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Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Wrote co-sponsorship and cosign memos summarizing, analyzing, and recommending bills and letters for the Congresswoman’s consideration on issues including Veteran Aid, Environmental support, and.
• Executed a high-volume constituent correspondence program including batching over 200 pieces of mail per week in Intranet Quorum and drafting 10+ letters per week to keep office’s mail backlog under 500 messages.
• Tabulated daily press clippings including all mentions of the Congresswoman and distributed to all staff and the Congresswoman.
• Facilitated a Frontline office, high-volume 499 program by drafting and sending over 1,000 letters covering 200 unique topics.
• Wrote weekly meeting memos to directly prepare the Congresswoman for her meetings with interest groups, constituents, and other stakeholders on issues including credit unions, energy companies, and military civilian.
• Staff the front office by welcoming visitors, facilitating in-person meetings on the Congresswoman’s calendar, answering and logging constituent calls, giving Capitol tours, and supporting administrative tasks.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Increased engagement across social media platforms by developing and encouraging the adoption of outreach strategies.
• Mentored the next generation of voters on the role of special interests and policy-maker decision-making on the issue of gun violence/regulation as a town hall guest speaker on behalf of the Office.
• Conducted constituent tours of the capitol and fulfilled flag requests.
• Phone and digital constituent correspondence assurance through Fireside constituent services.
• Assisting legislative and communications staff with time-sensitive projects.
• Congressional letter writing for constituent concerns and CRS reports.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Conducted research and collaborated across Congressional offices to inform and influence co-sponsorship of the bipartisan H.R.7372 Protecting Semiconductor Supply Chain from Authoritarians Act (passed house).
• Mentored to Congresswoman/senior staff shaping office public communications on the Ethiopia conflict, leading to the introduction of two House resolutions condemning violence and human rights abuses.
• Implemented complex problem-solving skills when writing official constituent response letters, aiding in constituent assurance.
• Eliminated redundancies and streamlined office operations by updating batching and folder practices.
• Experience in Intranet Quorum for constituent correspondence, batching, and administrative tasks
• Attended hearings and briefings, and wrote summary memos.

United States

• Served as a resource for employee training in customer service and onboarding operational skills.
• Assisted managerial staff through work delegation and contributed to team meetings.
• Ran front office operations and delivered consistent positive customer experiences while working the register

United States

• Spearheaded efforts and strategy of utilizing voter registration drives as events for constituent comments on the DOJ webpage to create a public pressure campaign which realized DOJ: 1140-AA52.
• Lobbied to senior Republican and Democratic members of the senate securing the passage of 5+ cosponsors for the bipartisan H.R. 4909 STOP School Violence Act of 2018 (passed).
• Through extensive collaboration with the New Jersey state governor’s office was able to attain the passage of NJ: A1181, A1217, A2757, and A2761 into law.
• Conducted Public Speaking engagements while utilizing bilingual language skills with Telemundo, Univision, Politico, and several others to raise policy goal awareness.

Master Of Public Policy - Mpp, Public Policy Analysis

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science Major With A Concentration In Political Law / Justice Minor & Arab Studies Minor

Activities and Societies: Model G20 2021 Finance Minister, Model G20 2020 Finance Minister, Co-founder of Model Arab League, Model Arab.

Senior

Study Abroad experience at the prestigious University of Edinburgh: Gained experience in cross cultural communication Introduced to.

High School Diploma, Senior

Sophomore-Junior

Activities and Societies: DECA club member, Drama club member, Politics club member