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Madison, Wi, Us

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Madison, Wi

• Event Coordination and Facilitation: Planned a two-day symposium for 75 national leaders of financial coaching. Facilitated panel preparation and group breakout sessions.• Project Management: Managed a study about creating accessible, equitable programs, including creating timelines, recruiting participants, and presenting findings.• Program Evaluation: Led a study testing financial outcome measures for young adults, including creating a survey and performing statistical data analysis.

Madison, Wi

• Community Engagement: Cultivated strategic partnerships with businesses and organizations to develop mentoring and employment opportunities for underprivileged teens.• Program Facilitation: Facilitated a financial literacy and job-readiness workshop.• Mentoring: Mentored 10 students ages 14-16 to support their employment and academic success.

Madison, Wi

• Program Evaluation: Evaluated the high school Buffet Scholar mentoring program, including coordinating strategic partnerships and creating mentor training and evaluation materials.• Event Coordination: Assisted with planning the 4th annual Gallery Night event, including community outreach, logistical planning, and day-of coordination.

• Data Presentation: Created data visualizations of program outcome indicators for quarterly reports and board presentations. • Community Outreach: Led a community outreach campaign for an early learning program evaluation.

Venice, Ca

• Program Development: Created and managed the Junior Leadership Academy for 8th and 9th grade Latino students. • Curriculum Design and Implementation: Developed student-centered Math and English skill-building exercises for 8th and 9th grade Latino students, including enrichment activities, journal assignments, and debates.• Program Design: Designed the Summer College Readiness Academy for Latino high school students to visit universities and explore academic and career interests.• Supervision: Supervised high school interns and mentored them throughout their college application and admission processes.

Mozambique

• Project Management: Directed the construction of the Murrupula Community Library.o Community Engagement: Recruited and engaged a broad array of community stakeholderso Grant Writing and Reporting: Wrote a grant, trained on and supported data collectiono Budget Management: Prepared a budget, managed and dispersed fundso Workgroup Facilitation: Convened workgroups, oversaw progress on project milestones o Evaluation: Created assessment tools for continuous quality improvement• Community Engagement: Recruited local partners and established several out-of-school youth programs. Designed and facilitated programming.• Classroom Facilitation: Taught 11th grade Biology and 10th grade Computers at two schools in a rural community with class sizes of 40-60 students. Developed curriculum and designed educational materials.

Ucla Store Operations

• Supervision: Promoted to supervisor and managed a staff of over 25 employees including interviewing, hiring, training, and scheduling.

Ucla

• Program Management: Recruited, interviewed, trained, and matched 135 UCLA students with Latino and African American intercity youth from North Hollywood.• Leadership and Support: Supervised about 50 undergraduate student mentors and monitored mentoring relationships, providing ongoing support to pairs.• Curriculum Design and Implementation: Designed and directed educational programs and field trips for 60 mentor-mentee pairs.

Master Of Public Affairs, Education Policy, Nonprofit Management

Activities and Societies: • Capstone in Public Affairs – analyzed program data to evaluate service outcomes for Transition Projects, Inc..

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Neuroscience

Activities and Societies: UCLA Mentorship Program, UCLA UniCamp

Bachelors Of Science, Neuroscience