Education, Data Entry, Project Management

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Myriam Lynn Ali-Ahmad

Los Angeles, CA, USA ******.********@*****.*** Mobile: +1-949-***-**** EDUCATION & LANGUAGES

B.A. in Psychology, High Distinction - Lebanese American University (LAU) June 2017 AOS in Acting – American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) May 2023 Awards & Academic Achievements:

• Highest GPA Award (LAU)

• The Charles Jehlinger Actor’s Award (AADA)

Languages: Full proficiency in English, Arabic, and French; elementary level Spanish. WORK EXPERIENCE

Educator – Study Smart Tutor Nov 2023-present

• Inputting, updating, and tracking students’ progress on the company’s databases.

• Tutoring students following a developed curriculum.

• Liaise between LAUSD schools and company to ensure effective implementation of program and accuracy of data and assessments.

Admissions Coordinator –American Academy of Dramatic Arts Jun 2021-Oct 2023

• Managing the Admissions office and representing the Academy at college fairs.

• Giving campus tours to prospective students and leading open-house events.

• Facilitating the enrollment process of students by managing students’ accounts. Key Accomplishments:

• Ensuring the enrollment of 50+ students through leading campus tours, open-house events and managing students’ documents and transcripts.

Resource Development Assistant - Seenaryo Dec 2020-May 2021

• Inputting and managing data aimed at improving mobile app.

• Strategic planning based on customers’ feedback to make user’s experience easier.

• Overseeing the effective development of Seenaryo’s mobile app.

• Developing and translating educational resources. Key Accomplishments:

• Provided play-based educational resources to over 1,000 teachers and thus play-based learning to over 25,000 children.

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Education Manager – Seenaryo Apr 2019- Dec 2020

• Managed Seenaryo’s education program (the Seenaryo Playkit); included developing and expanding clients’ databases, managing Seenaryo’s freelance trainers, quality control and oversight of program implementation and reporting.

• Sales responsibility for Seenaryo’s play-based education trainings and resources for teachers. Key Accomplishments:

• Grew the Playkit’s reach from ~5,000 children to 15,000 children within a year by selling and managing trainings for 35 schools and NGOs.

• Co-designed a distance learning training. Led the delivery to 100 teachers and trained 10 trainers, with the program ultimately reaching 300 teachers and ~7,500 children in 4 months.

• Co-developed the Playkit mobile app and content; this included introducing a new approach to education to thousands of teachers, especially in marginalized communities. Project Manager - Skoun and World Vision Dec 2017-Sept 2018

• Managing the Life Skills (LS) program in 25 schools in Beirut. This included managing and coaching teachers, collecting and inputting data, monitoring, evaluation, and program reporting.

• Leading interactive Life Skills lessons to children between 6 and 14 years old and worked with students to plan and launch their community projects. Key Accomplishments:

• Developed a new strategy to make the program (which reached ~3,000 students) more engaging for students by introducing a participatory approach. Researcher and Project Coordinator - Nahnoo and LAU Sep 2016-Sep 2017

• Managing the quality implementation of the project. This included recruiting, training research participants, coordinating between all parties, and overseeing data collection.

• Inputting and analyzing data.

Key Accomplishments:

• Engaging 22 refugee youth in a participatory research project using an innovative action theatre model.

• Co-designing the project and co-authoring the final research publication for the United Nations.

PUBLICATIONS:

Zebian, S., Chemali, J., Daccache, S., Ali Ahmad, M., El-Baba, M., Aristizabal, H., Rivers, B., Fox, M., & Stroudt, B. 2018. Mashrou3 Insan: A participatory action research project to ground the localization of the sustainable development goals in lived experiences of refugee youth. The United Nations and The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs. https://www.un.org.lb/library/assets/UN-IFI%20research-Mashrou3%20Insan%20Report-020315.pdf

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