Katherine Carino Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas, United States

Director of UX Research and Design

San Bernardino County, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

Combining a passion for working with people and positively impacting communities with project management skills and a talent for creating unique experiences. Leadership:- Developed the leadership skills of a cohort of 30 international students as a lead student coordinator for the International Ambassador program- Spearheaded the re-development of the International Ambassador Program, successfully transitioning them to an online environment and implementing a project-oriented infrastructure- Served as a moderator for a panel of international alumni for the Growing Your Global Network event in partnership with the UCLA Student Alumni Association.- Facilitated professional and personal development of student leaders by implementing workshops for the International Student Ambassadors- Trained new Dashew student staff on programs and office dutiesProject Management:- Utilized expertise in student programming, teamwork, and project completion to guide 5 student committees towards planning, developing, and completing year-long international student advocacy projects - Planned and coordinated an excursion to Pasadena’s Huntington Library for 52 people, creating an itinerary, handling reservations and supply logistics, designing a scavenger hunt activity, and conducting engagement activities during the day.- Took lead on planning the Dashew Center's Superbowl Party which had 120 attendees and established a continuing collaboration with UCLA's Associated Students Union (ASUCLA).Community Engagement:- Created a summer outreach program for the International Ambassadors that increased student engagement from 7 responses to 100 responses- Lead on-campus and online marketing efforts to enhance engagement with between the UCLA population and the Dashew Center- Assisted in creating a marketing proposal to revamp the Center’s outreach and engagement with the international community at UCLA, helping to increase online engagement and event attendance.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Gained a deep understanding of the cognitive processes of attention and memory applied to learning in and out of classroom contexts through work in the Bjork Learning and Forgetting Lab. Notable Accomplishments:- Acceptance into the Psychology Departmental Honors Program, joining a cohort of 20 students to conduct independent research- Currently conducting an independent honors project with the lab, conducting a literature review, creating study materials, designing experimental procedure, and analyzing data in order to produce a Senior Honors Thesis at the end of Spring 2021- Admittance to the Undergraduate Research Fellows Program under the Undergraduate Research Center - Humanities and Social Sciences (URC-HASS)- Received funding from URC-HASS to conduct independent research projectResearch Experience:- Creates novel stimulus and test questions to be used in on-going study- Facilitates data collection sessions and for multiple on-going learning studies- Encodes collected data into Google Sheets- Monitors participant activity and compensation- Trains new research assistants in experimental procedure- Wrote research reports summarizing study activities and resultsResearch Application/Public Speaking:- Present quarterly on applied context learning to a group of 200+ UCLA Learning Assistants for a Learning Pedagogy Seminar- Presented on relevant research at undergraduate lab meeting to increase background knowledge of fellow lab members

Greater Los Angeles Area

Technical Skills:- Worked independently, utilizing lab equipment (laser cutter, vinyl cutter, 3D printer) to set up workshops/projects for multiple elementary science classes- Learned how to create projects using a laser cutter, 3D printer, soldering iron, and vinyl cutterOffice Management:- Completed office maintenance tasks including submitting supply orders, taking inventory, organizing shelves, and repairing broken equipment/materials

Cognitive Science, B.S., Digital Humanities Minor

Activities and Societies: Slacklining Club, Unicamp, Residential Life, SPCN (Samahang Pilipino Culture Night), Alternative Breaks, Hunger.

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