Esmeralda Vasquez Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles

• Cultivates a strong YS school community by building resilient relationships with all YS partner schools• Coordinates program schedules with all YS partner schools throughout the school year, including elementary, middle, and high school programs• Facilitates conversation and coordination between school liaisons and Head Mentors assigned to those schools• Oversees the collection of all program and student information, including writer selection forms and permission slips• Ensures that student and school information is updated in the Young Storytellers database• Works with program staff to design and lead teacher, family, and school community trainings• Communicates with students and families on an as-needed basis• Manages the YS Internship Program, including hiring and onboarding new interns, performing intern evaluations, and creating an intern experience based on equity and building impactful skills• Supports building relationships with area intern providers, including organizations, universities, and community colleges• Implements YS’s DEIB and antiracism practices in all parts of the school, family, and teacher communities• Assists in the creation, execution, and review of school liaison, teacher, and family surveys, and implements changes based on feedback received

South Central Los Angeles

• Serve as a liaison between the community and Assemblymember to address issues realted to education, youth, LGBTQIA, and Latinidad.• Develop and maintain relationships wtih community members, organizations, and schools• Respond to a variet of public inquireies related to legislation, state resources, and festivities• Plan and coorindate community meetings and events with stakeholders, such as Cash for College Workshop and Latino Heritage Month• Maintain constituent database and GIS Maps for California District Assembly 59

University Of California, Los Angeles

• Analyzed and tracked Los Angeles County legislation• Constructed summaries on the Los Angeles County Ballot Measures• Contacted elected officials and organizations to collaborate for community events• Analyzed, compiled, and contacted UCLA programs to collaborate for community events• Provided general assistance to the Assistant Vice Chancellor of the department and staff• Updated the elected officials directory

Washington D.C.

The central focus of my internship involved leading thousands of visitors to participate in hand-on activities and archival research to support teacher workshops, specifically, Native American archival research.As a Research Intern, I requested boxes pertaining to Native American history between 1700s and 1900s. I recorded the physical condition of the documents and provided a content summary of each box. Some examples of archival documents I read include letters and blueprints regarding railway construction on Native American land and "Indian Removal" from their reservations. I then provided a list of archival boxes to the Education Director to use for the teacher workshops, where the teachers then select historical primary documents to incorporate into their lesson plan. In addition, I led students in finding, selecting, and analyzing primary sources to help them make connections to the Constitution and to understand how the U.S government functions. I also contributed to the design of "Stand Up and Be Counted", an interactive human game board that teaches children how ratified amendments gave certain civil rights to underrepresented groups.

District Office

As a district office congressional intern, I assisted in community outreach events, sorted incoming mail, prepared budget proposals and briefing memos. I answered constituents' inquiries in person and via phone call and catalogued information through an interpersonal tracking database called IConstituent. Outside of my internship hours, I volunteered at the congressmembers' community events.

University Of California Los Angeles

I planned, organized, and facilitated club meetings on campus. I also served as a canvasser in the Los Angeles County to evaluate constituents's viewpoints where I collected data for the Los Angeles LGBT Center Leadership Lab research.

Assisted UCLA Chicano/Chicana Studies Professor Otto Santa Ana on his book "Laughter, Play, then Language Toward Consilience in Accounting to Humor"

When I was in 4th-5th, 9th-10th, and 12th grade, I assisted teachers in elementary schools during my summer vacation. I assisted students with their reading, math, and testing. I also volunteered in after school programs.

Anthropology

Activities and Societies: American Anthropological Association Latinas in the House (Capitol Hill, Washington D.C)

Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculumn, Anthropology