The Mentoring for Success Program Coordinator AmeriCorps Intern position is an eight-month partnership between a University Student and a grade school student needing support and recognition on campus and using school social work principles.

I work closely with students, families, and school staff to create a supportive educational environment that addresses students' social, emotional, and academic needs. Through individual and group counseling, classroom interventions, and family engagement, I help students overcome barriers to learning, including family stress, behavioral challenges, and mental health issues. I apply a social justice lens to support diverse populations, advocate for equitable policies, and connect families to essential resources. Through individual supervision, group supervision, and professional development, I assess and reflect upon skills and experiences that shape my social work philosophies from the guidance of peers and professional school social workers.

As a content specialist, I connect clients with their audiences through familiarity, clarity, fun, and consistent brand and voice. I successfully communicate complex ideas in engaging ways through comprehensive content strategies, and I elevate clients' social impact work to make a huge difference.My role:Develop community management strategies that ensure optimization of the appropriate digital communications channels to promote awareness and increase engagement of targeted audiences.Create, execute, monitor, and adapt highly engaging, comprehensive communications strategies (including social media, videos, websites, newsletters, emails, brochures, one-pagers, and presentations) to elevate resources, policies, and other relevant topics.Manage projects thoroughly, including planning timelines, managing team members, creating internal and external meeting agendas & materials, directing client meetings, and owning the delivery of all final materials.Manage and capture earned media by cultivating press lists, writing press releases, and pitching stories to local, statewide and national print and screen media outlets.As a consultant, I am adaptable and creative while working efficiently with minimal supervision to deliver high-quality outcomes.

The MoVE Initiative brings together young voters to see the stake they have in local elections and empowers them to make a difference with their votes. Through voter registration, voter education, and voter empowerment, young people in Louisiana can make an imperative impact on the results of elections. My role:Organized and execute events celebrating and discussing key policy areas including sexual violence prevention, environmental sustainability, and young voter participation & engagement.Received a $15,000 grant and facilitated a partnership with the Urban League of Louisiana’s “Get Up Geaux Vote” bipartisan campaign for youth mobilization; 2,500 new and low propensity voters were "MoVEd to the Polls" for early voting & Election Day.Coordinated speakers including Council members, US Senators, and celebrated activists; facilitated community partners, including VOTE, Sister District NOLA, Indivisible NOLA, YouthForce NOLA, STAR, Louisiananah Brah, and more.

Last Word Strategies is rooted in future-driven strategies that disrupt the status quo. The company specializes in candidates, causes, and consumer campaigns. Each strategy is approached with precision targeting to identify, persuade, and turn people out to vote. Last Word Strategies is based in Louisiana and woman-owned.My role:Managed 16 political and issue advocacy accounts including electoral campaigns and Political Action Committee (PACS), and directly oversaw the external communication with client and candidate teams.Crafted branding, messaging, advertising strategy, and campaign messaging strategy for 14 of 18 victorious local and statewide campaigns.Created and maintained clients' voice, messaging, and digital presence through website construction & management, social media content strategies & execution, advertising, video production, email, and more.Organized candidate photo shoots, campaign events, and press appearances.Managed paid advertising via Facebook & Instagram, google ads, banner ads, and streaming adversiting including Hulu & Youtube ads.

Lucid wants to change how the world’s answers are accessed. Our market research Marketplace ecosystem has a profound impact on the world around us by fostering a greater understanding of one another through research and increased accessibility of consumers. Lucid is pioneering a technology solution that leads the way for anyone, in any industry, to make data-driven decisions inspired by the sentiments of real people.My role:Consulted with clients on market research approaches to best serve and broaden their research goals Generated over $500,000 worth of market research projects for clients.Programmed surveys on all dominant survey platforms, and cleaned data to produce clear results and analytics.Assessed pricing and feasibility of finance and consulting market research projects.

The City Planning Commission of the City of New Orleans is a nine-member citizen board appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council. The Planning Commission provides analysis and recommendations to the City Council on matters dealing with the present and future development of the City, in accordance with the goals and policies of the City's Plan for the 21st Century or the Master Plan. This includes reviewing, approving, and/or recommending to the City Council requests for master plan amendments, map changes, text amendments to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO), appeals and subdivisions.My role:Authored studies on national best practices and existing urban development policy, including mitigating impacts of billboards, food deserts, Short Term Rentals, and implementing the Master Plan.Addressed constituent needs on project updates, Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance interpretation, and public forum.Developed a data management system for digitizing past zoning docket data and incoming projects.

