| May 2020 – Present

Fire Support Officer, al Tanf, Syria | April 2022 – December 2022

Led the Information Operations (IO) mission at ATG, Syria; closely advising Syrian Free Army (SFA)

media and civil affairs teams, providing vital support in the social media campaign, implementation of humanitarian projects, and communication with international NGOs.

Planned and conducted 50+ engagements with local civilian/tribal leaders and military commanders.

Provided constant and critical first-hand information to USG leadership on the Rukban Refugee Camp,

briefing Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) Deputy Commanding General on the issue.

Served as Fire Support Officer on over fifty reconnaissance patrols and joint partner force training exercises throughout the extensive 55-kilometer Deconfliction Zone.

Researched and briefed day-to-day open and closed source intelligence on China-Africa and Great Power Competition policy issues.

Completed a Cyber and Technology Information Paper on the presence of adversarial actors on the continent of Africa and their activities in the IT sector.

Completed quantitative data collection and qualitative analysis of the levels of USAFRICOM influence and advantage in each individual African country.

1. Political Section Intern, US Department of State – Accra, Ghana | May 2018 – August 2018

   • Served as the acting program coordinator for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law

     Enforcement Affairs (INL) and Security Governance Initiative (SGI) security assistance programs.

   • Organized and facilitated training for Ghanaian law enforcement, judicial service, and security officials.

   • Researched and drafted the Bi-Annual Report on State Department’s efforts to Combat Transnational

     Organized Crime in Ghana, compiling data from a host of USG, Ghanaian, and international sources.

   • Researched and drafted Decision Memoranda to Ambassador Jackson on protracted Togolese refugees

     in Ghana, resulting in meeting with Ghana’s Minister of Interior.

   • After traveling to the Western Region to meet Ghana’s singular Jewish community, published an

informative cable to Washington on the state of religious freedom in Ghana.

• Served as the US representative and delivered remarks at the graduation of a Department of Labor- funded vocational school on World Day Against Child Labor.

Served as the acting program coordinator for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law

Enforcement Affairs (INL) and Security Governance Initiative (SGI) security assistance programs.

Organized and facilitated training for Ghanaian law enforcement, judicial service, and security officials.

Researched and drafted the Bi-Annual Report on State Department’s efforts to Combat Transnational

Organized Crime in Ghana, compiling data from a host of USG, Ghanaian, and international sources.

Researched and drafted Decision Memoranda to Ambassador Jackson on protracted Togolese refugees in Ghana, resulting in meeting with Ghana’s Minister of Interior.

After traveling to the Western Region to meet Ghana’s singular Jewish community, published an informative cable to Washington on the state of religious freedom in Ghana.

• Served as the US representative and delivered remarks at the graduation of a Department of Labor- funded vocational school on World Day Against Child Labor.

Traveled to Rwanda to meet with NGOs, officials, and victims/perpetrators of the 1994 genocide.

Conducted interviews, traveled to memorial sites, and gained firsthand insight on Rwandan courts.

Participated in 32 days of military and civil affairs training in Burkina Faso at the Academie Militaire de Georges Namoano.

Trained with military members from multiple countries in West Africa and the Sahel/Lake Chad Basin.

Worked side-by-side with US State Department Officials to communicate and build relationships with

civilians and village leaders – through key leader engagements, public events, and developmental support.