The in-person lead for the Music Lover's Club @ Boston While Black. Let's transform the city!

• Direct oversight of major accounting functions for the organization.• Duties also included systems building, vendor management, document archiving, and general operations• Lead in benefits management and assist in keeping the organization’s overall economic health at a positive• Assist in preparing taxes for yearly audits• Help secure $40,000.00 in grant funding before departure

• Assisted in analyzing and reconciling bank statements of clients and resolved any discrepancies that exist.• Utilized software, such as Quickbooks, to maintain and monitor fixed assets.

• Assist in maintaining portfolio accounting and trading systems in each area of Loomis, Sayles & Co.• Settle bank loan trades, as well as monitor bank loan activity within the firm's portfolios, and reconcile interest received.• Resolve discrepancies between what was received and what was owed per contract of bank loans, as well as work with internal and external parties to resolve discrepancies.

Placed as an intern in the CV Career Academy summer internship program with BEST Corp, an independent non-profit organization focusing on hospitality workforce development Tasks:• Provide project support for pre-employment training programs, namely the Mel King Empowerment Program and the BEST Corp. Room Attendant Training Program.• Communicate with and support students in pre-employment training programs (make phone calls, schedule appointments, properly collect and file paperwork, check references, create handouts, etc).• Provide assistance to career coaching team and instructors in and out of the classroom; chaperone class field trips.• Guide individuals through job searches to include resume and cover letter preparation.• Conduct mock interviews for students seeking employment in the hospitality industry.• Attend all staff meetings and other professional development opportunities.• Become proficient with Salesforce.com database to input and verify data and create reports.• Perform other duties as required.

Selected as a student in the Spring 2016 Economics Internship program at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Had been placed in the non-profit and community oriented organization Fields Corner Main StreetTasks: • Conducted economic and related research regarding the demographic of the Fields Corner district.• Helped to resolve fiscal and monetary issues regarding both the organization and Fields Corner based on statistical and real world data while properly allocating resources throughout the community.• Upheld basic administrative office responsibilities including updating mailing lists and managing the organization’s social media outlets.• Assisted in the creation of the organization’s newsletter, membership brochures, and in planning community oriented events.

Upward Bound is a rigorous, year-round college-preparatory program. Primarily focused on Mathematics and Science, the goal is to assist low-income, first-generation college bound high school students in successfully graduating from high school and aiding them before, during, and after the college application process. Tasks:• Oversaw and assisted students with daily assignments.• Evaluated students on academic and behavioral performance, community involvement, and community service. • Ensured the safety of students during extracurricular excursions on Thursday nights.• Provided basic financial consulting for monetary related decisions.• Helped with administrative duties in regards to students' documents and other important paperwork.• Helped to chaperone students on college tours spanning different locations in the Northeast including several cities in Massachusetts, New York City, Upstate New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C.

Tasks:• Interacted with employees and potential buyers in order to help create a positive work environment.• Managed a clean and organized product room to help maximize sales. • Carried out administrative duties such as tracking shipment delivered to the store and recording inventory.• Collaborated with supervisors to guarantee that safety and store standards were always met.

Riphort Magazine is a lifestyle magazine with a focus on everything music, technology, fashion, business, entertainment, and much more. Riphort is available as a physical magazine, as well as an online blog that is updated regularly with content in order to reach the target demographic (18-34). The magazine's largest sections are directed by individuals appointed by the Chief Operations Officer and Editor-in-Chief. Tasks:• Wrote a required, monthly amount of articles in order to meet the company's quota for for each monthly issue released for purchase.• Managed cross-functional teams and multi-disciplinary projects.• Aided the COO and Editor-in-Chief in creating innovative ways to garner a larger audience.• Was one of three administrators for the online blog; regularly updated the blog with a constant flow of content for the audience to view.

Tasks:• Served customers by providing information about company product, as well as making suggestions to prospective buyers.• Maintained and updated consumer records by recording account information.• Collaborated with coworkers and superiors in order to achieve the store's daily expectations.• Analyzed consumers' needs, recognizing when a customer had questions that needed pertinent attention.• Managed business transactions closed using several different methods of payment.

• Managed Microsoft Excel spreadsheets containing all of the company's financial data.• Organized the company's monthly, quarterly, and yearly information.• Assisted supervisors in completing company audits. • Catalogued balanced sheets containing company's revenue and expenditure totals.• Data entry.