Amarpreet Kaur Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Madrid, Spain

• 8-week selective fellowship with Eden Housing Inc., Housing Partnership Network, and Beacon Housing LLC
• Completed weekly training sessions in affordable housing financing and policy from executive leaders within the 3 firms
• Attended on-site affordable housing visits for apartment complexes in the San Francisco Bay Area

Chandigarh, India

• Selected as 1 of 8 students nationwide to participate in an intensive Punjabi language program abroad, fully-funded by the US government and sponsored by the US Department of State
• As one of the most competitive and prestigious scholarships in the United States, CLS aims to increase the number of Americans who read, speak, and write the 15 languages deemed critical by the US government for the.
• CLS participants are citizen ambassadors, sharing American values and promoting American influence abroad

• Organized and led advocacy meetings with state legislators centering issues faced by underrepresented students including: undocumented, first-generation, low-income, formerly incarcerated, student parent, and disabled.
• Led team of 10 associates to organize campuswide efforts for policy advocacy around higher education accessibility, Title IX protections, UC budget, basic needs, SAPEP programs for 40,000 undergraduates
• Led biweekly visits for lobbying and public comment at the State Capitol and in-district offices
• Founded and led efforts to repeal Proposition 209 (the law banning affirmative action) in collaboration with student leaders, Assemblymember Shirley Weber, Opportunity for All, and Students for Proposition 16

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

• Selected as 1 of 25 students nationwide for a rigorous, fully-funded summer program for underrepresented minorities to prepare for advanced degrees and careers in public policy, international affairs, and public service
• Enhanced skills in quantitative methods and policy analysis by completing classes in Poverty and Social Policy, Applied Economics, and Statistics with 4.0 GPA

New York, United States

• Created policy memorandums for federal criminal justice reform bills in Congress
• Collected data on racial disparities, use of force, sexual misconduct, mental health disorders, and substance abuse among the prison and law enforcement system
• Monitored and created daily news updates of members in the Law Enforcement Leaders coalition
• Create talking points for media and press releases

• Analyzed 200 interview transcripts of pretrial detainees in San Francisco, Chicago, Louisville, and Houston for research project of Sandra Smith [Professor and Chair] in the Department of Sociology
• Created and applied coding scheme to interview transcripts to understand psychological, economic, and social effects of pre-trial detention on individuals’ lives post-release
• Collaborated weekly with research team to apply and develop coding scheme to interviews

Oakland, CA

• Researched “best practices” and previous legislation for criminal justice reform
• Updated policy tracking database for California state legislation; administer/aggregate survey data from prisons
• Researched policies requested by currently incarcerated people and sent policy information via mail to prisons

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Created legislative research portfolio on federal sentencing reform centering low-income, people of color
• Wrote memorandums for congressional hearings, executive meetings, and coalition events attended on behalf of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• Drafted NAACP letters of support for current racial justice legislation to Congress
• Prepared, executed, and staffed NAACP National Convention in Detroit, Michigan for 10,000 attendees

Sacramento, California Area

• Optimized website utilizing user traffic data from Google Analytics for the West Sacramento Home Run - most expansive, comprehensive education and workforce initiative by any city in the country
• Created social media messaging, shot photo/video media content, conducted interviews of interns, employers, and scholarship recipients for 2019 Home Run program promotional campaigns
• Researched Early Childhood Education (ECE) to develop promotional marketing collateral to increase preschool provider enrollment and recognize certified preschool participation
• Entry of confidential Personally Identifiable Information into iPinWheel Preschool database to track preschool program completion for state grant reporting

Bachelor'S Degree, Social Welfare

Regents and Chancellor's Scholar - awarded to top 1% of students as the most prestigious, merit based scholarship in the entire UC system.

International Baccalaureatte Diploma