Evaluation.  Equity. Engagement.
                                               

                                                         Sida Ly-Xiong has a very strong skills as a grant writer and 
                            evaluator. She is strategic, practical and grounds her recommendations in solid 
                           research. We could always be certain the options she presented to us were very 
                      well thought out, and her services and support are always welcome when our goals 
                               intersect. Well worth considering adding to any team that needs good critical 
                          thinkers who won't hold back honest assessments of your capacity and skill sets.
        
                                                                                                Bryan Thao Worra
                                        National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, Writer/Activist
                                                                                                        June 2013


Sida was hired to assist the Crossroad Fund (of which I am a
Board Member and Chair of the Evaluation Tool Working Group) in the further
refinement if its Social Change Grantmaking Evaluation Tool and pilot that tool
with a subset of our grantees to further refine the tool for full implementation
with all grantees. She did an excellent job working with staff and board,
engaging grantees and providing additional tools and preparing final reports
that have been instrumental in the full roll out of the tool with all grantees
for the current funding cycle. Her work was excellent.

        Lisa Marie Pickens
        Crossroads Foundation Board Member
        October 2012


                                                                Ly-Xiong is an intelligent, creative, person with excellent
                                   people and project management skills. She has an uncanny ability to manage 
                                    stressful chaotic situations and rally individuals to meet any challenge. She is 
                                      a strong leader with an exceptional ability to manage people and processes.

                                                                                                                Nyagatare Valens
                                                                                                MN Department of Education


 I have had the privilege to work along side with Sida
 facilitating, strategizing, and delivering diversity awareness experience
 programs. Sida brings to the table a strong bedrock of knowledge, capability
 and experience. She shares unique perspectives with her audiences, leverages
 her energy and passion to keep you engaged, and remains focused on the goal
 while exercising flexibility to ensure everyone's expectations are exceeded.
        
        Zack Demopolous
        Certified Facilitator at Global Consortium, LLC

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