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>> My name is Rachel Sayre.

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And I work as a disaster specialist at the
U.S. Agency For International Development.

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So a disaster specialist works in our office
of Foreign Disaster Assistance At USA.

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And we watch over the world
for impending disasters.

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So hurricanes.

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Tsunamis. Earthquakes.

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We have whole teams of folks who are just always
watching the regions we're assigned to cover

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and getting ready in case anything happens.

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We also cover complex emergencies.

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So complex emergencies are
really conflict-driven.

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Such as wars in Yemen and Syria.

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If you're assigned to, say, the Asia
region, it could be that in that week

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that there is an earthquake in one of
the countries that you're covering.

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So if that happens, then you are talking
with our team in the field to see

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if we need to send an assessment team.

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And see if, see what the
needs might be in relation

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to that natural disaster that just happened.

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So if there's needs, then kind of a whole
process is kicked into gear to respond

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to making sure that the people who
are affected have what they need.

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And there's, of course, meetings
for coordination.

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A lot of phone calls.

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A lot of, you know, off hours
work if it's, you know,

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at a place that's not on our same time zone.

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And then keeping everyone informed, both in
Washington and in the field, who's affected.