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Inglewood, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

Managed the development of Facilities Assessment and Implementation Plans for school districts across California, including the creation of the sources of funding, construction cost estimates, and program sequencing of the projects for each plan of school facilities projects to be implementedDirect the design efforts of 15 school facilities projects across.

Provided bond structuring analysis and deal processing management for underwritten bonds for the #1 underwriting team (bonds sold) in California and the Western Region in 2016 and 2017Increased business of senior-managed underwritten bonds by overseeing the submission of Requests for Proposals, achieving a higher than average success rate of awarded deals.

Gardena, CA

Performing extensive and specialized research and analysis on local transit operations.Preparing detailed statistical data and analytical reports and presentations for Federal reporting.Serving as department liaison, facilitating communication with public officials to compile transit statistics.

Practiced service planning and policy analysis to increase transit service while reducing operation costsReviewed and reconciled various complex monthly, quarterly, and annual transit reportsManaged the application process, database, and public relations for the citywide Dial-A-Ride Program

Greater Los Angeles Area

Administrated project management responsibilities for several key upcoming urban planning projectsManaged the grant research and application writing component for the organizationExercised skills with InDesign and GIS to modify and recreate Expanded Emerald Necklace Plan document

Represented the interests of the project at more than 20 Metro ExpressLanes public outreach events, becoming the public face of the program while opening up more than 100 ExpressLanes accountsWrote monthly Project Status Reports on the ExpressLanes program prepared for and presented to the USDOT, FTA, and FHWA, as well as the quarterly Project Performance.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Composed speeches for the City Controller to address fiscal and political issues affecting Los Angeles Wrote an Executive Summary for each audit conducted by the office of the City Controller Represented the office at City Council meetings, recorded minutes, and drafted meeting briefs for the City Controller

University Of Southern California

First-year graduate student in Urban Planning (Sustainable Land Use concentration) and Public Administration (Economic and Community Development specialization).Course list to date: Social Context for Social Planning; Comparative International Development; Human Behavior in Public Organization; Smart Growth and Urban Sprawl; and Economics for Policy.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Spearheaded the Los Angeles Bicycle-Friendly Business Program, including applying for a $1.27million “Call For Projects” Grant through the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityDesigned and presented findings of group research on “Bicycle Amenities for Bicycle Friendly Business Districts” at the Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place.

Managed and inventoried semester-long department budget of over $100,000, including expenditures for and by the directors of programming and housing and the department deanServed as department liaison, facilitating intradepartmental and on-campus/off-campus relations, as well as organizing all meetings, appointments, and conferences for the department dean.

Rewarded and participated in a 12-month post-baccalaureate, intensive advanced Mandarin studies program at National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan, sponsored by the Taiwanese government.

Raised public awareness of environmental and public transportation issues facing Los Angeles and California by personally signing up over 150 citizens throughout the greater Los Angeles area as supporting membersProvided guidance and encouragement to fundraisers in a supervisory role to optimize fundraising potential and morale within the organization.

Raised neighborhood awareness of environmental sustainability by personally informing and signing up over 300 families throughout Northern Virginia and Southern Maryland for the Recycle Bank programPromoted the startup of a family-run refuse company in Northern Virginia partnering with Recycle Bank, thus increasing and developing the corporate partnerships.

Developed and established a coalition of over 50 organizations from Virginia to Florida to Texas to challenge FEMA's policy on ice distribution after natural disastersUtilized knowledge of disaster accountability within the federal government and co-wrote a sign-on statement with the Executive Director to address the issue of ice distribution Facilitated.

Price School Of Public Policy, Mpl, Mpa

Huayu Fellow, Mandarin Chinese

Huayu Enrichment Scholar, endorsed by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Taiwan

B.A., Diplomacy And World Affairs, Economics (Minor), Chinese Language (Minor)

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