Gorata Malose

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Gorata was born and raised in Botswana, and she graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Her passion lies in leveraging data to maximize the effectiveness of development interventions in African communities. At Columbia, she served as an executive board member of the African Development Group, which aimed to foster diaspora involvement in African growth and development. She organized speaker events to facilitate dialogue on pressing issues facing the continent.

After graduating from Columbia University, Gorata returned to Botswana and started her career as a Project Support Officer for the European Union project to Support Job Creation and Investment Climate (JCIC) at the Botswana Ministry of Trade and Industry. This role was a transformative experience, exposing her to the intricacies of investment policy and public sector management, and introducing her to the field of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E).

Fueled by her interest in M&E, Gorata transitioned to M&E Research Assistant at Sunshine Cinema, where she gained a deeper appreciation for the role of grassroots movements in effecting change through social and policy advocacy. She further developed her interest in impact measurement by working with the impact lead on outcome harvesting for the organization’s flagship impact case study.

Gorata’s passion for M&E and data-driven initiatives continued through her role as a Research Officer at Youth Impact. Here, she gained exposure to impact evaluations, randomized studies, and interventions improving health and education outcomes. Her responsibilities included conducting field visits, programming surveys in SurveyCTO, and data cleaning and analysis to support monitoring and evaluation of the Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) program.

Gorata appreciates opportunities for cross-cultural learning and she is excited to join the Princeton in Africa community as a Project Impact Coordinator at Farming Out of Poverty. In her spare time, she enjoys solving jigsaw puzzles and cryptic crosswords.