Katy Anis is a nonformal education specialist, who has been involved in education initiatives for over 15 years, including adult nonformal education, accelerated learning, basic education, training and capacity building, community development, women’s empowerment and many other areas.  She has supported development programming in the related fields of:  women’s empowerment, gender violence, livelihoods and economic empowerment, and health & reproductive health fields. Ms. Anis has experience in the full circle of project implementation activities. She has conducted research, designed and delivered training, managed projects, led human resources, developed budgets, produced documentation and monitored and evaluated projects, among a number of other activities.  She has managed programs under difficult and challenging circumstances and easily assimilates into the local language and context. Ms. Anis has a background in second language acquisition, literacy, sociocultural anthropology and education and training and social sciences.  While she has worked in Afghanistan, Timor Leste, India, and Brazil, she is currently based in Ethiopia.