Project Manager, Content Strategist & Journalist

I help organizations tell complex stories and deliver results through targeted content strategies in English and Spanish, brand consistency, and high-impact team leadership.

• Project Manager driving climate tech initiatives at Carbon Yield

• Financial journalist simplifying investment concepts for NerdWallet readers

• Policy expert translating research into actionable content for major publications

• Published in: Washington Post • NerdWallet • CNN • The Atlantic • Slate

Available for consulting: aliezadurana(at)gmail.com | LinkedIn: /in/alieza-durana

Selected Portfolio Highlights

Currently: Project Manager at Carbon Yield

• Expertise: Cross-functional team leadership, climate tech project delivery, stakeholder management

• Available for: Project management consulting, program management, climate tech advisory

Lead contributor at NerdWallet

Recent highlights covering investments, Treasury securities, and personal finance include:

• Investing in the Dow: A Guide to Dow Jones ETFs
  NerdWallet.com · Updated August 5, 2024

• How to Buy Treasury Bonds, Notes and Bills
  NerdWallet.com · Updated August 5, 2024

• What are Treasury Notes and How Can I Buy Them?
  NerdWallet.com · Updated August 5, 2024

• What is the 10-Year Treasury Yield?
  NerdWallet.com · Updated August 5, 2024

• Treasurys Calculators
  NerdWallet.com

• Treasury Bonds Overview
  NerdWallet.com · Updated Jul 17, 2024

• Savings Bond Calculator
  NerdWallet.com · Jun 28, 2024

• Treasury Bills: A Beginners Guide and How to Buy
  NerdWallet.com · Updated Jun 24, 2024

• Smart Money Podcast — Moving Could Benefit You: Budgeting for A Brighter, Safer Future in the LGBTQ+ Community
  Apple Podcasts · June 13, 2024

• S&P 500 Companies: Full List and Performance
  NerdWallet.com · May 14, 2024

• Smart Money Podcast: Safeguard Your Finances: Tips on Emergency Funds, Insurance and Index Fund Investments
  Apple Podcasts · May 13, 2024

• How to Invest $100
  NerdWallet.com · Updated Apr 18, 2024

• 6 Strategies for LGBTQ+ Financial Prep to Move to a Safer Place
  Syndication · Apr 11, 2024

• Smart Money Podcast: Diversify Your Portfolio: A Guide to Roth vs. Traditional Retirement Accounts
  Apple Podcasts · Apr 1, 2024

• Inverse ETFs: Definition and Examples
  NerdWallet.com · Updated Apr, 2024

• Best Online Brokers for Bonds
  NerdWallet.com · Mar 29, 2024

• 5 Tips for Avoiding Tax Scams in 2024
  Syndication · Mar 25, 2024

• Bond Market Crash: What It Is and How to Prepare
  NerdWallet.com · Feb 16, 2024

• 2022 Was A Terrible Year for Stocks and Bonds. Here’s Why.
  NerdWallet.com · Updated Feb. 9, 2024

• Kiddie Tax: Definition and Examples
  NerdWallet.com · Feb 2, 2024

• Bond Market: What It Is and Why It Matters
  NerdWallet.com · Jan 31, 2024

• Smart Money Podcast: What’s an HSA? Growing Wealth with Health Savings Account Investing
  Apple Podcasts · Jan 29, 2024

• What Is Medicare Tax? Definition, How It Works
  NerdWallet.com · Dec 5, 2023

• 7 Tax To-Dos Before End-of-Year
  Syndication · Nov 13, 2023

• 4 Moderate-Risk, Long-Term Investments
  NerdWallet.com · Sept 25, 2023

• Latinos Make Financial Progress But Discrimination Persists
  Syndication · May 30, 2023

• My Path to Generational Wealth: The Happy Investor Method
  Syndication · May 12, 2023

• What is Investing?
  NerdWallet.com · Updated Apr 30, 2023

• Interest Rate Risk: Definition and Examples
  NerdWallet.com · Mar 29, 2023

• Smart Money Podcast: Nerdy Deep Dive: How Can We Reduce Childcare Costs?
  Apple Podcasts · Jun 22, 2022

• Smart Money Podcast: Nerdy Deep Dive: Why Is Child Care So Expensive?
  Apple Podcasts · Jun 9, 2022

• What is a Short Squeeze?
  NerdWallet.com · June 3, 2022

Published policy and workplace analysis in major publications

Housing policy and eviction crisis

• We must keep America safely housed: Here are three solutions
  USA Today, NorthJersey.com · Nov 12, 2021

