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United States

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Sacramento, California, United States

Berkeley, California, United States

- Established the commission and created it's bylaws, committees, and operational policies. - Recruited leadership to further sustain and develop the commission.

- Elected to represent the undergraduate student body of over 30,000 students. - Managed an office of 25+ members with 6 departments: initiated the creation of a new Financial Literacy Course at Berkeley (receiving 150k in funding), created and enforced an SVSH & Community Safety Policy across the Dance Community and hosted three events with hundreds in.

Berkeley, California, United States

- Allocated the ASUC’s 1.7 million dollar budget, that comes out of student fees, to 500+ student organizations across campus- Made decisions on providing ASUC Sponsorship to all student organizations, allowing them to access the ASUC budget

Berkeley, California, United States

- Co-lead QARC, supporting 13 student organizations and representing 5000+ Queer/Trans (QT) students on campus.- Spearheaded meetings with administrators to advocate for QT students on campus, securing 7.5k from the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs for QT Programming.- Organized 10+ events with 20+ campus stakeholders, collected data through.

Berkeley, California, United States

- Increased budget by 50% for next year.

Berkeley, California, United States

- Founded a chapter of the organization at UC Berkeley with 40+ active club members

- A 501(c)(3) organization created to help spread awareness and break stigma surrounding mental health. - Raised and donated over $1,500 towards mental health, donated to NAMI & Contra Costa Crisis Center.

San Francisco Bay Area

Berkeley, California, United States

Berkeley, California, United States

- Oversaw a 950k fund focused on wellness provided through student fees- Reviewed project proposals & allocated funding to the most impactful projects i.e: GA Graduate Wellness Center Program Expansion (211k), Recreational Sports Nutrition Program (100k), Muslim Mental Health Initiative (65k)

Berkeley, California, United States

Menlo Park, California, United States

- Cross-analyzed 3 medical indications and 4 emerging psychedelic therapies, building a go-to market proposal with the CEO- Analyzed market entry, barriers to market entry, and identified target demographics for the product

- Researched and sought out connections with 300+ VC and other investment sources to raise funds.- Worked directly with CEO and VP of Operations to prepare for seed funding investment round. - Planned out pitch deck for investors, including market sizing, sales strategy, and growth analysis

SF VA Medical Center

- Learned how to use medical databases like CPRS and used data analysis software such as MeVisLab and Geomagic to create virtual models of 50+ aortic valves- Collected and analyzed clinical data concerning 1000+ patients who underwent Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR and SAVR)

I analyzed the spatial information in brain scans of children with mental health disorders compared to non-affected children. The goal is to derive a quantitative signature that classifies normal vs affected through MRI scans. I learned to use image analysis programs, such as FIJI/Imagej, and about neurology. I also learned to program in the R language to.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Political Economy

Study Abroad Program

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