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She has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Anthropology and has over 10 years of experience in the international development and humanitarian sector as a monitoring & evaluation professional. Prior to founding Edessa Research, she worked extensively in the WASH sector designing and implementing multi-million-dollar research projects and impact evaluations. After a number of years of working in and serving as a leader in the non-profit space, she realized there was a need for skilled monitoring & evaluation professionals who could serve a wide variety of organizations and who also understood the importance of spirituality and faith in poverty alleviation. It was then that she founded Edessa Research. To date she has worked with organizations providing safe water in Honduras, educating children and youth in Tanzania, rescuing victims of human trafficking in India, and sharing the gospel in South Sudan. 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A field expert with a cultural anthropological approach, Roshani has managed successful evaluations of international relief and development programming in countries such as Nepal, Lebanon and Syria. Working closely with those she serves, she seeks to empower local communities by combining their values and goals with proven strategies of developmental change. Over the past ten years of working in the non-profit sector, she has had the privilege of working alongside Syrian refugee communities, genocide survivors in Rwanda, earthquake survivors in Nepal, hurricane survivors in the British Virgin Islands and many more incredible communities impacted by disaster around the world. She has managed the implementation of several field Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) activities, including a research study on the long-term effects of a women’s economic empowerment program in Ethiopia, along with leading a socio-economic feasibility study in Liberia funded by the World Bank, IDA. As a first-generation college graduate to a family of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka, Roshani is passionate about educational equity and serving the immediate needs of refugees and asylum seekers. Roshani has a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and a Master of Public Affairs with a specialization in non-profit management and organizational change. Edessa has been the perfect fit for her as the work perfectly aligns with her passion for international development and humanitarian aid. In her words, “It has been extremely lovely to have the flexibility to help organizations thrive and continue being a full time mother.” Roshani lives in Des Moines, Iowa with her husband and baby boy, Charlie, who was born December 2020. They love to travel, take long walks, and cook. https://www.edessaresearch.com/julia-sherry daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613c1ce364298c6f89e48f56/e373082d-4034-4e84-bda8-d52ee58ccef6/MicrosoftTeams-image+%285%29.png Julia Sherry - Julia’s Bio Julia is a Specialist Consultant for Edessa Research. With over seven years of relevant experience in the WASH sector, Julia brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the Edessa team, especially with regards to creating and delivering effective training geared for in-country teams on best practices in mobile data collection and evaluation. Her past experience encompasses community development as well as disaster response.   Most recently, Julia was program design lead for a 1.5-million-dollar COVID-19 emergency response program for Water Mission, culminating in the installation of at least 8,500 hand-washing stations in clinics, prisons, schools, markets, and more, serving more than 800,000 people across 10 countries. She has also contributed to several publications and has presented at conferences and forums on numerous occasions, dating back to 2014. Julia has a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies, a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Policy and Planning, a Master of Science in Geography, a Master of Public Health, and a Graduate certificate in Global Planning and International Development Studies all from Virginia Tech.   Julia is thrilled to be consulting with Edessa because she is passionate about seeing nonprofit organizations collect, use, and learn from good data to continually improve their approaches. 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