplinary collaborations

 

• Vision of healing

  • Healing is my life's work as an artist

  • DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access) is part of this work as a form of social healing

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• Holistic approach

  • Outreach, research, and feedback informed project design, implementation, and management​

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• Remote work (Project Management)

  • Experience working online in a team of 6 across architecture, design, and urban studies in the Design Brigade

  • Versed in project management software and protocols​

  • Familiar with Yale Project Management Workbook

  • Skilled in drawing diagrams and roadmaps to create paths, projects, and opportunities​

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• Advising students

  • Experienced as an educator, entrepreneur, and career artist. CV

  • I am a resource for developing projects (from brainstorming to prototyping and delivering test products)

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• Building stronger communities

  • Track record of ​involvement in Yale, Greater New Haven, and City initiatives

    • CCAM Studio Fellow; Blended Reality member; Design Brigade; One Village Healing; Yale Cabaret​, etc.

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• Strengthen Tsai CITY and the Schwarzman Center's mission

  • Create a cultural hub for people to connect and form communities

 

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