Global Education
Student engagement Cady leading a facilitation training

One World Youth Project

Program Director & Founding Team Member (2004–2015, full-time 2010–2015). Ongoing advisory involvement 2015–present.

Founding team member and later program director of an international peace education nonprofit operating in low-resource, low-connectivity environments. Helped scale the organization from a volunteer-led model to a fully staffed, foundation-supported international nonprofit.

4,000+
Students Reached
6
International Sites
90+
Student Leaders & Facilitators Trained Annually

Designed and implemented a 19-week peace education curriculum for middle school students focused on cross-cultural communication, civic engagement, and community-based project design. Created and led a multi-tiered, train-the-trainer education system combining online coursework with intensive in-person leadership and classroom facilitation trainings for university students and teachers who served as local program facilitators.

This work shaped how Cady approaches education and technology in practice: start with context, design for uneven access, and build systems that center the people who will ultimately use them.

Built and sustained long-term partnerships with ministries of education, universities, middle schools, NGOs, and other domestic and international institutions across six sites, including Guyana, Turkey, Pakistan, Kosovo, Boston, and Washington, DC. Worked closely with local partners to adapt programs to distinct political, cultural, and infrastructural contexts, balancing consistency of outcomes with flexibility in implementation. Oversaw complex multi-stakeholder collaborations and international operations, including annual trainings, travel logistics, accreditation processes, and multi-site coordination, ensuring programs were feasible to run on the ground and durable over time.

Across classrooms, international trainings, and public-facing education work, Cady has learned that lasting impact depends less on importing solutions and more on listening closely to local context. Her approach emphasizes humility, adaptability, and long-term relationship building, with an eye toward systems that can scale responsibly without losing sight of the people they serve.

Classroom engagement