Diamondnia
rooted in research. grounded in community.
Work, rooted in equity.
My work spans climate policy, economic inequality, and gender equity — from the UN to Capitol Hill to community nonprofits. At the root of all of it is a commitment to equity-centered, data-driven solutions.
Master of Public Policy candidate at the University of Chicago Harris School, specializing in energy and environment and municipal finance.
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Master of Public Policy
University of Chicago · Harris School of Public Policy · Chicago, IL
Advanced Micro Economics I & II● Statistics I & II● International Climate Policy● Environmental Science & PolicyExpected 2027Specializations:● Energy & Environment● Municipal FinanceLeadership:● Harris Energy & Environmental Association● Co-President 2026–2027● Co-Director of Strategy 2025–2026
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Bachelor of Science — Economics
University of North Carolina Greensboro · Greensboro, NC · Minor: Anthropology
Environmental Anthropology● Economics of Technology● Business Finance● Business Statistics● International EconomicsMay 2019
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American Economic Association Summer Program
Howard University · Washington, DC · Economics
Econometrics● MicroeconomicsJuly 2023
- Study Abroad — International Economics & Spanish Veritas Universidad · San José, Costa Rica July 2018
From the Congressional Budget Office and Johns Hopkins to the UN — applying econometric, geospatial, and macroeconomic methods to inequality, labor markets, and sustainable development.
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Economic Affairs Intern
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs · New York, NY
December 2025 – May 2026
- Conducting macroeconomic and structural policy analysis for Chapters 2–4 of the 2026 World Social Report, contributing to global research on inequality, economic growth, and sustainable development.
- Supporting empirical analysis in R — including literature reviews, data collection, cleaning, and visualization to inform UN policy findings.
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Research Assistant — International Development & Economics
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD
October 2024 – September 2025
- Supported lead economists studying ethnic and gender-based employment discrimination and socio-economic outcomes for women in Nigeria, contributing to 2 NBER publications on labor market outcomes.
- Applied geospatial modeling and data visualization in R to quantify gas flare exposure across African regions and assess socio-economic impacts on local populations.
- Examined female entrepreneurship and skills training impacts on labor market outcomes in Africa through literature reviews and regression analysis, contributing to working papers.
- Cleaned datasets and conducted summary statistics and linear regression analysis in R.
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Research Assistant — Summer Intern
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) · Washington, DC
May 2023 – July 2023
- Collaborated with senior economists in the Tax Analysis Division to evaluate COVID-era tax policies influencing $500 billion in federal spending decisions.
- Used STATA to compile and analyze 2022 income tax data to calculate the Gini coefficient, assessing income inequality to strengthen budgetary and policy recommendations.
- Delivered a comprehensive presentation on statistical and economic methodologies and research findings.
Years of community-centered work at KIPP DC and The Sadie Collective — leading large-scale programming, partnerships, and data-driven initiatives to expand access to education and economic opportunity.
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Attendance Data & Intervention Specialist
KIPP DC · Washington, DC
November 2022 – July 2025
- Designed and implemented a 3-year, multi-tiered intervention initiative, securing $15,000 in grant funding to support programming, track outcomes across data streams, and guide regional strategy.
- Oversaw intervention processes for 4,500 students across six schools, conducting stakeholder surveys and analyzing attendance, academic, behavioral, and mental health data to build a comprehensive picture of how absenteeism was driving attrition and impacting educational attainment and social-emotional development.
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Senior Research & Data Consultant
Black Child Development Institute DC · Washington, DC
January 2025 – March 2026
- Produced 4 comprehensive policy reports on the socio-economic conditions of children in Washington, DC, presenting findings at DC Council hearings and 5 community town halls.
- Translated research reports into an interactive digital dashboard to expand public accessibility and policy impact.
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Senior Associate & Conference Programs Director
The Sadie Collective · Washington, DC
May 2020 – May 2023
- Promoted three times — from Fellow to Senior Fellow to Full-Time Associate — assuming expanding leadership responsibilities across programming, partnerships, and strategic growth.