• The eviction crisis has begun. It will get so much worse.
  The Washington Post · Sep 23, 2021

• Struggling Renters Need More Federal Aid
  The American Prospect · May 12, 2021

• A mass wave of evictions is coming. Temporary bans won't help
  The Washington Post · Apr 8, 2020

Workplace equality and harassment

• For gender equality at work, seeing is believing
  CNN · Jan 10, 2019

  The Sexual Harassment Victims Who Can't Get to Court
  Atlantic Ideas · Oct 8, 2018

• #NowWhat: The Sexual Harassment Solutions Toolkit
  New America · Sep 1, 2018

• Sexual Harassment: A Severe and Pervasive Problem
  New America · Sep 1, 2018

• Gender Discrimination at Work Is All Too Real, With 42 Percent of Women Experiencing It
  Slate · Dec 14, 2017

  Gender Inequality in Puerto Rico Is About to Get Worse
  Slate · Oct 12, 2017

Caregiving and family policy

• Teachers donating sick days Is a symptom of a wretched system
  CNN · Aug 18, 2018

• Free Cash, No Strings Attached
  Slate · Jul 10, 2018

• Study: Men Want to Do More Caregiving but Can't
  Slate · Jun 13, 2018

• New Study: The Republican Plan for Paid Leave Is Going to Undermine Social Security
  Slate · Apr 19, 2018

• Why Cecile Richards Thinks Work-Life Balance Is a Myth
  Slate · Apr 1, 2018

• The Suburban Mystique
  Slate · Mar 19, 2018

• A New Study Shows How Other Countries Are Making Paid Leave Work
  Slate · Feb 28, 2018

• The GOP Respects States’ Rights, Unless Your State Gives You These Workplace Benefits
  Slate · Dec 8, 2017

• The Hidden Ways the Tax Code Hurts Women
  Slate · Oct 30, 2017

• Modes of flexibility: framework legislation v 'soft' law
  Edward Elgar Publishing · Jan 1, 2017

• Paid Family Leave: How Much Time Is Enough?
  New America · Jun 16, 2017

• How Child Care Providers Are Paying for a State's Budget Crisis
  New America Weekly · Oct 5, 2016

• If We’re Serious About Early Learning, Here’s How It Should Look
  Pacific Standard · Mar 2, 2017

• Why Parents Are Being Forced to Find Childcare Underground
  The Atlantic · Oct 3, 2016

• New America Care Report
  New America · Sep 28, 2016

Healthcare access and outcomes

• House Calls Can Lead to Dramatically Better Health Outcomes Among the Elderly.
  The Pacific Standard · May 1, 2019

• Nurse Midwives Are Trained, Lifesaving Professionals. Why Are We Holding Them Back?
  Slate · Nov 6, 2017

• When a Surprise Medical Bill Hits, It’s Women Who Absorb Most of the Shock
  Slate · May 12, 2017

PLEASE CONTACT ME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MY WORK OR TO DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION. MY SERVICES INCLUDE EDITORIAL STRATEGY, CONTENT THOUGHT LEADERSHIP, AND POLICY COMMUNICATION.

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Previous Positions

Lead Writer
NerdWallet
Jan 2022 to August 2024

Senior Narrative Change Liaison
The Eviction Lab at Princeton University      
Mar 2020 to Dec 2021

Deputy Director
The Fuller Project for International Reporting
Apr 2019 to Oct 2019

Senior Policy Analyst
New America
Aug 2016 to Mar 2019

Policy Analyst
New America
Feb 2016 to Jul 2016

Program Associate
New America
Oct 2015 to Feb 2016

Research Assistant
The Governance Report
Oct 2013 to May 2014

Research Fellow
The Fulbright Program
Aug 2012 to Jul 2013

Education

Masters of Public Policy (M.P.P)
Hertie School of Governance
Fulbright Research Scholar and DAAD Scholar

B.A. International and Area Studies
Washington University in St. Louis
Annika Rodriguez Scholar

Skills & Languages

• Brand Voice: Creating and maintaining consistent guidelines across platforms

• Creative Leadership: Project management, direction, cross-team collaboration

• Content Strategy: Audience segmentation, campaigns, conversion storytelling

• Digital Marketing: SEO, website content, email, demand generation

• Languages: Bilingual English/Spanish, B2 German proficiency

• Technical Writing: Translating complex concepts into accessible content

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