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Washington, Dc, Us

San Francisco, California, United States

Remotely instruct children and teenagers on critical thinking, rhetorical, and communication skills to enhance their civic literacy and competitional debating abilities. Designed 5 different weekly courses with individual presentations, games, tournaments, and homework.Scrutinize and incorporate material from national policy centers into lessons introducing ideological concepts such as liberty and equality as well as economic basics like inflation and employment through engaging storytelling and easy-to-understand logic.Conduct pedagogical research online to improve soft skills lessons and actively judge national speech and debate tournaments to optimize realism of in-class simulations.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Review a diverse range of foreign policy literature to prepare reports making recommendations for future CPI Academy programming and intern curriculum. Assist CPI's sister organizations by creating Instagram and TikTok content utilizing quotes and videos of leading politicians.Prepare spaces for and attend events that bring together legislative staff for professional development and networking purposes.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Copyedited staff and guest articles before publication in Cato’s legal journal. Analyzed and briefed scholars on major SCOTUS decisions. Compiled executive orders from past presidencies to identify instances of regulatory overreach.Wrote a legal memorandum on utilizing FOIA action against the Department of Justice to challenge the Chevron Deference. Researched controlling statutes, past caselaw, and relevant literature in preparation for appellate litigation.Study literature and attend daily lectures curated by leading policy scholars in the fields of economics, law, healthcare, education, and more from the libertarian perspective. Represent intern class at communication events.

San Jose, California, United States

Taught speech and debate skills to children and teenagers in both physical and digital classrooms of up to 28 students. Coached company’s award-winning teams and individuals in preparation for national tournaments and exhibitions.Developed instruction and attention retainment methods for courses ranging from 45 minutes to 2 hours and lasting from 3 weeks to 3 months. Optimized and edited company-issued curriculum to increase student outcomes.Marketed additional courses at parent-teacher conferences using student data to highlight areas of need. Attended exhibitions and ceremonies to represent company and advertise educational products.

Berkeley, California, United States

Organized, advertised, and moderated seminars to combat political polarization, stressing the importance of empathy to create environments where participants could positively engage divergent views across the ideological spectrum.Grew a student club into a non-profit by securing 501(c)3 status, ensuring compliance with state and federal law, recruiting a board and volunteers, incubating a new university branch, soliciting donors, and applying for grants.Researched, wrote, and disseminated internal memoranda related to best practices in communication and emotion-management for branches to use. Optimized instructions through analysis of participant data to increase engagement.

Berkeley, California, United States

Researched aquifer depletion caused by state-owned utility mismanagement to create policy pieces advocating for public-private partnerships. Managed a petition with over 27,000 international signatures to enable well building.Wrote grant applications for funding offered by American and foreign-based development agencies. Proposed sites for water purification projects by utilizing geographic information systems to identify most socially distressed areas.Performed legal research to ascertain probability of recovering municipally-seized company property, including the review of litigation history stretching back to 1999 and investigating potential corruption in the use of civil forfeiture.

Da Nang City, Vietnam

Created and maintained the bookkeeping infrastructure to keep close scrutiny over the financial situation of a fine Italian dining restaurant during the first 5 months of its operation.Adapted to foreign business culture in central Vietnam while modernizing ownership's approaches to accounting, helping to implement best practices for a boom and bust tourism cycle.Performed cost analysis of meal prices, sales volume, ingredient, and labor costs todetermine financial viability of menu items.

San Jose, California, United States

Conducted order management on a vast array of home-improvement merchandise and services, including receiving, tracking, and fulfilling customer orders.Liaised between customers, store departments, vendors, and contractors to ensure customer satisfaction, cost reduction, credit receival, and accurate stock accounting.Utilized warehouse machinery and company vehicles to prepare and deliver customer orders, becoming certifiably trained to operate forklifts, reach trucks, and electronic pallet jacks.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History, 3.6 Gpa

Course Concentration: American industrial development and foreign policy from 1876-1945. Bachelor Thesis: Analysis on turn of the century.

Associate Of Arts - Aa, History, 3.5 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Army ROTC

High School Diploma