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Durham, Nc, Us

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Durham, Nc

Durham, North Carolina, United States

- Part of a large team sustainably preparing specialty coffees and serving the Durham community

- Helps NGOs manage savings group programs with real-time ledger insights- Creates content to provide value to microsavings organizations

Houston, Texas, United States

- Grew leadership skills by creating a schema to teach three different curricula within one classroom to individualize instruction, elevating the literacy level of 59% of students to grade-level or higher by mid-year - Adapted to a hybrid model of teaching 154 students in response to changing priorities in the COVID-19 pandemic, prioritizing positivity in a high-volume and high-stress environment- Showed teachability by collecting and responding to feedback of five experienced teachers to improve instruction- Followed policies and procedures by carrying out 13 IEPs and over 70 accommodation plans for English Language Learners to make sure education is accessible to each student

Houston, Texas, United States

Fighting educational inequity as a middle school reading intervention teacher in a low-resource community.

Basque Country, Spain

- Managed initial contact and communication with a portfolio of over 50 foundation partners/prospects and conducted online research for the purpose of donor/foundation research to raise over $4,000 in one month - Led communication about contacts and proposals through meetings, phone calls, emails, and donor management software

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

-Assist with the development of the strategic plan for American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children-Write and graphically design materials (book, brochures, pamphlets) about positive parenting strategies-Communicate with law enforcement, social workers, and lawyers to coordinate activities-Transcribe forensic interviews

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

-Transcribed interviews of historical figures-Wrote blog posts on historical subjects and their relevance to the field of journalism

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

-Tutored students in MATLAB (engineering programming language) and Spanish

Greater New York City Area

-Wrote three grant applications to fund Project HEAL’s eating disorder peer support program-Developed a training module for recovered eating disorder mentors-Tracked research measures for new eating disorder support program-Implemented and marketed Project HEAL’s eating disorder peer support program in Essex Co., MA-Guided discussion with co-leaders on recovery strategies in an eating disorder support group

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

-Lobbied successfully to make Pauli Murray’s childhood home a National Historic Landmark through fundraisers, communication with donors, and social media management

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

-Researched virtual reality's potential impact on women with body image issues and minority populations-Maintained Wordpress website and published five articles -Coded virtual reality-Led around 20 tours of a virtual reality lab to students, Duke faculty, community members and children

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

-Prioritized and managed several services including serving, cleaning and restocking

Bachelor’S Degree, Public Policy, Human Rights Certificate

Activities and Societies: Humanitarian Challenges Focus Cluster, Human Rights Student Advisory Board, ASCEND Women's Scholars Program.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Project HEAL: Help to Eat, Accept and Live Chapter (Founder), Project No Filter (Head), Student Government.