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Resume/ CV

Education

2020 - 

Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA
Philosophical Degree of Agricultural Leadership and Community Education

 Expected Completion Date- May 2025

2016-2018

Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA
Master's Degree of Agricultural Leadership and Community Education 

Thesis Title: “Reframing AgriCULTURAL Experiences, Narratives, and Careers for African American Youth:  A Study of Community-based Programs Leaders’ Motivations and Educational Space”

Committee: Dr. Hannah Scherer (Advisor), Dr. Kim Niewolny, Dr. Ellington Graves

2012-2016

Virginia State University | Petersburg, VA
Bachelor's Degree of Agriculture
(Business and Economics)

2015-2016

University of Ghana | 
Study Abroad (Fall Semester)

Work
Experience

2020 - Present

International Agriculture Fellowship Program |
Volunteer and Fellow               

4H Ghana Volunteer                                

  • Host and organize 4H leadership camp and conference

  • Begin a school garden

  • Plan and budget for garden projects 

Teacher

  • Incorporate experiential learning activities in school lessons

  • Plan lessons

  • Perform agricultural lessons in the garden

Extension Agent

  • Connect farmers to local extension agents

  • Collect photos of farmer’s concerns to the governmental entity of agriculture

  • Disseminate innovative agricultural practices to farmers through workshop series

  • Attend farming trainings

2018 - 2020

United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development
Loan Specialist 

Application Processing                           

  • Execute assigned home loans to closing

  • Process and input completed application into Unifi database and determine loan eligibility and amount

  • Coordinate orientations to prepare for loan approval   

  • Analyze income/debt and calculate taxes, insurances, estimate closing fees to send out estimate closing costs to potential borrowers

  • Project estimate loan amounts with pay assistance calculations and 4A worksheet

  Loan Processing

  • Close scatter site/ existing home loan to low-income family

  • Order appraisals and credit reports

  • Perform Do Not Pay, X-Reference,

  • Legalize files and obtain loan approval signatures from loan approval officer.

Customer Service

  • Notify inquiries of online resources, additional program, and current builders within the surrounding areas

  • Reference regulations and supply handbook letters and information to customers to ensure best customer service

  • Afford inquiries with informational packets and an outline of the program eligibility requirements

  • Supply additional services for assistance as leverage to potential borrowers along with providing resources of legal services to assist borrowers with titles transfers and other services

  •  Take inquiries for 504 Repair Program as and assigned housing program in my current duty station and outside my duty station such as the Guaranteed Housing Program. 

  Outreach

  • Present information of scholarships, internships, and RD loan programs at career fairs to high school students and high school faculty and staff.

  • Handout program booklets to potential borrowers for all USDA- RD programs to stakeholders, businesses and organizations at career events, women conferences, etc.

  • Attend developers’ meetings to handout RD material

  • Hosted a community engagement meeting in Bakersfield for LA a county community group because the distance was closer for the community

    • Invited all USDA Service Center employees to apply information for general USDA program and provide local contacts and office to serve their community

  • Attended Women’s Professional Business Conference and workshops 

2017 - 2018

Graduate Research Assistant

  • Sustainability Scholar Program 2020-2021 graduate researcher

  • Conducted interviews and data analysis

Skills
& Expertise

  • Microsoft word programs

  •  Netway (evaluation tool-logic model)

  • Mapping tools (systems thinking approaches)

  • Data Analysis (SPSS and Atlas Ti)

Fellowships, Honors, and Awards

  • Virginia Tech Graduate School’s Outstanding Master’s Student of 2018

  • George Washington Carver Assistantship Recipient

  •  Golden Key International Honour Society

  • 2013 White House Initiative HBCU All-Star

  • Thurgood Marshall College Fund

  • Leadership Institute Alumni 2014 2015)

  • 2015 Gilman International Scholarship Recipient

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