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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Leads policy portfolio and recommendations on the gig economy, worker's rights, independent contractors, and employer status
• Advises congressional staff on labor laws, child labor violations, and joint employer status.
• Produces fact sheets, policy briefs, and reports on labor policy and the economy.
• Conducts quantitative and qualitative research using government data (ACS, CPS, SCF).
• Drafted two federal public comments and RFIs on NLRB Joint Employer Rule and DOL Independent Contractor rule.
• Drafted and prepped talking points for CLASP CEO and President on tight labor markets, inflation, and unemployment insurance.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

-Produces reports, issue briefs, and columns on the intersection of racial issues and the economy. Such as tax/budget issues, economic impacts of minority groups, and environmental racism. -Design and implement quantitative research methodologies in service of crafting policy programs that improve the well-being of Latino Americans.-Lobby the incoming.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Cited in The New York Times for ITEP's corporate report, "Profitable Giants Like Amazon Pay $0 in Corporate Taxes, Some Voters Are Sick of It." April 29th, 2019-Quoted in The Washington Business Journal, "Opportunity zones abound in Greater Washington. Here's where the money will likely flow." June 7, 2019

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Writes blogs/reports on federal and international tax policy issues
• Complies SEC data filings for our comprehensive corporate report, "The 35 Percent Tax Myth."
• Tax Policy Liason between ITEP and the Financial Accountability Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coaliton.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Assisted in drafting 425 page public comment on the Department of Homeland Security's Public Charge Rule.
• Research economic and trade policies globally and write succinct memos with critical points for senior staff member’s blog postings, newspaper articles and television interviews.
• Extract Tax Policy Center data, calculate differences (federal/local tax deductions) and create graphs for blogs.
• Manipulate BLS data in STATA on working and low wages job information.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Create policy strategy for increasing minority homeownership through researching credit access reports, co-sponsorship opportunities and community based nonprofit interviews.-Draft talking point memos on Oversight of HUD hearing.-Write constituent letters (on IQ) on banking, medical marijuana and healthcare.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Analyzed economic policy & legislation to draft briefings related to small business & startups to Senior EIG staff. -Researched Members of Congress before meetings to promote bipartisan Investing in Opportunity Act (signed into law on December 20, 2017). -Dissected data from Census to be used in published reports such as "Distressed Communities Index 3.0."

-Manages student investment fund, a $500,000 portion of Southwestern University's endowment-Prepares,reports and distributes monthly summary memo of the most important economic events for each month-Writes up quarterly overview for Annual Report in the 4Q of the current calendar year and prepares final copy of the 1Q-3Q reports on Economy-Monitors.

Austin, Texas Area

-Built a Medical Trend Project in order to analyze strengths and weaknesses for client data. -Aided in Data Integrity Projects through data maintenance -Manipulated data for Census Consolidations -Completed monthly financial reports for clients.-Generated data acquisition through Salesforce.-Mastered market trends through benchmark reporting.

Chicago

• Drafted an Innovation Project Business Proposal for Kemper.com
• Organized a boat cruise for more than 100 corporate employees for Sponsorship of the Chicago Architecture Foundation
• Cross-referenced 15 insurance companies in the industry, including taglines, boilerplates and privacy policies.
• Designed promotional material and signs for Open House Chicago -Created over 200 graphics on Photoshop for Kemper Foundation which resulted in use of educational videos
• Analyzed and made recommendations for the Kemper Corporation and Kemper Foundation websites
• Collaborated with the brand marketing team for over 25 Brand Reviews

Trujillo, Peru

-Implemented business initiatives to start an alpaca scarf company for an impoverished community in Trujillo. -Budgeted a grant of $3000 over 3 months which resulted in a profit of over $6000-Helped hire individuals to train community in being part of business -Analyzed statistical data on health effects in the greater Peruvian area -Found correlation.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Public Policy - Poverty & Inequality

Coursework: Political Science & Policy Race, Gender, and the State Literature of Public Administration Public Management Research Methods.

Master Of Public Policy, Economic Policy | Fiscal Policy

Relevant Coursework: Time Series Analysis Econometrics II Applied Labor Economics Oil Economics Tax Law Administrative Law State & Local.

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics, Math

Activities and Societies: Delta Delta Delta-Theta Epsilon Chapter Mathematics Association of America Economics Club Financial Analyst.