Kaela Lavin Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Greater Los Angeles, California, United States

• Oversaw all of UCLA UniCamp (350+ volunteers and 700+ campers) and represented students voices as a voting member on the Board of Trustees. • Leader, administrator, and facilitator of UniCabinet to ensure organizational effectiveness and mission execution. Facilitated weekly Cabinet meetings.• Streamlined the volunteer training and summer programming, leading program directors and “All-Camp” events.

Greater Los Angeles, California, United States

• Led a team of three head counselors and ten advisors, delegating tasks, organizing schedules, and integrating all members.• Coordinated and planned community-engaged events with the UCLA Horace Mann Community School, UniCabinet, and the UniCamp staff.• Developed a training curriculum for our 50 volunteers and a week of camp curriculum for 150 students from the UCLA Community Schools, focusing on pillars of community building, exploring intersectional identities, future/college planning, authentic storytelling, self-care, and everyday leadership. • Oversaw the entirety of the first session of camp (weekly training, onboarding, recruitment, retention, programming, and bonding), communicating with the other five sessions and program directors.

• Facilitated weekly training for 60 undergraduate and alumni volunteers to work with primary and secondary school students coming from diverse, underserved, and intersectional communities in the Greater Los Angeles area.• Programmed the week of camp for 150 campers, planning fun, engaging, educational, leadership, and developmental activities.• Supported the volunteers and guides them through challenges they encounter working with kids and serving as a liaison with staff.• Fundraised $1600+ to subsidize the cost of campers to make camp more accessible to kids across Los Angeles.

• Worked with students from Greater Los Angeles to provide supplemental fun, engaging, social, and educational activities during the COVID-19 pandemic and summers through cabin chats and activity rotations.• Fundraised $600 to supplement the costs of campers.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Gained insight into the non-profit world by supporting and shadowing the Programs, External Affairs, Communications, Operations, and Administrative teams.• Compiled and reconciled a database on all AANHPI candidates and officials for local, state, and federal elected office in the 2023 election cycle, prepared for 2024.• Wrote briefings and memos for staff and event participants, drafted monthly newsletters, and conducted community outreach.• Prepared for and supported large-scale summits, briefings, and ceremonies for members of Congress, corporate sponsors, program interns and alumni, and community members and partners.

North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

• Placed at Banijay Americans/Endemol Shine North America, the world’s largest producer and distributor of international scripted and unscripted television content, through the Television Academy Foundation summer internship program.• Engaged in professional development sessions led by entertainment industry executives, receiving mentorship and access to industry practices, processes, and opportunities.

North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

• Created an impact deck on Banijay America’s corporate social responsibility and environmental, social, and governance work.• Contributed to initial conversations of brand development & corporate strategy in the formation of Hyphenate Media Group.• Expanded external partnerships with various non-profits, companies, and media studios.• Gained expertise in entertainment business strategy in scripted and unscripted genres through an understanding of AVOD and SVOD models.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Researched and calculated the Comprehensive Score on Inclusion (CSI) for the Authentically Inclusive Representation (AIR) Report 2.0 on the quantity and quality of diversity and representation in filmmaking at all levels.• Created, researched, and analyzed material for the Disney Choose Kindness Project, a guide on how caretakers can support children and adolescents affected by bullying and mental health struggles. • Supported the Youth Engagement Team, adolescents conducting research on mental health and stigmas that affect their communities.• Developed the STARZ Annual Media Report through identity demographics data collection and analysis.

Westwood, California, United States

• Contacted potential keynote speakers and panelists in the media industry.• Created moderator guides on the topics of digital resources for adolescents and caregivers, youth media representation, and unpacking cultural stereotypes.• Supported logistical planning for the run of the show as a panel room leader.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• Maintained relationships and communicated with local entities such as the Westwood Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles City Council, and LA Mayor’s Office, and attends weekly Westwood Neighborhood Council meetings.• Served as liaison for the office of the UCLA External Vice President, working towards the implementation of student food security, housing affordability, transportation, and safety/policing alternatives.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Upskilled the staff via office-wide D&I trainings and social outings.

United States

• Conducted research on AAPI representation in government elected offices, businesses and corporations, and in media.• Led a committee of 20 students in writing a grant proposal and presenting a civic engagement program to APAPA headquarters.• Pitched speeches on the importance of representation in all spaces and the need for civic engagement.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Developed and implemented social media strategy for an environmental justice and activism page. • Published and coordinated media content, focusing on Los Angeles environmental and social justice issues for LA-based demographics.• Coordinated with a BIPOC and women-led team, passionate about engaging Angelenos in social and environmental activism.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• Presented upskilling opportunities to the CEOs, and provided research on organizations and associations IW employees can engage with as a corporate social responsibility initiative.• Collaborated with Experiential Marketing, Creative, and Public Relations teams to plan product and content activation for clients including Paramount Pictures, Lexus, Netflix, Disney, and McDonald’s.• Contributed to the weekly news blasts to 60 employees and monthly news blasts to the mailing list and clients of 1,500+ recipients.

Bachelor Of Arts, Communication Studies, Asian American Studies, Community Engagement & Social Change

Activities and Societies: UCLA UniCamp, the Nikkei Student Union, the Center for Scholars and Storytellers, UCLA Undergraduate Admissions.

Education record

Valedictorian, High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Student Body Vice President, "Reach Out, Give Back" Volunteer Club President & Founder, Varsity Tennis Captain.