Maame joined the IEL staff in January of 2007 as the Program Assistant for the Coalition for Community Schools.  Her primary responsibilities include providing administrative, logistical, and programmatic support for the research, publications, meetings, Web site, and other work of the Coalition.

Maame’s experience includes interning for Michigan State Representative Barbara Farrah in the spring of 2005, where she worked on the district’s bi-weekly newsletter, managed the database, and acted as the first contact for constituent relations.  She has also been an after-school community service leader at an elementary school, and she has volunteered for the Ronald McDonald House Charities as well as working as a senior homecare assistant.

Maame received her B.A. in Political Science from Michigan State University. She spent her last semester interning at the Women’s Campaign Forum in Washington D.C.