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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Support a cohort of queer entrepreneurs in the OUT for Business program, soliciting feedback, implementing program improvements, identifying and facilitating educational and networking opportunities, and creating.
• Provide strategic input regarding national scale up of mentorship program.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Helped Fortune 500 companies and other multinational corporations navigate the U.S. business immigrationsystem to hire, transfer, and retain key foreign national employees;
• Prepared, reviewed, and submitted non-immigrant, immigrant, and PERM applications in a high-volumeenvironment;
• Managed client deliverables and expectations and effectively executed on competing priorities;
• Managed other attorneys, law clerks, and other client service team members.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Led the U.S. immigration practice;
• Helped individuals and employers navigate the U.S. immigration system to obtain temporary work visas,waivers, legal permanent residence, and citizenship;
• Special focus on securing immigration benefits for people who are systemically oppressed, particularly those in the BIPOC and LGBTQIA2s+ communities;
• Mentored and trained paralegals and other support staff, including drafting and delivering trainingmaterials;
• Drafted and edited supporting briefs and other correspondence submitted to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of State, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Montpelier, Vermont, United States

• Investigated allegations of discrimination in housing, state government employment, and places of publicaccommodations (schools, prisons, roads, law enforcement, hospitals, etc.);
• Recommended changes in policies and procedures and/or necessary training for responding parties;
• Engaged in conciliation efforts with represented and unrepresented parties;
• Drafted legally enforceable settlement agreements and monitor compliance with same;
• Developed curricula and deliver training to a wide variety of agencies, nonprofits, and individuals, includingcontinuing legal education seminars for attorneys.

Burlington, Vermont, United States

I paired low income, unhoused, queer, BIPOC, and systems-impacted youth with adult mentors in the Burlington community. I recruited, interviewed, and managed volunteers in the mentoring program and also interviewed young people who wanted to participate as mentees.

Burlington, Vermont, United States

Spurred by a desire to be a part of the healthcare response to the COVID pandemic, I trained as an LNA and worked the night shift helping people prepare for and recover from surgery.

Dallas, Texas

• Helped employers obtain temporary work visas, legal permanent resident status, and U.S. citizenship for foreign national employees and their families.
• Researched and wrote supporting briefs submitted to the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, and U.S. federal courts.
• Mentored and trained associate attorneys, paralegals, and other support staff, including drafting training materials and administering same.
• Responsible for administrative setup of new office, including testing, personalization, data entry, and management of new client management database and billing software, reviewing and editing supplier contracts, and.

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Helped employers obtain temporary work visas, legal permanent resident status, and U.S. citizenship for foreign national employees and their families.
• Researched and wrote supporting briefs submitted to U.S. federal courts and argued motions in state courts.
• Mentored and trained associate attorneys, paralegals, and other support staff, including drafting training materials and administering same.
• Member of firm’s Attorney Diversity and Inclusion Committee and LGBTQ+ Committee.

Dallas

I worked in the firm's Real Estate and Corporate sections, where I reviewed, drafted, and revised loan agreements, ancillary loan documents, commercial office leases, retail leases, andsubleases. Received an offer to join the firm full time.

Dallas

I worked in the firm's Real Estate section, where I reviewed, drafted, and revised loan agreements, ancillary loan documents, commercial office leases, retail leases, and subleases. Received an offer to join the firm full time.

Dallas

Summer Associate during 1L and 2L summers. Received an offer to join the firm full time.

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Law, Legal Research & Writing Honors

Activities and Societies: Pediatric Advocacy Clinic - represented indigent clients as a student attorney, Michigan Journal of Race and Law.

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature, General, Summa Cum Laude, Commencement Speaker

Activities and Societies: Collegium V Honors Program, Student Government - Senator, Founded "The Transparent Eyeball, " a publication.

High School, High Honor

Activities and Societies: National Merit Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction