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New York, Ny, Us

New York City Metropolitan Area

As an ambassador for the organization, provide recommendations for improving outreach capacity, organizational structure, alumni relations, and reaching fundraising goals under its mission of amplifying underrepresented youth voices.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Under the guidance of Dr. Hélène Landemore, fact-checked and copy-edited manuscripts on a work in democratic theory on novel democratic mechanisms such as citizens’ assemblies, wrote research memos cataloguing participatory democracy mechanisms in the US and across the world, and managed personal website.

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Nurtured college-level critical thinking, oral, and written communication skills in local public high school students through engaging one-on-one and group sessions; collaborated with administrators to host events, supervise students, promptly address student concerns, and facilitate lively intellectual discourse: met with students weekly post-program for college preparation guidance, academic planning, and application assistance.

Provided administrative and editorial support to the Director of Communications, spearheaded EGC website relaunch by reorganizing internal publications trackers, created and edited websites, managed the taxonomy of 150 + website nodes, and published articles including a recap of the 2023 Firms, Trade, and Development Conference and a profile of EGC affiliate David Argente.

Under the guidance of Dr. Cesar Martinez-Alvarez, compiled a database of hundreds of instances of ejido (community) resistance to environmentally damaging extractive mining projects in Mexico and drafted comparative research memos assessing constitutional property rights guarantees across Latin America, including Mexico, Bolivia, and Colombia.

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Conducted in-depth research and interviewed students, experts, and stakeholders to produce articles about political division in the United States, Indigenous environmentalism and justice, and the democratic integrity of US elections.

Worked one-on-one with writers to edit and craft their stories to publication, attended weekly meetings, and developed partnerships with student organizations to ensure diverse recruitment.

Utlized Excel, RECAP Archive, and PACER to audit files for 200 + cases, cross-referencing with internal files to ensure accurate cataloguing of docket filings; uploaded files onto websites; compiled fact research memos on Bivens v. United States and reports on DoD funding; and participated in weekly staff meetings, development workshops, and moot trials.

New York, New York, United States

Researched interference in 2016 and 2020 presidential elections and primaries; terrorism in Afghanistan and the United States' military departure; and Commissioner-General Rafli Amar of Indonesia, presenting to the director and researchers.

Developed and edited International Day of Action guidelines; Activist and Digital Coalition Toolkits;and Canada Demands, advocating for climate justice by amplifying marginalized voices at COP 25.Designed and utilized email outreach templates to launch a Slack network of like-minded grassrootsorganizers, coordinating partnerships with Extinction Rebellion and XR Youth.

Collected signatures against the Biosurveillance Initiative, wrote and testified for immigrants’ rights for the Interagency Council on Youth in 2019, attended Youth Lobby Day in Albany, scrutinized NY laws, and organized protests and other actions.

Working one-on-one with the Editorial Director, wrote 4 articles including a reported article on Trump's ban on transgender individuals in the military

Learned principles of journalistic writing, research, and interviewing. Interviewed author Veronica Chambers and federal judges on immigrant rights, writing 3 articles.

New York, New York, United States

Through First Workings Organization: Brainstormed ad ideas; edited websites, presentations, and sample emails; researched for CEO; edited CEO proposals.

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Dwight Hall Community Response Fellow, Council on Latin and Iberian Studies Fellow, former Yale College.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Vice President of the Manhattan Chronicle, member of National Honor Society, Senator for the 10th Grade.

Education record

Dually enrolled in senior year of high school, completing coursework in Cultural Anthropology. GPA: 4.0