Caroline Deschak

Caroline Irene Deschak, MPH, is a nutrition and food security expert with specialized knowledge on migration. She brings 10 years of experience from across the Americas, Africa, and Oceania, where she has led large-scale operations, trainings, and applied research in complex settings.

Currently, Caroline has a dual role with ICF for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded project, Surveys for Monitoring in Resilience and Food Security. As a survey manager, she coordinates and provides technical assistance population-based surveys to inform Feed the Future programming. As a qualitative researcher, she leads the design and implementation of the Livelihood Coping Strategies Research Activity, liaising with global experts from the largest humanitarian organizations in the world to amplify the voice of ordinary people in fragile settings. Her latest activities let her work with talented partners across Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, and Mali.

Caroline has an interdisciplinary background in all things food. This includes a Master of Public Health in Nutrition and Food Security from the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública in Mexico, where she was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Garcia-Robles grant to explore how to measure food access in migrants transiting Mexico. As a member and co-founder of several working groups, Caroline remains active in the academic community, promoting high-quality evidence to improve access to food and water in contexts increasingly affected by conflict and climate change. She is also a professional translator of Spanish and English, specializing in technical reports and scientific articles.

Through years of working and living multiculturally, Caroline thrives taking on challenging issues requiring coordination, creativity, and teamwork. As a former lead volunteer at a food bank, and current enthusiastic member of her neighborhood co-op, she finds fulfillment in bringing her passion for food security to both work and home.