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Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Manage communications work plan including social media, community newsletter, and graphic designs to promote awareness of community needs.Write community newsletter with over 1,000 recipientsLaunched new social media account with over 100 followersCreate a monthly column for local newspaper Develop a long-term communications strategyAct as a community liaison for residents and businesses to access information and resources from government, private, and nonprofit programs Provide staff support to strategic partners across multiple sectors and issues including housing and livability

Lead on communications for two flagship projects for a registered nonprofit organization Helped attract $100,000 in revenue and retain donor support and transparency by publishing grantee storiesCreated and launched new social media accounts, building up the follow numbers to over 400 from a starting point of 0Coordinated with Alliance leadership on social media strategy to establish a consistent message and brand identity for Babusya’s Kitchen as a new Ukraine RPCV effortWrote and received a $1,500 grant to support school in UkraineCommunicated and leveraged local network to gain volunteers to pack and send hundreds of cookbooks to customers across the United States

Built a strategic plan for volunteer recruitmentResearched opportunities for the expansion of an after school program

Lead team of ten to find over $82,000 of scholarships, grants, and internshipsCo-founded alumni network of over one hundred volunteers Recruited and interviewed volunteers to work at FarmlinkPresented at career fairs to recruit new volunteers

Researching farms across the United States to find surplus food to be shipped to food banks in need.Recruit farmers to work with foodbanks and delivery systems to ensure the food is not wasted.Supervised a team of seven in researching specific vegetables across the United States.

Raised over $4,000 of food to assist Minneapolis residents with food distribution following the riotsCoordinated with grocery stores and food shelves to distribute food directly to people’s homes weekly

Minnesota, United States

Recruited volunteers when transitioning from a corporate to an individual volunteer model.Supervise up to 14 volunteers two times per day in the warehouse setting to pack and sort food for the community.

Greater Detroit Area

Taught a population of residential students as a result of their being abused and/or neglected. Planned and implement individualized and group educational programs based on assessment data and child’s needs a daily remedial math, science, history, and reading class of six students.Worked with group treatment teams to create a structured learning environment.Assisted agency staff with monitoring the behavior and academic success of children to ensure they stay focused and on task; assist with providing leadership and maintaining discipline of children; provide assistance with controlling disruptive behavior using agency approved methods of de-escalation and crisis intervention.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Created an after-school reading program bringing in volunteers to read with four students one-on-one.Co-created a Gay/Straight alliance of twelve children that met weekly after school.Instructed a daily Read180 class of 11 students covering spelling, writing, and reading comprehension.Planned and taught a daily remedial math, science, history, and reading class of seven students.

Assisted students in Science, Math, History, and Entrepreneurship. Taught four classes daily.Wrote grants for after school projects and student rewards.Created and maintained student library.Substitute taught when needed.Organized student lunches.

Chapel Hill

Organized a successful fundraiser raising $3,000 to send teachers abroad.Created multiple videos and updated social media accounts to raise awareness about T2T-I.Presented at three teacher conferences to recruit volunteers and discuss pedagogy in mathematics.Recruited and coordinated volunteers that will go on volunteer teaching trips.

Komsomolsk, Ukraine

Wrote, received, and implemented $5,000 USAID funded grant to provide a school of 1,000 students with a ramp, computer, printer, furniture, and supplies to begin an afterschool program for children living with disabilities. Wrote and received a $552 Presidents Emergency Plan For Aids Relief grant to start an ongoing HIV awareness student club in Ukraine.Designed and taught 20 multi-level English classes for 250 English learners using the communicative method.Taught local teachers about business and fundraising techniques.Developed sustainable annual fundraiser led by local teachers. Taught local teachers basic computer skills; co-authored and edited a Cambridge University English textbook written by Ukrainian teachers.Created an international pen pal program linking over 24 classrooms across the world. Developed workshops including a televised discussion with an American doctor teaching 75 students 20 school psychologists about HIV in Komsomolsk, Ukraine.

Durango, Colorado

Shot daily news photos for the Durango Herald, a local newspaper in Colorado.Won three photography awards presented by the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters.

Xin Tian, China

Taught 18 classes of 60 students each high school Juniors and Seniors.Taught weekly English classes to 10 kindergarten students.Tutored five students weekly and taught culture class.Started annual Halloween and Christmas party as a cross-cultural celebration. TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certified

Master'S Degree, Nonprofit Management, 3.9

Ba, English; Philosophy

Activities and Societies: Campus Kitchens Habitat for Humanity Artist Guild Pink Triangle