Daniela Calderon Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

Poughkeepsie, Ny

• Appointed by the Political Science department to serve as an academic tutor for students taking classes in the department• Assisted students with composing essays through every step of the planning, drafting, and editing process, as well as other related coursework• Served as a student resource for department related questions

• Conduct intake procedure and registration of indigent clients to determine if they qualify for representation • Interview clients in the office and in jail to draft statements and prepare pre-sentencing materials for trials• Assist with maintaining an updated and organized database of office caseloads• Translate consultations and interviews for Spanish speaking clients• Shadow attorneys and intake coordinators during court appearances or jail visits

Poughkeepsie, Ny

• Selected for a collaborative student-faculty program meant to encourage an intensive academic mentoring relationships while conducting rigorous one-on-one social science research • Conducted participant observation using a local non- profit as a case study to assess the impact and sustainability of community based youth empowerment organizations, and their role in creating social change• Due to the nature of the project, I served as both a College Fellow and a researcher• As a college fellow for the organization, I served as a mentor for K-12 students, prepared requirements for grant applications, and created and conducted a STEM facilitation training and a college level lesson plan • As a researcher, I performed archival research, ethnographic work, conducted and transcribed qualitative interviews, and prepared a report on sustainability for the executive director• Now that the on site portion of the research is complete, academic research with Anthropology Professor Candice Lowe-Swift will continue through 2018

Poughkeepsie, Ny

• Assisted professor with research projects• Performed independent academic research to contribute to class materials• Organized large amounts of research into communicable and succinct terms to facilitate theresearch process

Poughkeepsie, Ny

• Performed basic office tasks like filing, scanning, copying, creating spreadsheets and word documents, • Inputted confidential information quickly and accurately into a computer database that keeps records of all student information • Assisted with maintaining an updated department budget • Organized schedules for other student workers as well as room reservations in the building• Assisted with the marketing and event planning aspects of drama productions and projects

Springfield, New Jersey

• Assisted with organizing the documents, evidence, and paperwork needed to bring to the courtroom• Translated consultations with non-English speaking clients• Assisted with preparing retainers and contracts• Performed basic clerical and office duties to keep up with daily flow of paperwork and administrative concerns

Poughkeepsie, Ny

• Performed basic office duties including primary phone coverage, filing, scanning, etc.• Helped ex-female offenders build their resumes and conduct general job search to assist with reintegration • Constructed and updated records of available resources for clients and their families that included emergency or transitional housing, food pantry services, mental health resources • Trained in meeting mediation and conversation facilitation to prepare me for group based interventions made to reduce the likelihood of participant recidivism• Designed creative projects to make the Women’s Center feel like a more welcoming and safer environment• Translated documents and conversations for non-English speaking clients