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New York, United States

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Learned animal husbandry skills while training and caring for various species of sharks, rays, and teleost under managed care.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Lead six ventures through entity-formation and trademark registration processes, advise them on employment matters and intellectual property protection strategies, and draft an online startup’s terms of service.
• Conduct weekly intake sessions with student entrepreneurs from MIT and BU to provide either startup consultation, a referral to local attorneys for complex tax or immigration issues, or an offer to conduct an.
• Assist a nonprofit through charity registration and by providing research on donation solicitation

Manhattan, NYC

• Devised and implemented a $95k recurring revenue model to provide essential services and trainings to companies looking to foster diversity and inclusion (e.g., Salesforce, PayPal), securing both meaningful careers for.
• Wrote memoranda for my supervisor highlighting potential liability issues regarding two data privacy and licensing agreements related to a collaboration with a healthtech company seeking to employ our clients for.
• Taught weekly literacy classes for eight individuals with I/DD to build their social fluency and confidence

Manhattan, New York

• Learned to use LexisNexis to research six civil rights and economic justice issues that the firm never handled before; wrote memoranda on the findings and reported them to a managing attorney at 15-minute bi-weekly.
• Started five investigations to gather evidence supporting clients’ claims and wrote two pre-suit letters based on the findings
• Proof-read documents containing sensitive materials for 11 ongoing cases for my supervisor before presenting to clients

New York, New York

• Learned to use PACER, Westlaw, and LawManager Pro and found 35 cases of systemic police misconduct for policy efforts
• Co-founded a Freedom of Information Law/Act (FOIL/FOIA) campaign to obtain financial and staff records from 500+ NewYork law enforcement agencies to help repeal New York State Civil Rights Law § 50-a
• Wrote six successful appeals overturning denials by noncompliant FOIL/FOIA officers who misapplied NYSCRL § 50-a
• Transcribed oral testimony at 42 New York Police Department disciplinary trials to build a public-access misconduct database,www.capstat.nyc; experienced the conflict between making an online product open-source as.

Midtown

• Advised over 70 clients on compliance with energy-usage audits for local building codes and sold annual service packages
• Trained a five-person sales team on cold calls and client development; generated $203k annually for the property technology firm
• Developed leads as a vendor at Boston trade conventions and synthesized city legislation to write compliance guides for newBoston energy laws (Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure Ordinance, BERDO) to start a.

Midtown

New York

• Advised over 70 clients on compliance with energy-usage audits for local building codes and sold annual service packages
• Trained a five-person sales team on cold calls and client development; generated $203k annually for the property technology firm
• Developed leads as a vendor at Boston trade conventions and synthesized city legislation to write compliance guides for newBoston energy laws (Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure Ordinance, BERDO) to start a.

New York

Shanghai, China

Wrote and presented five 60-minute lectures to 70 Chinese college students on American social issues (e.g. racial inequality in education) as a cultural ambassador building ties with New York University Shanghai

New York

Doctor Of Law - Jd

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Environmental Studies

Study Abroad Semester, Applied Psychology & Environmental Studies

Activities and Societies: Chinese Environmental Studies, Elementary Chinese I, Cultures of Psychology, Adolescent DevelopmentDuring the.

High School Diploma, Advanced Regents Diploma

Activities and Societies: Model United Nations, Global Economy Critics, Red Cross, National Honor Society, Weston Research Scholars