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San Francisco, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

Oakland, Ca

Associate attorney at general practice law firm serving a primarily Chinese-speaking clientele. Practice areas include civil litigation, employment, worker's compensation, personal injury, and probate and estate law.

Greater Los Angeles Area

School law researcher in the Office of General Counsel, Education Legal Services Division.

Oakland, Ca

I support, connect, and advocate around the Oakland Equity Pledge, a collaboration between all organizations who run public schools in Oakland to come to agreements and solutions on the most historically contentious areas between district and charter public schools.

Oakland, Ca

San Francisco Bay Area

Client intake, investigation, evaluation, and monitoring of civil rights violations in schools.

San Francisco Bay Area

Freelance tutor specializing in working with children in early elementary grades on phonics, reading, writing, math, and study skills.

San Francisco Bay Area

Juris Doctor 2016. Received CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Constitutional Law II, Spring 2015. Senior Managing Editor of the Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal. Social Justice Lawyering Concentration, with a focus in education law. Board member of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA). Staff Editor on the Constitutional Law Quarterly.

Hollywood, Ca

Summer fellow at an issue advocacy firm that provides strategic communications advice to progressive foundations and campaigns, with a focus on education reform, educational equity, and criminal juvenile justice reform campaigns.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Office of General Counsel, Educational Services Team Intern. Wrote memos and did research on charter schools.

Ella Dolhonde Elementary

Managed 14 adult staff managers and 9 student groups (150 students total), coordinating enrichment activities including Art, Choir, Gardening, Chess/Strategy, and Drama. Coordinated payroll, attendance, and outreach.

Metairie, Louisiana

Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade Teacher. School Website Manager. Positive Behavior and Intervention Support Team Member. Technology Committee Member. After-School Program Director. Accomplishments: Increased Student Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) scores to 80% class mastery of phonetic skills. Led students to significant academic outcomes by successfully mastering 92% of pre-kindergarten Grade Level Expectations.

Selected as member of national service corps of outstanding recent college graduates who commit to teach in under-resourced urban and rural public schools

Hillcrest, San Diego

Rang up online sales. Provided in-store and phone customer service.

Hong Kong

Clothing, Clerical, and Retail Industry General Union of Hong Kong (Mong Kok, Kowloon)Acted as translator and liaison for 3 different Hong Kong labor unions and organizations, in solidarity with international workers. Designed and illustrated posters, stickers, flyers, and pamphlets outlining worker’s rights, occupational safety and health, and union campaign information. Taught weeklong drawing classes to 15 factory workers’ children in Shen Zhen, China, as part of a factory tour detailing worker struggles and labor rights

Oakland, Ca

Chaired bimonthly 20-person statewide Legislative Committee representing the entire University of California graduate and undergraduate student populations. Analyzed all legislation concerning education, especially higher education, with UCSA Legislative Committee.

La Jolla, Ca

Elected by the UC San Diego student body. Successfully led effort to register 2,400 new voters to vote in the 2008 Presidential Primary Elections. Lobbied in-district San Diego, in Sacramento, and in D.C., for greater access to higher education and for educational equity, in coalition with the University of California Student Association and the United States Student Association. Created a formal office structure with three directors and a ten-intern program to promote progressive activism and leadership development.

Juris Doctor, Law

Activities and Societies: Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ) Ms. JD.

Bachelor'S, Ethnic Studies, Literature/Writing, Visual Arts, 3.8

Activities and Societies: Associated Students of UC San Diego, Asian and Pacific Islander Student Alliance, Student Affirmative Action.

High School