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New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York, New York, United States

Protected voting rights and advocated for strengthened election administration through the following projects and tactics, among others. Drafted advocacy letters to demand compliance with voting and election laws. Developed public education materials and training curricula, and distributed such materials to local partners in target states. Coordinated and helped execute LDF’s voter protection efforts, leading LDF’s work in Texas and South Carolina. Participated in election-preparedness coalitions with national and state-based partners. Coordinated with Litigation staff on potential and initiated litigation. Worked with outside law firms to conduct research.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Contributed to litigation, legislative advocacy, and movement organizing partnerships for law and policy center dedicated to racial and social justice movements in the South. Researched potential legal challenges to North Carolina’s voter photo ID law. Researched and analyzed criminal justice legislation to support the Second Chance Act legislative campaign. Helped plan and facilitate legal workshop at the Poor People’s National Moral Congress and corresponded with participants and supporters to grow the Poor People’s Campaign’s legal community. Provided support to legal defense team during criminal trial of Rev. William Barber. Tweeted on behalf of Forward Justice from organization’s Twitter account.

Brooklyn, New York

Founded and co-run Indivisible Brooklyn, an activist group with 150-200 active members and extensive digital reach. Created group structure, with teams organizing activism aimed at federal, state, and city governments. Recruited first members; continue to oversee recruitment and expansion. Run steering committee, responsible for strategy, operations, and communications. Write weekly emails publicizing updates and highest-priority actions to 700-member list. Coordinate action and communication across federal, state, and city organizing teams on Slack and in weekly in-person meetings. Liaise with national Indivisible Team, other local and national activist groups, and candidates for office. Created coalition of New York Indivisible groups in July 2017; continue to facilitate inter-group collaboration.

Austin, Texas Area

Managed six-person operations and logistics team that supported 850 staff members, 11 campaign offices, and 750 volunteer-run pop-up offices across Texas for Beto O’Rourke’s Senate campaign. Oversaw:—Opening of new offices—Ordering of supplies and merchandise—Contracting with venues and utility companies—Staff onboarding and offboarding—Relationships with and payments to vendors—Supporter housing for 450 staff members and volunteers in 24 counties—Hotel bookings for 200 volunteers—Van rentals and rideshare programs in 12 cities—Purchase and distribution of $300,000 of pre-paid cards—Data management for 670 hotspots and smartphones—Food procurement for 570 voter contact events—Distribution of 6 million pieces of campaign literature—Tracking of campaign assetsFacilitated largest political Field operation in Texas history: Staff and volunteers knocked on 3 million doors, made 20 million phone calls, and spoke with more than 1.3 million voters in person and over the phone, helping turn out 4 million votes for Democratic Senate candidate in midterm election.Joined campaign as Field Organizer, doing direct voter contact and volunteer recruitment and training, then worked as Assistant to the Regional Field Director for North Texas before promotion to statewide operations and logistics management role.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Expanded organizing efforts for prison abolition organization. Co-facilitated weekly organizing meetings of family members of prisoners; grew and strengthened coalition of decarceration-focused organizations. Assisted legislative advocacy, participating in meetings with aides to state legislators. Conducted legal research, writing memos exploring potential litigation.

Brooklyn, New York

Investigated for public defender office, working with attorneys, paralegals, and social workers on behalf of clients represented in criminal, immigration, family, and civil courts. Located and interviewed complainants, witnesses, and clients; obtained video surveillance and other evidence; conducted research in public records, databases, and social media; served as English-Spanish interpreter. Investigated over 1,000 cases.

Brooklyn, New York

Co-facilitated teen-development program training high school students to become organizers against gun violence. Recruited students to join; planned and facilitated workshops; promoted program on social media.

Bogotá, Colombia, And New York

Wrote articles and blog posts for clients including The InterDependent, ESL-Library.com, Expatistan.com, and ExpatWorkforce.com. Edited papers, applications, and résumés on short deadline, primarily for professors, administrators, and graduate students at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá.

Bogotá, Colombia

Taught English for companies and to private students: individuals and groups, all levels, children and adults. Tutored for evaluation and admissions tests, including the IELTS, TOEFL, GRE, and SAT.

New Haven, Connecticut

New York, New York

Cheshire, Connecticut

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Graduated January 2020

B.A., Political Science

Other significant coursework: Journalism, Religious Studies, Spanish

High School Diploma

New York, NY