During my time at Nike Foundation, I managed a portfolio of girls’ empowerment investments, led the Foundation’s Health + Safety strategy, and revitalized the approach to Knowledge Management. I’ve shared some of my favorite projects below.
Empowering Rwandese girls
I launched a project for 12-year-old Rwandan girls to build the confidence, friendships and skills they need to navigate adolescence. After an initial pilot, the program scaled to 150,000 girls nationwide.
Implementing partner: PSI Rwanda
Collaborator organizations: Girl Hub Rwanda, Population Council, Government of Rwanda
Girl Tech Labs
I led pilot projects to test how to use technology - like mobile phones, computers, coding and videography - in girl programs. The pilots explored whether tech could build girls’ STEM skills and social assets, support girls to tell their stories and enable girls to monitor + evaluate empowerment programs. The lab informed later tech-based innovation platforms and girl brands, which reached over 1m girls across East Africa.
Implementing organizations: Population Council, Kuweni Serious, ZanaAfrica, InsightShare
Locations: Kenya, Guatemala
Portfolio Learning
Nike Foundation was dedicated to learning what worked to empower girls to end poverty. I spent lots of time analyzing and capturing what we’d learned in decks, reports and our online learning platform. Those lessons learned informed the Foundation’s investments and advocacy.
The Girl Effect
As a portfolio manager, I supported the teams building the Girl Effect videos, including providing insight on girls and health.
My roles: Portfolio Manager, Health + Safety Pillar Lead
Made at: Nike Foundation, in partnership with adolescent girls and NF’s implementing partner grantees