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United States

Oakland, California, United States

• Leading the grant-making and programmatic approach focused on community organizing, power building, and movement building focused on the Alameda County region• Managing, monitoring, and coordinating a grants portfolio of $1.5M, including: grant planning, identifying and working with prospective grantees, carrying out an application process, undertaking periodic reviews of progress with grantees; and reviewing financial and narrative reports.• Partnering with EBCF core grantee partners to carry out direct and grassroots lobbying related to community-driven policy and electoral campaigns • Building and sustaining relationships with grantee partners using Trust-Based Philanthropy principles and practices• Fundraising to leverage resources through partnerships with donors, philanthropic allies, and corporate partners • Leading member of multiple internal working groups focused on racial equity/racial justice within EBCF, cross departmental donor organizing to increase the alignment of fund holders towards organizing and power building, and internal department strategic planning across the four core strategies of the Community Investment Partnerships department• Co-chair of the Northern California Youth Power Fund, a collaborative pooled fund of over $3M anchored by Northern California Grantmakers (NCG) and Youth Organize California (YO! Cali) to advance the regional ecosystem of youth organizing groups through fundraising, youth participatory grant making, and youth and adult designed programming

San Francisco Bay Area

• Leading as the principle for grant making and a cross-department review committee for the Rapid Response Fund (RRF) for Movement Building, a $500K year-round program that awards grants within 30 days • Composing collateral and grant proposals for the RRF, resulting in $750K+ raised from donors and funders • Co-developing and implementing strategy for $4M annual grant portfolio that builds grassroots power through the support of 50+ organizations focused on civic engagement, leadership development, and organizing • Planning and coordinating grantee, funder, and donor convenings• Organizing funders around relevant grassroots organizing efforts to support and partner• Participating as a member of the Multicultural Fellowship program at SFF as one of four fellows involved in leadership development, strategic planning, and initiatives at the foundation

1238 Harrison St. Oakland 94612

• Led organizational and structural development within the organization• Fund developed for the sustainability of program, staff, and youth leader positions • Supervised staff Program Manager, Site Organizers, and support staff to ensure program goals are achieved• Represented AYPAL at city, statewide, and national coalition and campaign meetings and actions• Led communications and marketing via organizational e-newletters, website, and social media platforms• Evaluated and assessed AYPAL programming towards the mission and vision of the organization• Led event management and planning for two medium to large scale public youth arts events per year• Managed all grants deliverables, final reports, and applications along with grassroots fund raising efforts• Managed internal fiscal tracking of organizational funding and fiscal sponsor reports (APEN)• Led collaborative and coalition partner for multiple spaces throughout the bay area, statewide, and nationally• Created and facilitated political education workshops for and with underrepresented API youth

Univeristy Of California Santa Cruz

http://someca.ucsc.edu/about/staff.htmlAssistant Director, Leadership • Supervise SOAR Program Manager to ensure advising services for Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) are delivered within the organization’s mission and established risk management policies • Lead the planning and assessment of a pilot leadership program engaging students, staff, faculty, and alumni aimed at expanding opportunities for student leadership experiences campus-wide• Oversee and manage the operation of 6 Student Initiated Outreach conferences using a strength-based approach that empowers and trains undergraduate student leaders to successfully execute multiple weekend-long conferences serving over 300 underrepresented California high school students annually• Serve as Chair of the UC Santa Cruz Committee on Ethnic Programming, managing the allocation of a $125,000 budget to guarantee the program meets proposed deliverables and ensure a sustainable fund source• Design, instruct, and evaluate 2 courses sponsored by the UC Santa Cruz Education Department that focus on student leadership and higher education outreach programming by utilizing current leadership development theory and research on programmatic best practicesInterim Program Manager (August 2013-December 2013)• Trained over 400 students from 200 RSOs on meeting facilitation, event planning, budget management, organizational recruitment, and consensus building and provided one on one advising to over 50 student leaders from select organizations• Supervised and guided the establishment of the newly formed Inter-Greek Council to empower executive student leaders in the creation and implementation of practices of self-governance including community standards hearings and expansion policies for the university’s Greek Letter Organization community

• Designed and facilitated curriculum centered on issues of gender and sexuality for underserved high school and college students

Ann Arbor, Mi

Diversity and Social Justice in Higher Education (DSJHE) Concentration

Brooklyn New York

• Designed and implemented a youth leadership program centered on sexual health that developed youth led neighborhood wide outreach promoting safer sex / healthy decision making amongst inner city youth.• Planned and hosted community events showcasing student expression on topics related to sexual health and healthy decision making amongst inner city youth.

New York, New York

• Managed student database, tracking follow-up and organizing all the student legal, financial, and medical information for those accessing company services. • Designed and implemented a new student intake process increasing tracking efficiency.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Maximize Academic Success (MAS):• Designed new youth leadership curriculum and implemented programming centered on higher education access for underrepresented minority students.• Coordinated and led a team of undergraduate students to become mentors and group facilitators for secondary school students. Project Inspire:• Coordinated, trained and supervised undergraduate student presenters to conduct classroom visitations with urban and rural high schools around the Detroit Metro Area, including all pre and post program evaluations.

San Francisco, California

• Administrative management of receipt and distribution for national multi-year grants.• Event coordinator for the organization’s national conferences (e.g. securing venues, vendors, participant travel and housing).• Researched Asian American/Pacific Islander experiences (especially young men growing up in areas of concentrated disadvantage) in direct correlation with foundation grant making leading to increases in funding for the organization.

Oakland, California

Site Organizer:• Developed and planned a Bay Area regional campaign addressing educational policy issues for across three unified school districts, leading to increased student voice around state budget priorities. • Engaged in alliance work with the Meaningful Student Engagement (OUSD) coalition adjusting district wide policy towards “college for all” graduation requirements and curriculum. • Represented and delivered Youth Together policy statements during Oakland City Council meetings where issues of youth criminalization were being discussed.Youth Center Staff:• Increased student voice and input for school restructuring committee; coordinating campaign efforts to increase student voice and empowerment at school site. (e.g. creating, conducting and collecting student evaluations of teachers as part of the schools restructuring programming).• Outreached, recruited and retained a base of thirty urban high school students to coordinate anti-violence events on campus, reducing the number of incidences of violence. • Coordinated and conducted multiple classroom presentations/educational workshops addressing educational and community based inequities, increasing membership for the organization.

Oakland, California

Program Associate: • Designed and implemented culturally relevant curriculum and projects for the organization as part of the RISE middle school leadership program as well as the LEAF elementary school visual arts program.• Supervised University of California Berkeley volunteers during academic tutoring sessions for OASES students.AmeriCorps Member:• Planned and presented educational workshop curriculum on LGBTQ issues for BAYAC regional members.

Santa Cruz, California

• Designed and taught an upper division college course focused on community based learning and student activism. • Graded and evaluated students for sponsoring faculty member in the Community Studies Department.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Activities and Societies: • Rackham Merit Fellowship Award • Becoming Educators of Tomorrow (B.E.T.) Rising Scholar Award • Elected.

Bachelor Of Arts, American Studies

Activities and Societies: • Honors in American Studies • College Service Award at Graduation Commencement