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United States

Los Angeles

✩ Recruit and train a cohort of 50+ UCLA affiliated volunteers as summer camp counselors through 100+ hours of interactive leadership development workshops on identity-based harm, mental health, and building relationships with South Los Angeles campers ages 10-17.✩ Create and facilitate programs following a 16-week training schedule, including overnight team-building and bonding events, and ensuring comprehensive training on the 5 UniCamp “Woodsey Wisdoms”: Leadership, Working with Kids, Fundraising, Outcome-based Programming, and Policies/Procedures.✩Personally fundraised $900 of $450 goal supporting accessibility and subsidized costs of attending camp for UCLA Community School Students and helped raise a total of $31,000 with 50+ volunteers.✩ Plan, create, and lead a full, 8-day week of camp in collaboration with Lead Counselors, Camp Staff, and Camp Program Directors managing daily recreational activities, meal clean ups, safety measures, communication between staff and volunteers, de-escalation of camper conflicts, and 24/7 on-call support for 50+ volunteers during the week of camp.✩ Send weekly emails and logistics forms to volunteers regarding training information, recaps, and upcoming events.✩ Design session shirt logo based on session theme and mission, detailing names of volunteers, staff, and their positions.

Los Angeles, California, United States

✩ Guide first-year transfer and direct-entry Latina/o/x/e students at UCLA in navigating student life and academics, fostering leadership skills, and community-building to increase retention and graduation rates.✩ Provide personalized 1-on-1 counseling to 7 students weekly supporting academic progress, class/degree planning, goal setting, holistic wellness, and addressing experiences related to queer, Latine, and/or first generation backgrounds.✩ Empower queer Latina/o/x/e UCLA students through organizing and facilitating community-specific programs and events: Day of the Dead Mental Health Dialogue; Trans in LA Community Discussion in collaboration with The William’s Institute, The TransLatin@ Coalition, and researchers from the Community Engagement and Social Change Department at UCLA; Pride GraDIY.✩ Collaborate with other student-run initiatives to strengthen community engagement and outreach efforts.✩ Manage data entry/tracking and evaluation of peer counseling sessions using Google Sheets and Google Forms, ensuring effective service management✩ Conduct outreach via tabling, phone banking, email, and social media and designing impactful event flyers for Instagram.✩ Coordinate hiring process. from creating hiring supplemental questions, to tracking applications, conducting team interviews, and maintaining candidate communication throughout.✩ Rebranded organization logo to enhance future marketing and outreach efforts

Los Angeles, California, United States

✩ Translated legal documents accurately between English and Spanish, maintaining fidelity to legal terminology.✩ Provided linguistic support for educational programs at 3Strands Global Foundation by translating an online workbook from English to Spanish.✩ Translated and subtitled human trafficking prevention education video scripts from English to Spanish, ensuring cultural and linguistic accuracy using editing software.