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New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

• Manage administrative workflow of grants by collecting grant proposals and reports, drafting grant materials, and processing grant payments in order to efficiently deliver over $17 million in grants to organizations working in the immigrant justice field.• Collect, clean, and analyze all grantee proposal and report data to quantitatively ensure FFF’s grantmaking is immigrant-led, inclusive, and grounded in racial, economic, and gender justice.• Assisted on Afghan community funding project, drafting proposal materials to procure funding, conducting field scan to assess the ecosystem of Afghan-led organizations, and granting funds to organizations best equipped to make a long-term impact in building the power of Afghan immigrants in the US.

Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States

• Collaborate with an advocate team of four students to independently draft twelve asylum briefs for unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the United States, engaging in creative problem solving and writing/editing persuasive legal arguments.• Research country conditions of multiple Latin American, African, and Asian countries utilizing alternative government resources, journal articles, and websites to provide verified articles to legal staff.

• Reviewed and coded 80+ different colleges’ sexual misconduct policies using Qualtrics, charting each school’s adjudication process for student complaints to analyze trends in universities’ responses to sexual misconduct on campus.• Prepared and coded dataset of all litigation involving student-to-student sexual misconduct on college campuses using Bloomberg Law to find patterns in Title IX lawsuits filed across the country.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Drafted memos, op-eds, and reports on relevant new research, court decisions, or legislation for clients’ issue areas including international parental child abduction and US-Iran foreign policy relations.• Compiled and summarized country-specific research on human rights violations perpetrated by international government actors to include in reports sent to prosecutors in the International Court of Justice and the UN.• Led project to assist client with establishing a non-profit to promote democracy in their home country, working directly with client to plan press conference and draft mission statement, Articles of Incorporation, and necessary bylaws.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Independently coded over 600 survey responses monthly into Excel, preparing data for analysis of monthly consumer sentiment of economic conditions in the United States.• Collaborated with lead research scientists to draft new experimental questions regarding current events/upcoming elections for inclusion in future questionnaire releases.• Coordinated bi-weekly releases of findings to project sponsors (ex. Bloomberg and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis).

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Aided assistant public defenders in court by organizing files, interviewing and discussing case information with clients, and conducting initial intake for indigent clients requesting a court-appointed attorney.• Analyzed various evidence including driving records, video surveillance, and police reports to aid in development of strategy for client misdemeanor and felony cases.

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Law, 2L

Activities and Societies: NYU Law Review - Staff Editor, Research Assistant - Prof. Vincent Southerland, South Asian Law Students.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics And Sociology (Law, Justice, And Social Change Concentration), Graduate

Activities and Societies: South Asian Awareness Network - Director, Center for Campus Involvement - Student Advisory Board Member, Office.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: National Merit Scholar, Cum Laude Society