As Vice President of the Illini Business Forum at UIUC, I take on a leadership role in supporting the club's mission to provide an inclusive and educational space for students interested in finance and business. In the President’s absence, I preside over meetings and ensure smooth operations, while also leading key committees, such as research, marketing, and program development, to drive the club’s projects and events forward. I work closely with other officers and members to maintain adherence to our policies, fostering an environment where students from all backgrounds feel welcome to learn and engage.

• Set up, juiced, sampled, and sold fresh sugar cane juice to customers, consistently providing high-quality, fresh products that enhanced customer experience and increased sales.• Operated and maintained the sugar cane juicing machine, performing daily checks and cleanings to ensure safety and smooth operation, which helped maintain a high standard of product freshness.• Engaged customers by offering samples and explaining the unique health benefits and freshness of sugar cane juice, successfully driving product interest and repeat purchases.• Collaborated with team members to create an attractive display area for the juice station, drawing customer attention and improving product visibility.• Followed all food safety and sanitation protocols, which contributed to high marks during store health inspections and provided customers with a safe, reliable shopping experience.

• Food Preparation and Cooking: Consistently prepared dishes requested by customers by following established recipes and procedures.• Maintaining Cleanliness and Sanitation: Upheld rigorous cleanliness and safety standards in all kitchen areas, ensuring compliance with health regulations and promoting a safe and hygienic working environment. • Inventory Management: Assisted in monitoring stock levels, reducing food waste, and supporting inventory control measures to optimize resource utilization. • Team Collaboration: Worked effectively with fellow team members, front-of-house staff, and management to ensure seamless service and guest satisfaction. • Flexible Team Member: Occasionally helped out front-of-house staff with delivering food to customers, and preparing accompanying concessions such as popcorn and soft drinks, as well as general customer service.

• Elevated community growth and saw an average increase in post engagement of roughly 600%.• Engineered and programmed custom data analytical tools utilizing the Instagram API to predict optimal posting times, enhancing social media reach of the content.• Developed a discreet external Instagram bot (to avoid detection), leveraging Python and Selenium WebDriver, to systematically eliminate idle, inactive, ghost, and bot followers to coax algorithm into targeting active users who are more likely to engage with the content. • Employed additional custom-designed algorithms and a basic artificial intelligence model to discern inactive followers based on nuanced Instagram-specific features such as bio content, username patterns, profile picture analysis, quantity of posts, repetition in posts, and the follower-to-following count ratio.• Assumed the role of social media curator, actively sharing posts, moderating the page, fostering community engagement, and maintaining follower integrity through effective regulation.• Orchestrated the curation of compelling stories and posts presented as highlight reels.• Contributed to the design and promotion of merchandise.• Utilized creative skills to conceptualize and render graphic, video, and merchandise ideas.