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Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Providence County, Rhode Island, United States

Responsible for providing guidance on compliance of - and city-wide trainings on the Providence Code of Ethics, Access to Public Records Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Develop educational trainings and resources for city officials and employees on municipal ethics.

Providence, Rhode Island Area

Lead the vision and implementation of Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s priorities on immigration, education, and restorative justice. Alongside the Chief of Policy, managed the day-to-day operations of the policy department's four (4) person staff.

Rhode Island, United States

House Committee:• Judiciary Committee, Member (2021-Present)• State Government and Elections Committee, Member (2021-2022)National Conference of State Legislatures:• Vice-Chair of the Law, Criminal Justice, and Public Safety Standing Committee (2024)• Opioid Policy Fellow (2022)

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

The Transatlantic Inclusion Leaders Network (TILN) fellowship is an empowering program for young diverse elected leaders, with select civil society and business leaders, who collaborate, peer mentor, and educate each other in working to advance inclusive policies and strengthen social cohesion. The program also features dedicated coaches and partners. The TILN network has more than 200 alumni advancing to higher office including the European Parliament and US Congress, among other roles. Through TILN, The German Marshall Fund (GMF) provides a unique opportunity to meet 21st-century leadership requirements, for it is crucial that institutions reflect the diversity of societies across the Atlantic and foster equity, inclusion, and belonging.

Rhode Island

A nonpartisan center for leadership and intellectual growth, Rodel helps America’s most promising leaders reach their full potential as public servants, deepen their commitment to democracy and the rule of law, and work together to address some of our nation’s most important domestic and international challenges. The institute’s programs convene diverse leaders from across the political, legal and policy spectrum in an effort to find common ground, build relationships, and encourage the understanding and cooperation needed to move our nation forward.The Institute's signature program is the Rodel Fellowship. Created in 2005, the fellowship is the nation’s premier leadership development program for elected leaders. Each year, the program selects 24 outstanding state and local-level leaders, divided equally between the two political parties, to come together for a series of three multi-day seminars held over a two-year period. Working with leading scholars as moderators, the fellows read and discuss classic texts dealing with ethical values, democratic principles, and wise and effective leadership. Those texts include the Declaration of Independence, the preamble to the United States Constitution, and writings by Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King, Jr. among many others. Following completion of the core Rodel fellowship seminars, fellows have an opportunity to gather periodically with alumni of the program to discuss critical questions of public policy and public leadership in a nonpartisan setting. Over 360 elected leaders have completed the program. These fellows have gone on to serve as United States senators, governors, mayors, party leaders, Cabinet secretaries, members of Congress, and Vice President of the United States.

Central Falls, Ri

Provided strategic analysis for the creation of a Policy & Advocacy Department and developed systems for the organization to increase its role in legislative affairs at the state level including research, providing testimony, and making recommendations on specific bills. Worked with adults and youth in the Blackstone Valley to shape legislative priorities and provided advocacy training for community members to increase civic participation.

Boston, Ma

Developed factual and legal premises for motions and briefs including Motion to Reopen Removal Proceedings and Provisional Waivers. Researched case law and drafted an appellate brief before the Massachusetts Court of Appeals relating to a denial of a motion for special findings of facts and rulings of law concerning a case of neglect and abandonment of a minor.

Boston, Ma

Supported a four-attorney firm specializing in Family Law and Immigration Law with drafting filings, motions and briefs for relief before the Boston Immigration Court, U.S. Immigration and Citizenship Offices, and Family Courts.

Boston, Ma

Boston, Ma

Providence, Ri

Supported a three-attorney firm conducted extensive legal and country condition research, as well as conducted substantial client interviews in support of claims for immigration relief.

Juris Doctorate, 3.0

Activities and Societies: President Anna E. Hirsch Award 2018, Charles Hamilton Houston Honor Society Recipient 2017; Dean’s List Fall.

Bachelors Of Arts, Double Major In Justice Studies And Sociology, Cum Laude, 3.33

Activities and Societies: Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honors Society, 2012 -2013

Associate Of Arts - Aa, General Studies