Kyla-Yen Giffin Email & Phone Number

Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

Non-profit philanthropy organization working through a radical framework to fight for corporate accountability, strengthen legal systems, and promote human rights and environmental/climate justice in the Global South by supporting grantees and facilitating community and funder collaborationRole:• Manage communications, including: crafting and overseeing organization’s long-term communications plan, creating and posting social media content, supervising website, curating partner… Show more Non-profit philanthropy organization working through a radical framework to fight for corporate accountability, strengthen legal systems, and promote human rights and environmental/climate justice in the Global South by supporting grantees and facilitating community and funder collaborationRole:• Manage communications, including: crafting and overseeing organization’s long-term communications plan, creating and posting social media content, supervising website, curating partner update newsletters, and administering internal communications training• Provide administrative support to the Executive Director as well as entire team through: scheduling and facilitating meetings and events, communicating and relationship-building with partners, writing and editing proposals, reports, and articles, notetaking, assisting in programmatic work Show less

2024-2025 residency year - Fiction ProgramThe COT Writers Residency Program is a year-long residency offered to writers aged 15-30, starting October 2024 and ending May 2025. As part of Collections of Transience, Writers in Residence are given resources to develop their creative skills and community. Writers in Residence will be receiving all of the following from COT:• A 1-year Writers Residency Program• A regular publishing platform for writers & artists which to… Show more 2024-2025 residency year - Fiction ProgramThe COT Writers Residency Program is a year-long residency offered to writers aged 15-30, starting October 2024 and ending May 2025. As part of Collections of Transience, Writers in Residence are given resources to develop their creative skills and community. Writers in Residence will be receiving all of the following from COT:• A 1-year Writers Residency Program• A regular publishing platform for writers & artists which to publish to• Community of artists in which to engage in regular events with• A team invested in your growth and development• Access to all writing/creative workshopsWriters in Residence will be responsible for the following in COT:• Committing to the year-long Writers Residency Program • Attending bi-monthly workshops with your Residency Mentor• Participate in resident features • Lead or participate in community workshops• Contributing to a program-wide Chapbook Project • Lead your own final capstone work to be presented to the whole cohort Show less

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

• Worked with newly admitted students and academic services to ensure a smooth transition into college for students• Served as an informed and accessible academic resource and advisor for undergraduate students• Hosted webinars, informational meetings, and events

Conducted an independently designed and guided creative research project titled “FANTASIA: A Vietnamese-American Family Dreaming in the Diaspora,” under the Provost’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship grant award, advised by faculty mentor Dr. Howie Tam; presented project at Undergraduate Research and Creative Collaborations Symposium

• Participated in presentations and workshops to learn about LGBTQ+ history and issues• Collaborated with other peer educators to host educational and community-building events• Supported peers one-on-one in gender- and sexuality- related issues

New York, New York, United States

• Summer internship funded by Sadie Newfield Summer Internship Fund through Hiatt Career Center’s World of Work Fellowship, awarded by Brandeis University• Reviewed and responded to manuscripts and book proposals sent to supervisor and literary agent Andrea Somberg

Performed in Dora Garcia’s exhibits “Two Planets Have Been Colliding for Thousands of Years” and “The Labyrinth of Female Freedom”

Oakland, California

• Summer mentoring program for preschool- and elementary-aged students• Operated curriculum and activities, supervised mentors and students, and assisted in designing program structure as part of a leading team of interns