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Program Manager responsible for the implementation of a targeted academic intervention program at two under resourced Chicago Public Schools. The intervention program focuses on attendance, SEL, ELA, and math initiatives and growth. Responsible for the direct management and professional coaching of 10 first-year AmeriCorps members & 2 second-year Senior AmeriCorps members, aged 18-25.

I worked under two Experimental Psychology Ph.D. students in the Wellness, Addiction, Gambling, and Exercise Research (WAGER) lab in the Department of Psychology at Saint Louis University, helping these two doctoral students with their separate dissertation projects. I helped with participant recruitment, running studies in the lab, and collecting and analyzing data.

I was a youth program intern/volunteer at St. Francis Community Services (SFCS) Southside Center. This youth program provides children of Latino and Vietnamese immigrants a safe, structured, and nurturing place to learn and grow through after-school sessions. I provided tutoring, homework help, moral support, and advocate for the children.

I worked at Redhead Lakeside Grill for five summer seasons. As a server, I provided efficient service to customers by attending requests, represented the values of the restaurant by displaying a positive and professional attitude, and managed payments and organized tips for bussers, bartenders, and expos. As an expo, I worked with kitchen staff to make certain meals exceeded customers expectations and organized and delivered trays of food to restaurant patrons. As a hostess, I greeted customers positively at a busy lake restaurant and seated patrons at tables and managed and attended a large waitlist.