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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

I coordinate chapter activities, manage the website, assist in new member recruitment, perform interim duties when other board positions are unfilled, and help to represent the organization at university events. Additionally, I oversee and advise the Policy Directors, responsible for planning and operating weekly policy simulations and roundtable discussions.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Employed by the Economics Department as an appointment-based student tutor for lecturer Ronald Caldwell's Economics 101 course.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Student in the Washington, DC Summer Academic Internship Program."The mission of TFAS is to develop courageous leaders inspired and equipped to protect and advance the ideas of individual liberty, personal responsibility, and economic freedom in their communities and throughout the world."

Conducted research on the benefits of the emergence of Medical-Legal Partnerships for improved patient welfare and hospital efficiency. Sought to answer which areas of civil legal work these partnerships are most adept in effectively improving patient outcomes.

Reno, Nevada, United States

I focused my activities on enhancing RTC compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, in accordance with Federal Transit Administration (FTA) regulations. I wrote the RTC Bus Evaluation Form (BEV2), with which I audited 16 buses across four of the RTC’s bus lines, and reviewed conditions at eight bus stops; assisted with finding sources for a department white paper on the importance of bus lanes for increasing efficiency; wrote a ridership survey; proposed and drafted new and revised FTA compliant Title VI public notices for RTC buses and transfer stations; proposed and drafted revisions to the RTC web page on civil rights to improve information accessibility; and gathered demographic data on every census tract surrounding or in the immediate vicinity of each RTC bus route. Using the demographic data I collected, I determined which of the RTC’s bus routes qualified as minority transit routes (according to the threshold defined in the FTA’s 2012 Title VI Circular) and whether the status of any bus route had changed as a result of ongoing service changes. This culminated in a twenty page report in which I presented my findings to the Department head.

New York City Metropolitan Area

In addition to learning about the architectural profession, I was assigned to the Design for Freedom Task Force (a group of architects pursuing possibilities for the elimination of slave labor in the construction supply chain). I conducted research on several hundred third party auditing agencies to assess their capabilities and relevance to the needs of the firm, and compiled a list of over 200 verified forced labor free building products.

International Relations And Affairs

Activities and Societies: Alexander Hamilton Society, Urbanism Club, Michigan Review, Michigan Hillel, Jewish Resource Center, Students.

4.0

Completed two summer courses at the Arlington Campus: Economies in Transition with Professor Rosolino Candela, and American Foreign Policy.

Education record

Certificate, Environmental Design

"The embARC program at UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design (CED) brings together high school students from diverse backgrounds.