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California, United States

Lead the Volunteer Literacy Program, including training, placing and advising 85 weekly volunteers who support with literacy at underserved schools in the Bayview, Tenderloin and Vistacion Valley. Facilitate 4 school partnerships between school principals, teachers and corporate partners to provide resources and community support, such as snacks for testing and family night volunteers.Co-facilitated and organized 44 corporate sponsored events in the 2018-19 school year, including multiple office visits, monthly read alouds and back to school setups. Managed a corporate donation of $65,000 to one elementary school, creating a new cohesive tracking system to collect supply wish lists and monitor spending with school administrators. Oversaw 6 recipients of the Bright Ideas Grant, monitoring progress through frequent check-ins, written reports, on-site visits and grant showcase.

Orchestrate all volunteer engagements for two regional sites (South Bay and Peninsula) including creating volunteer guidelines and toolkits, communicating with corporate partners for volunteer recruitment, and building new volunteer pipelines for our new San Jose site.Create and lead trainings for each volunteer opportunity that outlines our program, sets expectations, clarifies volunteer role, and preps community members for interactions with high school aged youth.Recruited and on-boarded over 100 one-off volunteers and 105 weekly mentors, including phone screens, reference checks and orientations, receiving over 95% satisfaction ratesLaunched first job shadow program at our Peninsula site, leveraging and establishing new relationships with corporate partners to organize 6 job shadow visits for our 50 11th graders at companies such as Google, Salesforce, and Ford

Collaborated with Program Director and Community Engagement Manager to oversee student and volunteer programming. Built and maintained relationships with the Sequoia Union High School District, feeder schools, school counselors, and corporate partners, including scheduling and attending student and volunteer recruitment sessions and organizing free district transportation.Supported annual activities across all program levels (9th-12th grade), including implementing showcase events and student sales bazaars, and our quarterly family newsletter.Maintained Salesforce records for over 200 volunteers to establish a robust volunteer pipeline, creating event specific campaigns and status fields, updating contact records bi-annually, documenting all phone calls and notes for volunteers.

San Francisco Bay Area

Assist in arranging and conducting appointments and Open Houses cooperatively and independently with the CEO. Autonomously complete rental leases and sale contracts based on legal and business standardsCreate online and mail marketing materials to attract new buyers and rentersManage online networks and company listings.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Independently organized multiple wishes a week, completing over 50 wishes within a 3.5 month period.Coordinated with numerous vendors to arrange all reservations for each wish.Secured new relationships and maintained current connections with Los Angeles vendors and Make-A-WIsh personnel worldwide. Researched and sought out new vendors for donations, and to accommodate special requests and time constraints.

San Jose, Ca

Updated the layout and information presented on the company’s website, making it more accessible.Worked with the co-founder to develop new programs to motivate the surrounding community and Silicon Valley corporations to volunteer at the farm.Interviewed community members and past-interns to compile a database of feedback that the organization can use to improve their programs

Foster City

Managed the store front independently, maintaing a healthy and pleasant environment for customers.Communicated positively and enthusiastically with customers.Developed adept cashier skills.

Bachelor’S Degree, Sociology

Sociology