- Managed a $150,000 Goldman Sachs Foundation grant to design and scale international high school economic education programming across 9 U.S. states and 2 countries, growing institutional partnerships by 1,600%.
- Supervised an 8-member engagement team delivering 5 monthly economics-focused programs serving 2,700+ participants from high school through early-career.
- Served as primary institutional liaison to the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago and New York, the Urban Institute, and the Brookings Institution — coordinating large-scale policy conferences with 1,000+ attendees.
- Conceived and managed the 2021 Sadie T.M. Alexander Conference for Economics (SACE 2021) — the organization's first virtual global conference — overseeing strategy, budgeting, and full execution for 500+ attendees and 25 economists and policy leaders.
Founder & Executive Director of The Brown Moon Project — advancing global climate policy analysis for Black, Brown, and Indigenous women, with a particular focus on the Global South.
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Founder & Executive Director
The Brown Moon Project · Washington, DC
December 2024 – Present
- Founded a research-driven nonprofit examining environmental policy impacts on women in the U.S. and Global South, managing a three-person analytical research team conducting cross-national analysis on climate risk, structural inequality, and socio-economic vulnerability.
- Developed a 100+ climate policy database spanning the United States, South America, and Africa to support comparative policy analysis, research synthesis, and public-facing knowledge translation.
- Produced and host Rooted: Women, Earth, and Eco-Justice — a two-season, policy-focused podcast featuring 12+ interviews with eco-creatives, environmental attorneys, climate economists, and policy practitioners, translating technical research into accessible public dialogue.
- Coordinated institutional partnerships with Black in Environment, BlackOak Collective, The Village DC, the DC Department of Energy and Environment, and Clean City DC — convening panels, policy discussions, and community programs engaging 300+ participants.
- Built a public educational platform including a climate policy glossary and curated resource library, reaching 1,000+ followers across social media.
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Conference Sponsor & Planning Committee Member
Black In Environment · BiE Week
2022 – 2025
- Served as a conference sponsor and planning committee member for BiE Week, supporting Black environmental professionals and amplifying community-centered climate programming.
Published works.
Rooted: Women,
Earth & Eco-Justice
A Brown Moon Project podcast hosted by Diamondnia Mack — Founder & Executive Director of The Brown Moon Project, a nonprofit examining the socio-economic impact of climate change on Black, Brown, and Indigenous women. Each episode uplifts women across the climate space — from environmental law and economics to eco-art and entrepreneurship — weaving personal histories, triumphs, and hard truths from the frontlines of climate justice. Our guests are experts in their fields, offering wisdom, lessons, and the kind of knowledge we can take back to our own work.
"The land remembers what we forget."
Episode
Products.
Work built to inform, advocate, and advance equity — across research outputs and consulting engagements.
Examines how the rapid expansion of AI data centers is straining water systems — and what it means for water governance, public rights, and equitable resource access.
Examines how Ethiopia's One WaSH National Program addresses the gendered dimensions of water insecurity — and what it means for WaSH policy design globally.
Interactive data visualization exploring climate policy outcomes and equity dimensions across the Global South.
Brown Moon Project dashboard tracking energy and climate policy across North America, with a focus on equity and environmental justice outcomes.
Brown Moon Project dashboard examining energy and climate policy trends across Latin America, centering gendered and socio-economic impacts.
Brown Moon Project dashboard mapping energy and climate policy across Africa, with attention to climate vulnerability and gender equity.
Brown Moon Project dashboard tracking energy and climate policy across South Asia, examining structural inequality and climate risk for women and girls.
Brown Moon Project dashboard analyzing energy and climate policy across Europe, with comparative analysis of regulatory frameworks and equity dimensions.
Data Reports
Speaking engagements.
Panels, moderated conversations, and keynotes on climate equity, economic justice, and the intersection of data and policy.
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