Makayla Rivera Email & Phone Number

Monrovia, California, United States

La Jolla Shores, California, United States

• Provide leadership to the Peer Education Team, which is made up of 10 students.• Assist with arranging 35+ events per quarter by communicating with on-campus organizations and our team.• Provided assistance in 3 housing fairs, providing support to 1,000+ students during the UCSD housing crisis. Planned a roommate mixer which was attended by 150+ students who were able to find roommates through a "speed dating" format & interactive games.

La Jolla, California, United States

• Resource center which focuses on ensuring that all students have access to their basic needs: financial wellness, stable housing, and nutritious foods.• Focus on providing outreach and informing students about the resources available. • Create and facilitate various workshops, presentations, fairs and events, with topics such as healthy/sustainable eating, off-campus housing resources, CalFresh, and more. • Aiming to end the stigma that surrounds lacking basic needs. Working towards normalizing asking for help when needed.

• Main director of the Zeta Mu UC San Diego Chapter of Sigma Kappa, which is made up of 100 members. Sigma Kappa is a nonprofit organization & national sorority whose goal is to raise money for various philanthropic services, provide members with personal growth opportunities and provide a lifelong community for members. • Oversee and delegate tasks among an executive team of 22 officers and chair-holders.• Plan, execute and direct 40+ weekly executive board and chapter meetings throughout the term.• Assist with managing budgets of over $100,000.• Support with planning and executing philanthropic events for 400+ people, raising $8,000+ for the following philanthropic services: Inherit the Earth, Gerontology, Maine Seacoast Mission and Alzheimer's Association. • Utilize 2.5+ years of recruiting experience to help recruit 50+ new members into our organization.

La Jolla Shores, California, United States

• Supported 25 new members of the organization throughout the new member process.• Orchestrated 10 informational meetings over 8 weeks to educate new members about the organization.• Organized 10+ events for 95+ members.• Managed a committee of 7 members, hosting biweekly meetings and check-ins.

• Worked with the Vice President of New Member Education to provide assistance in ensuring that various tasks, 10+ events, 10+ informational meetings and continuous communication was met amongst 100+ members, including 40+ new members.

San Diego, California, United States

• Working towards the success of a start-up Tech Company, whose main goal is to allow students to explore organizations at their school through an AI-powered app. • Focus on outreach to various organizations, which is followed by an interview to analyze how our company can help that organization directly. • Host weekly meetings to assist with app development.

San Diego, California, United States

• Assisted with various tasks amongst 3 different site locations. Such tasks include: creating interactive projects for elementary school children, creating digital copies of 5+ years of reports, greeting families, thoroughly cleaning speech & occupational therapy resources after each use. • Shadowed weekly sessions between speech pathologists and children, debriefing the child’s progress/performance with the speech pathologists and families. • Utilized patience, mindset and communication while working with young children who oftentimes had Autism.

• Assisted speech pathologists and occupational therapists during an 8-week summer program to help children with disabilities improve their social, speaking and mobility skills through group activities. • Ran activities and sessions that helped children utilize their communication, in hopes of them improving their interpersonal skills, speech, and mobility.

• Using my background in cheerleading, I facilitated gymnastic practices for children ages 2-10. • Created lesson plans, completed progress reports, and executed skills to teach.• Assisted with the academic program, which helped students with their homework and academic success. Our goal was to promote an environment that prioritized physical exercise and academic support.

San Marino, California, United States

• Assisted groups of 10-15 children in grades 1st-8th with STEM innovation projects.• Supported the main teacher through preparing resources, ensuring that all children had a safe drop-off & pick-up, and planning and executing activities that appealed to a wide range of children.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Cognitive Science, Specialization In Clinical Aspects Of Cogniton, 3.87

Activities and Societies: The Hub Basic Needs Center, Sigma Kappa Sorority, StRIVEMinors: Business and Psychology Thurgood Marshall.

High School Diploma, 3.91

Activities and Societies: Link Crew (Co-Captain of the Events Team), Varsity Cheer Team (Co-Captain), Healthy Eating Initiative Program.