In 2007, she worked as a
promotions coordinator for VP Records, where she was responsible for identifying and brokering online and radio promotional opportunities, as well as publicity for their new vintage catalog imprint 17 North Parade.
Before joining VP Records, she was an intern in the Office of Corporate Communications at The New York Times Company where she supported the department on all aspects of media relations, investor relations, and public relations. Prior to that, Falana interned for Foreign Affairs at the Council on Foreign Relations and at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC.
In addition to assisting with publicity and media relations, she has an intellectual interest in public policy, social and economic development in the Caribbean and global communication. While in college, she was awarded a fellowship at the Center for the Study of the Presidency, where she wrote an article on the influence of public policy research institutes on presidential policy making entitled “Partisan Politics: The Rise of Advocacy Think Tanks and Their Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy” (Washington: 2004).
Falana has been a
volunteer for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF where she was involved in fund raising and is currently an active member of
Jamaica Africa Development Association, a non-profit charity organization dedicated to improving the educational, social and economic conditions in Jamaica.
She earned a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Hofstra University in 2005 and lives in New York. She is currently pursuing a law degree.
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