Mastered: From Interlacing the Americas to Claiming Strategy
After two-years of teaching, talking, trials and triumphs, I returned to DC to finish my master's degree; a changed person. *Peace Corps Description of Service
I completed my degree while working at the University’s Center for
Teaching Research and Learning, where I taught learning enhancing tech-tools to
faculty. I was also able to combine an extraordinary opportunity to work
at the International Trade Administration’s Cuba Desk with my masters’ thesis project, “Cuba: Broadening Normalization," where I wrote guides on the Special Economic Development Zone of Mariel (ZED Mariel) and the Cuban labor force.
My degree focus in economics and business paid off after my graduation in the summer of 2016, when I was hired to consult with VetsAmerica, a subcontractor to Deloitte working on the Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS). As a member of the Strategy and Operations team out of the DC office, our project goal was to automate the claim application process for the 22-million American veterans.
Brienne Thomson
San Diego, California
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