Abigail Alvarez Email & Phone Number

Sacramento, California, United States

• Serve as the primary subject matter expert for CBHDA on behavioral health workforce issues affecting the safety net system for mental health and substance use disorder policy issues• Track, review, summarize, and analyze proposed legislative/regulatory policies inassigned policy areas• Anticipate and identify behavioral health policy issues of concern andwork collaboratively within CBHDA and with other organizations to research anddevelop recommended options for resolving them.• Act as CBHDA liaison to state agencies, regulatory bodies, and externalstakeholder groups• Maintain, establish and strengthen relationships within the legislature ensureresponsiveness to policy positions taken on behalf of county behavioral healthdirectors

Sacramento, California, United States

• Participate in key policy coalitions related to a client’s legislative and budgetary goals• Conduct research needed to achieve objectives of legislative and regulatory campaign• Engage in outreach to diverse allies and communities to help develop a stronger base of support for specific political causes• Support with monitoring, analyzing, and evaluating regulations, laws and new developments on a range of issues

• Support the rulemaking processes (e.g., reviewing public comments, researching policymatters, editing policy and regulatory documents, planning for future rulemaking efforts)• Assist with controlled correspondence (e.g., writing, editing, sending, and tracking responsesto members of the public, higher education officials and organizations, and Members ofCongress)

• Represent 5,600 students and run a 60-person governance organization with a $90k operating budget• Advise University administrators on issues including: the return to in-person learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, responding to labor unrest, addressing the concerns of Black students at a PWI, reimagining campus safety services, and creating a certified ‘mental health first aide’ emergency response team

• Provide one-on-one advising to political science majors• Assist graduating seniors with outgoing paperwork• Perform administrative tasks in the Office of Political Science

• Started a Spanish conversation group for students at all levels to practice their language skills• Facilitate weekly meetings

• Collaborate with administrators to address the needs, interests, and concerns of the student body• Serve on the following committees: (i) The Committee for the Prevention of Unlawful Harassment and Discrimination, (ii) The Current Universities Issues Committee, (iii) The Ad hoc Committee on Standing Rules and Order

• Oversee the strategic planning, fundraising, and internal development of the organization• Write grants, appoint committee members, and develop the organization’s strategic vision• Further the organization’s work in youth empowerment and education policy reform

• Lobbied for bills regarding tuition equity, sexual harassment reporting, and ethnic studies• Oversaw the creation and release of a statewide student voice survey, then published a comprehensive report on student voice in Oregon

Sacramento, California, United States

Sacramento, California, United States

• legislative research• advocating for immigrant-specific policy change• meeting (digitally) with elected officials, legislative staff, community partners, and stakeholders about how California can better support immigrant communities

• Organize, train, and mobilize student activists on campus• Advocates on behalf of service and auxiliary workers at SCU, including our dining services workers and our custodial staff• Host labor rights teach-ins, organize awareness campaigns and meet regularly with SCU administrators and company managers

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Wrote a comprehensive policy memo about the intersections between immigration and criminal justice policy• Researched Democratic presidential candidates and prepared evaluative report cards for clients• Prepared daily press clips about immigration and criminal justice for clients

San Jose, Ca

• Co-led The Thriving Neighbors After-school program, a STEM-focused program for 4th/5th graders from low-income backgrounds at Washington Elementary School• Served as a mentor and supported student success• Coordinated with professors and university students that wanted to volunteer in the Thriving Neighbors after-school program

Portland, Oregon Area

• Supported adults with disabilities in adaptive music, fitness, and art classes

Portland, Oregon Area

• Designed and launched the YouthFirst Conference 2018, a youth leadership summit focused on racial equity, restorative justice, and youth empowerment

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Spanish

Activities and Societies: University and Political Science Honors Programs - Associated Student Government - Santa Clara Community Action.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Varsity tennis, Wind Ensemble, Marching Band, Symphony Orchestra, Pit Orchestra, Peer Mentor Valedictorian.