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New York, New York, United States

New York City Metropolitan Area

I provided guidance and compliance support for 22 AmeriCorps members placed at community based organizations to build capacity and manage volunteers. I also served as our point for an independent program evaluation and led our team's communications committee, planning social media outreach and creating a biannual newsletter to send to our network of over.

New York, New York, United States

As the lead of this office-wide committee, I planned engagement opportunities for staff to build relationships and connect with each other. I developed short, memorable versions of our Team Agreements (our mission statement and values) and built working groups to create accountability systems for the office with buy-in from all staff.

In my first two years as a program coordinator, I learned about AmeriCorps compliance and balancing the needs of several stakeholders: program members, nonprofit host sites, and our federal and state funders. When COVID-19 hit New York, I built spaces for participants to check in with our staff and with each other, and ran engagement activities and.

Los Angeles, CA

In my third year with City Year, I transitioned to the Civic Engagement team to plan and lead volunteer mural projects at schools across Los Angeles. In my role as Operations and Logistics Coordinator, I directed prep days and collaborated with individual event leaders to make sure that priority murals were sketched and completed. I was the event lead for.

Los Angeles, CA

I took the opportunity to serve a second year at Hollenbeck Middle School to continue to strengthen my bonds with my class and watch my students graduate. With a mostly new group of 11 students due to class changes, I brought students together with the goal of improving their grades and behavior so they could participate in the school's commencement.

Los Angeles, CA

I built relationships with 11 seventh grade students and their teachers at Hollenbeck Middle School to effectively serve as a tutor, mentor, and role model for a year. I planned afterschool enrichment programming and led independent lessons to support classroom learning and behavior management. On average, my students' reading and math scores increased by.

Los Angeles, CA

As Resident Manager, I was the student supervisor for the front desk of the building I lived at and trained and set schedules for staff. I logged incoming packages in our system and notified residents, and processed work orders for building issues with maintenance staff.

In my second year with Orientation Programs, I coached a group of 10 Orientation Advisors and served as first point of contact for support throughout the summer. Before the summer session started, I led logistics planning for check in and early arrival engagement activities and adjusted planning accordingly each session to improve speed over 25% by the end.

Los Angeles, CA

As an Orientation Advisor, I introduced groups of 10 students to USC's campus and created spaces for them to build connections with each other. I shared my personal experiences with campus activities to make new students feel welcome and offered advice as they built their first semester schedules, with the goal of getting students excited for their start.