Victoria is the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist at the Dallaire Initiative. She has over a decade of experience in international development, social research, and project management; more recently focusing on Monitoring and Evaluation as the key to successful implementation and continuity of programs. Her previous work focused on vulnerable children and youth, largely in the East African context, having worked in the region for numerous NGOs since 2007. Concurrently, she has worked alongside academics, NGOs, and consulting firms in Canada on local community development projects and programs for vulnerable and at-risk children and youth. She has an honors BA from the University of Fraser Valley and a Graduate Certificate in Evaluation from the University of Victoria. She is currently pursuing her Credentialed Evaluator (CE) status with the Canadian Evaluation Society.