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Jessica Grillo
Jessica is currently the Livelihoods Advisor for USAIDs Famine Early Warning System Network. Based in D.C. Jessica provides FEWS NET field staff with technical support, integrating livelihoods information for early warning and scenario development. Jessica specializes in modifying and developing the HEA framework toward meeting the needs of emerging issues in the humanitarian and development field. She adapted HEA methodology to new development contexts in Ethiopia for a six month market-led livelihoods project aimed at improving household earning potential through linkages to more viable markets. Jessi began working with FEG Consulting on the FEWS NET project, based in Washington, DC. In addition to supporting FEWS NET’s livelihoods work in Central America and Africa, she assisted trainings and conducted HEA assessments in Honduras, Malawi, and Ethiopia. She also has experience working with rural livelihoods and resource management while studying ecotourism and conservation in Madagascar and has continued to apply her knowledge of those two disciplines in the United States, Mexico, Central America and Africa. Jessi is American.
