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Pasadena, Ca, Us

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Glendale, California, United States

Accredited by the Department of Justice to provide immigration assistance. Assist clients with preparing and filing a variety of immigration forms, including petitions for citizenship, adjustment of status, family reunification, and fee waiver requests; provide consultation services for immigrants interested in learning more about available benefits and forms of relief; conduct free public workshops on citizenship throughout greater Los Angeles; conduct Know Your Rights presentations and information sessions on immigration topics; provide legal services at Los Angeles Public Library's New Americans Center; selected as the office’s representative for the IRC’s Learning Collaborative on the topic of ”Supporting Evidence-Based and Data-Driven Programs” and IRC Way Everyday Ambassador.

Glendale, California, United States

Glendale, California, United States

Fullerton, Ca

Assist in all aspects of program coordination for short-term inbound international programs. This includes student support, production of informational documents, orientation presentations, and the coordination of meals and accommodations. Coordination for these unique programs also presented opportunities for community outreach in the form of partnerships with local businesses. Administrative duties include the generation of reports, reconciliation of expenses and expense tracking. Also responsible for supervising student assistants and coordinating the hiring process for instructors.

Yorba Linda, Ca

Provided administrative assistance for the USA ISV office. Was in charge of managing and tracking the hiring process for a large growth initiative with the information of more than 1700 individuals. Conducted database management and reporting, phone assistance, media production and advised on the production of print materials. Assisted wherever able and necessary.

Lima, Peru

Managed and updated the OAS Lima contact database that included important contact information for embassies as well as organizations that the OAS works with. Prepared event and news bulletins to keep the head office informed of activities and current news in Peru. Created reports regarding the status of current events of a political and economic nature in Peru. Attended diplomatic affairs on behalf of the OAS in order to gather information for the bulletins and reports.

Cochabamba, Bolivia

As International Programs Coordinator, primary role was to be personal and professional support to program participants in order to guide them through the sustainable development process in a foreign country. Other than direct work with participant, helped plan programs by coordinating with local NGOs in order to assure a good experience with our participants. On occasion would lead workshops on themes such as safety as well as grant proposal writing. Acted as an English to Spanish interpreter for an art therapy workshop led by Professor Ikuko Acosta from NYU. Responsibilities• Translation and interpretation • Grant Review and Supervision• University and Local NGO Coordination• Participant recruitment and interviewing• Intern support• Office administration and operations support• Redesign of orientation materials• Sustainable development advising • Project management and monitoring• Workshop facilitation• Program material production• Cultural guidance

San Francisco, California

Initially hired as an intern to help translate grant proposals from NGOs in Nicaragua from Spanish into English for the purpose of review. Worked on various projects and administrative duties including Salesforce data entry, updating and redesigning pre-departure packets for participants, translation of program documents from English into Spanish as well as grant proposals from Spanish into English and vice versa, and researching organizations to expand the FSD network of partners along with mass email marketing using Vertical Response. Also participated in grant reviews.Responsibilities:• Spanish-English translation• Partner cultivation• Grant review• Database management• Donation tracking • Redesigning pre-departure materials • Participant support• Intern recruitment• Office administration and operations support• Program inquiry management

Davis, California

Responsible for the final aesthetics of the paper and the coordination of all staff in the Layout Team. Gained considerable leadership skills during this time as well as proved my loyalty and dependability. Responsibilities: • Work closely with Editors for special issues or special layout• Design new pages and modify old pages for new content• Create and maintain the Style Guide for The California Aggie• Responsible for the general aesthetic of The California Aggie • Responsible for the work of the Assistant Design Director and the Layout Artists• Correct design errors on finished pages before sending to the printer• Submit pages to the printer before a strict deadline• Motivate, teach, and offer suggestions to Layout Artists particularly in the use of Adobe InDesign

Davis, California

Worked under the Design Director producing and guiding the layout and aesthetic of the newspaper.

Davis, California

Laid out pages for the newspaper, was particularly good at tricky sections like classifieds and arts pages.

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: -Immigrant Advocacy Concentration

M.A., International Studies

Wrote a Masters thesis entitled "Agency, Structures and Peru: Action and in-action during 1980-2000" Can be found at the following link.

B.A, International Relations, French

Activities and Societies: French Club, The California AggieStudied abroad in Cuzco, Peru and Rome, Italy