Ana-Maria Sinitean is a Program Designer at the Collaboratory, the innovation lab at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. With a focus on storytelling and partnership building, Ana-Maria has worked on a variety of programs including, a youth development and livelihoods project in the West Bank, a youth civic engagement and dialogue project for the Roma community in Romania and Moldova, a global professional development and leadership exchange program, research fellowships in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, as well as the Fulbright program in the Middle East.