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Los Angeles, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

Conducted legal and policy research about issues of school resource inequality, school surveillance, and disparate impacts in discipline and special educationLearned about the ACLU’s approach to integrated advocacy, including community outreach and coalition building, legislative tracking, and data collection and analysis

Conducted legal and policy research for attorneys working the street vendor campaign and advocating for LA City and County to enact emergency pandemic tenant protections Assisted in transactional work, researching questions of nonprofit tax status for clients

Assisted attorneys with discovery and jury documents in eviction cases, interviewed clients, and conducted legal research on the criminalization of homelessness. Helped coordinate outreach to community institutions to inform tenants of their rights

Greater Los Angeles Area

Recruited and coached over two hundred students at Manual Arts HS to apply to competitive mentorships and internshipsWrote blogs and social media posts covering LAPF county-wide programming and events, including the GirlsBuild Summit and PST: LA/LA; writing published on LAPF websites and LAUSD DailyAssisted in launching fifth year of The Intern Project.

Developed and implemented daily and unit lesson plans for AP English Language and Composition, English III, and African-American WritingDeveloped students’ reading comprehension and writing proficiency through consistent practice, engaging and relevant texts, opportunities to write for authentic audiences, instruction in prewriting and editing, and.

Holly Springs, Mississippi

• Taught remedial eighth grade English in summer school to classes of between twenty and thirty students with severe academic deficits.
• Received and acted on daily critiques from mentor teachers.
• Observed other assistant teachers and offered constructive criticism.

Santa Fe, New Mexico Area

Ten hours a week of editing students’ writing for grammar and structure, talking with them about the ideas and arguments in their papers, and helping them develop paper topics. More than 50% of papers from ELL students. Began grammar & style column in school newspaper and compiled, as a page on the school newspaper's website, a list of online writing.

Santa Fe, New Mexico Area

Created the first public website for the paper (www.sjcmoon.com) and an online archive of past issues. Responsible for attracting writers (a consistent team of about twenty, up from ten to fifteen in previous years), editing all articles, designing the layout for each eight-page printing, and updating the website. Previously Managing Editor in 2012-2013.

Santa Fe, New Mexico Area

Updated computer database with students' and summer program attendees' information and organized physical files. Assisted with gift processing. Worked on a team to plan community events, including a summer concert series, “Music on the Hill,” averaging 800 attendants.

One-on-one tutoring with high-achieving high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Any subject, according to students' need, from physics to poetry.

Meem Library

Responsibilities included updating the digital database for all newly acquired materials; accessioning, shelving, and repairing books; and assisting patrons.

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: David J Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy

Master’S Degree, Curriculum And Instruction

Activities and Societies: Mississippi Teacher Corps

Bachelor’S Degree, Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies

Activities and Societies: School newspaperDegree equivalent to double major in Philosophy and the History of Mathematics and Science, with.

High School