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• Conducted research, logistical tasks, and outreach efforts in support of the Chair’s research, coursework, and initiatives on topics related to reproductive and environmental public health, justice, and activism
• Managed research on the intersection of abortion rights, the American foster care system, and racial and criminal justice to inform future research, publications, and activism projects
• Oversaw the execution of a 30-person protest of attacks on abortion rights at the Supreme Court, handling relationships with external partners, travel logistics, civil disobedience trainings, and legal observers
• Drafted coursework materials for 2 undergraduate classes and 1 graduate course on environmental justice, including power points, lecture notes, and assignment prompts

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Developed and implemented strategic plans focused on membership base building efforts, campaign efforts, and organizational structure and culture
• Collaborated closely with fellow leaders and 60 active members to plan and facilitate 10-15 internal member meetings and 2-4 public events per month
• Lobbied, canvassed, phone banked, and spoke at public demonstrations for reproductive, economic, and immigrant justice issues in support of AAPI women and nonbinary folks’ rights

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Recruited, trained, and managed a volunteer team with over 400 active volunteers that completed 8,900 hours of service at 311 different events in 2018
• Supported the launch of 6 Generation Action campus chapters across the state and directly managed two chapters which collectively recruited over 80 new members and held 33 events during the Fall 2018 semester/quarter
• Initiated and coordinated a program during the 2018 election which allowed supporters to throw their own postcard writing and phone banking parties from home. This program resulted in 67 parties with over 1,000.
• Regularly facilitated reproductive health and wellbeing workshops on topics like contraceptives, STIs, consent, reproductive anatomy, healthy relationships, puberty, and LGBTQ+ terminology
• Designed and implemented improved volunteer communication channels, sign-up systems, and data management structures
• Initiated and maintained relationships with key community partners and organizations

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Coordinated, drafted, and edited 7 grant reports, 4 proposals, and 2 site visit briefings
• Prospected for new and lapsed corporate and institutional funders
• Gathered and organized research for grant proposals
• Supported the planning and execution of 3 fundraising events and 1 cultivation and stewardship event
• Managed gift processing, accurate gift and pledge entry and reconciliation, and timely acknowledgement of all gifts
• Maintained up-to-date records and compiled reports on donor information and financial data

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Interviewed over 100 volunteer applicants and coordinated their training
• Brainstormed and researched events and ads for the Get Yourself Tested campaign and Teen Birth Control Access Initiative
• Oversaw 4 volunteer events, including outreach tabling and STI testing outreach

Greater Chicago Area

• Organized actions and events to advance reproductive, economic, and racial justice for Asian American and Pacific Islander women and non-binary community members
• Led outreach and advocacy events such as a train takeover to raise awareness around the Supreme Court’s ruling on Crisis Pregnancy Centers, whose Facebook recording garnered over 10,000 online impressions

Greater Chicago Area

• Oversaw the Communication Committee’s efforts to raise Peer Health Exchange’s public profile in Chicago
• Supported fundraising events and crowdfunding campaign efforts
• Served as an associate board representative to Peer Health Exchange’s Chicago Board of Trustees

Greater Chicago Area

• Worked with high school students in Chicago Public Schools, teaching sexual and mental health, as well as communication and decision-making skills
• Led weekly meetings for volunteer corps, teaching course curriculum, cultural competency, and classroom management techniques through work on Leadership Council
• Worked closely with the Chicago and National chapters to develop the new Relationship Centered Model to be implemented as the program model throughout the country

Evanston, IL

Wrote blog posts relating to current events in global health, with a special focus on women’s health issues

• Awarded a competitive research grant to execute independent, qualitative research on public health agencies
• Investigated coordination between government agencies, nonprofit health providers, and donor organizations in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco
• Conducted, transcribed, and analyzed semi-structured interviews with participants

• Assisted Professor Sarah Rodriguez, Senior Faculty in Medical Humanities and Bioethics, in primary source research on history of global bioethics for her upcoming book on the history of the ‘standard of care debate’
• Conducted an exploratory literature review of over 100 domestic and international responses to the ‘standard of care debate’ sparked by the mid-1990s clinical trials to reduce vertical transmission of HIV from mother.

• Conducted preliminary research for a nationwide environmental scan of trauma-informed policies and programming within the criminal justice, education, and healthcare systems
• Coordinated with the different committees to appropriately tailor the research to best suite the needs of the Illinois Adverse Childhood Experiences Collaborative

• Collaborated with 4 teammates and the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ILPQC) to develop and present a business case for funding
• Conducted interviews with similar quality collaboratives in other states to learn from and build from
• Produced an easy-to-update slide set and one pager to be used during presentations to funders at government institutions, insurance companies, foundations and hospitals

San Francisco, CA

• Taught diabetes prevention and management classes to Spanish-speaking, low-income San Francisco residents
• Facilitated the clinic’s transition of over 7,000 paper medical records to EMR
• Assisted in daily clerical work such as scheduling appointments, tracking medications, and indexing records

San Francisco, CA

• Conducted research for grant proposals on traffic safety in the Tenderloin district, facilitated recess in elementary schools, and the importance of dental care for young children
• Facilitated regular services including the clothing closet and weekly grocery distribution

San Francisco, CA

• Shadowed a clinical breast oncologist, as she saw patients and conducted her clinical trials
• Prepared two chemotherapy-related clinical trials for publication by collecting and organizing recorded data, reviewing patient notes to fill in missing data, and assisting with the data analysis
• Managed and organized patient records during the transition to EMRs

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Sexuality, Sexual And Reproductive Health Certificate

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Social Policy | Minor In Global Health Studies

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