I am a trilingual communication professional with 14 years' experience working for international organizations. Currently, I am working as a Communications Specialist for the Caribbean Development Bank, a regional development finance institution based in Barbados.

After more than a decade on the African continent, I joined the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C. as Communications Lead, Corporate Support, and Corporate Writer and Editor, Strategic Messaging, at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). For seven months, I worked as a Senior Communications Consultant on three themes I was passionate about: Climate Change; Fragility, Conflict and Violence; and Gender.

Prior to joining the World Bank, I was Head of Communication and Public Information for Africa at the International Labour Organization (ILO), a specialized UN agency, where I led communications across the Africa region from 2019 to 2022.

From 2012 to 2019, I held multiple roles at the African Development Bank, including Principal Communication Officer (Lead English Editor), Acting Editor-in-Chief, Interim Director of Communication and External Relations, and Lead Communication Advisor to the Vice-President overseeing regional operations.

I started my career in Canada as a magazine and web editor, travel and feature writer, and reporter for the Calgary Herald and The Canadian Press in Vancouver and Montréal before transitioning to digital media and communications for international organizations.

I landed my first international role in 2011 with the UNDP Regional Centre in Dakar, Senegal, supporting communication in 23 countries in West and Central Africa.

I hold an MSc in International Relations (Political Economy of Development), from the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals, and a BA in Journalism from Ryerson University (Toronto Metropolitan University). My master's dissertation, "El Dorado or The Great Deception?", documented the human side of West African migration to Europe through the lens of Senegalese street vendors in France, Spain and Italy.

In March 2011, I presented my research findings in Spanish at a roundtable on Senegalese migration in Spain hosted by UNESCO Barcelona alongside representatives from Senegalese community organizations.

I speak English, French and Spanish.