The Changemaker Institute is a part of the Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking, which cultivates a diverse network of changemakers who are working and learning together to create a more just and equitable society. My role: Created quantitative measure for likelihood of investment reform, by an institution, based on progress in discussion, professional backgrounds of board members, regional economy, and more. Built indices to be used by Tulane’s Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department for upcoming book.Interviewed Tulane Board members on sources, motivation of funding sources to investigate relationship between large corporate and institutional donations and investment behavior of the university, large university projects, and sustainability measures on university campuses.

Tulane Office of Undergraduate Admissions ambassadors guide tours of prospective students, parents, and guests. I sat as student representative on various panels to answer questions, including on the Honors Program and Women in Higher Education, and called prospective Tulane Students and describe the Tulane experience and answer questions.

GSREIA represents an industry that will be the single largest source of new electric generating capacity over the next decade and to grow as the national voice of a larger, more unified and more diverse industry.My role:Presented a case to state legislators and represented solar interest at city and state policy meetings, public hearings, and private residential solar promotional events.Analyzed implications of proposed energy tax policy for Louisiana Public Service Commissioner, Forest Wright, in order to recommend to state budget offices where to invest in solar power storage technology at utility scale.Conducted comprehensive comparative analysis between Louisiana and Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi legislative solar infrastructure.

The Office of Sustainability collaborates with students, staff, faculty, and community partners to reduce the university’s environmental impact and promote cultures of sustainability. As the elected student representative.My role:Wrote and passed 5 pieces of legislation through the Tulane undergraduate student government including policies on fuel standard for Tulane vehicles, a resolution stating student body support for fossil fuel and private prison divestment, and eliminating Styrofoam from Tulane’s campus.Managed numerous sustainability-focused projects including installation of bike repair stations on campus, motion-activated water bottle refill stations, and energy-saving lights in residence halls; as well as reopening of campus garden and implementation of campus composting program.Drafted Request for Proposal to bring engineering firms in to conduct a feasibility study of converting to solar energy throughout Tulane’s Campus.

This campaign is to divest Tulane’s Endowment from Fossil Fuels and Promote Environmental Justice.My role:Designed environmental justice trainings for students and activists throughout Southern Louisiana that center environmental racism, economic liberation, sustainability, and climate justice. Throughout my time, over 500 people attended this environmental justice and activism training. Drafted and edited correspondence with Tulane University President Michael Fitts negotiating divestment of the Tulane University endowment from fossil fuels.Successfully campaigned for and lobbied the endorsement of divestment from the Undergraduate Student Government, majority support from the student body.Designed and executed art exhibit illustrating the projected sea-level rise in New OrleansAttended Gulf South Rising training on Intersectional Environmental Organizing, & the Undoing Racism workshop by The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond.

West End Strategy Team partners with clients we believe in to achieve results that raise national public awareness, influence policy at all levels, and drive social change. In other words, after identifying our clients’ audiences, West End Strategy Team hones both message and strategy to secure targeted traditional and online media placements. We then leverage the success of our work together to boost your advocacy, fundraising, and membership. Together, we turn passion into outcomes.My role:Secured coverage by international and national reporters for non-profits by phone pitch and social media strategy.Projected effects of election-related events by writing Op-Eds and press releases for human rights non-profits.Designed voter guide, published the by Asian Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA, October 2016), including voting rights and procedures data for all states to increase and voter turnout in high immigrant districts.

The Mira Loma Arcade Creek Project is an ongoing study of the riparian corridor of an urban watershed in Sacramento, California. It consists of eleven studies which measure the health of Arcade Creek and is run entirely by students of Mira Loma High School and five faculty advisers. As of 2017, there were 346 students participating in the project. The project was initiated in 1998 as part of the school's IB Group 4 project. In 2004, the project was recognized by Governor Schwarzenegger when it was awarded the Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award, California's most prestigious environmental honor. This is the largest Student Run Field Research Project in the United States, conservation and restoration of the largest urban watershed in the Western United States.My role:Taught ecology and conservation at local schools.Wrote “Top Ten Environmental Problems” curriculum for fifth graders and older.Worked in restoration of the riparian corridor and removal of invasive species.Directed and organized annual community event, Creek Week.Only student representative member of Sacramento Creek Council.