As an account coordinator and operations assistant at Wonder, Nadia (she/her) leads on project management and streamlining operations. In her role, Nadia ensures Wonder’s clients meet their project objectives, and she prioritizes creating partnerships centered around trust and collaboration. Nadia’s approach combines operational excellence with purpose, aligning project timelines and workflows while keeping the deeper ‘why’ behind the work at the forefront.
Prior to joining Wonder, Nadia held several project management and operations-focused roles at global nonprofits and consulting firms, supporting changemakers in community development, education, gender equity, and language equity and access. She currently serves on the Alumni Advisory Board for the Abdelkader Education Project.
Nadia is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she enjoys spending time with friends and family, birdwatching, kayaking, playing with her kitties, and acting as an iced tea connoisseur.
What motivates you to do this work?
“One of my favorite quotes from Vincent van Gogh reads: ‘Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.’ I believe this to be true when working with our partners to accelerate progressive social change. As a project manager, I lay the groundwork for those discussions to begin and create a stable environment for curiosity to bloom. I am motivated by the way in which small, consistent actions lead to lasting change.”
What’s your superpower?
“My superpower is my emotional intelligence and how I weave that into my work. In my role, I am tasked with organizing time, resources, and priorities in ways that allow the Wonder team and our clients to produce the best work possible. When approaching my work, I am committed to utilizing and increasing my knowledge of how emotions influence thoughts, behaviors, beliefs, and the ways in which we work and interact with one another. I believe that building empathy into project management and operations makes systems more human-centered, and therefore, more effective.”
