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Asheville, North Carolina, United States

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Tacoma, Washington

- Served as the Spanish interpreter for Larchmont Elementary school. - Made daily phone calls to Spanish-speaking parents and interpreted during parent-teacher conferences and meetings.- Translated documents into Spanish so that all parents could be informed of school-wide initiatives in their native language. - Worked as a para-educator for the English-Language-Learners (ELL) program. - Taught small groups of students in grades K – 5 to increase literacy. - Attended… Show more - Served as the Spanish interpreter for Larchmont Elementary school. - Made daily phone calls to Spanish-speaking parents and interpreted during parent-teacher conferences and meetings.- Translated documents into Spanish so that all parents could be informed of school-wide initiatives in their native language. - Worked as a para-educator for the English-Language-Learners (ELL) program. - Taught small groups of students in grades K – 5 to increase literacy. - Attended Washington Association for Bilingual Education (WABE) conferences to develop and implement new strategies for ELL students.- Administered annual tests to assess literacy improvement of ELL students. Show less

Tacoma, Wa

- Worked to provide social services to immigrant clients both during and post-detention, and facilitated communication between those clients and immigration attorneys. - Assisted clients in their submission of all legal and social service paperwork. - Found housing, education, and job opportunities for immigrants after being released from the Northwest Detention Center. - Managed the AID NW office and responded to all client and public inquiries. - Coordinated all volunteer… Show more - Worked to provide social services to immigrant clients both during and post-detention, and facilitated communication between those clients and immigration attorneys. - Assisted clients in their submission of all legal and social service paperwork. - Found housing, education, and job opportunities for immigrants after being released from the Northwest Detention Center. - Managed the AID NW office and responded to all client and public inquiries. - Coordinated all volunteer programs including the management of a database of over 100 volunteers who were matched with immigrant detainees requesting regular visitations. - Accompanied attorneys to the Northwest Detention Center and was present during client meetings to serve as the Spanish interpreter for Hispanic migrants seeking asylum. Show less

Tacoma, Wa

- Assisted customers, volunteers, and vendors during each weekly Saturday market.- Responded to questions and requests from customers and vendors about market logistics, transactions, and changes.- Helped to maintain a clean, organized, and welcoming market.

Kalamazoo, Michigan

- Advised other students in their selection of one of the 56 study abroad programs offered by Kalamazoo College. - Planned and organized campus-wide events to promote the Center for International Programs.- Worked with students returning from their time abroad to help them process and integrate their experiences into their continuing academic careers. - Published a monthly newsletter and managed social media sites for the Center for International Programs.

Kalamazoo, Mi

- Offered writing assistance services to other university students. - Advised peers on grammar, formatting, and argument structure of essays and other written responses, to improve the quality of their writing.

- Assisted two teachers in a first and second grade classroom at a bilingual, public elementary school.- Worked with students to develop reading, writing, and mathematical skills in both Spanish and English.- Administered assessments individually and to small groups, and communicated with teachers about student progress.

Kalamazoo, Mi

- Researched ways to insure migrant worker rights are a priority in agriculture.- Made weekly outreach trips to speak with migrant farmworkers about their legal rights and protections. As most workers were coming to the farms from Mexico, primarily communicated in Spanish.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science; Spanish, 3.89 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa Society; Migrant Rights Action (Kalamazoo College club); Kalamazoo College Environmental.

Spanish Language And Literature; Political Science; Sociology

Lived with a host family in Santiago, Chile for six months. Attended two Chilean universities (Universidad Diego Portales and Universidad.