Sarina Deb Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York, New York, United States

Student ambassador for Stanford's Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP) in Florence

Research assistant to Professor Jaymes Pyne working on project "Reinventing First-Responder Practices for Behavioral Health Crises"

• Co-lead the largest nonpartisan student organization on campus dedicated to promoting public service through civic engagement, fellowships & stipends, programming, and creating opportunities for students to engage in.
• Manage 5 branches, supervising over 25 Directors and 100+ members

Stanford, California, United States

• Coordinated alumni outreach efforts
• Managed internal and external communications, social media, and design

• Managed team in planning and executing speaker events, panel discussions, debates, and discussions
• Worked with political offices to coordinate speaker arrangements, including booking venues, handling press and media, selling tickets, and planning content
• Planned panel on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with 500+ attendees

Stanford, California, United States

• Hosted panel discussions on COVID-19 and elections, climate change, and technology and democracy
• Interviewed Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA-14)
• Planned and host internal discussions on public policy

Undergraduate fellowship that gives students opportunities to converse about constitutional law and politics with notable statesmen, scholars, and Stanford faculty

• Raise awareness among policy makers and the public at large about eating disorders
• Promote federal support for improved access to care
• Increase resources for education, prevention, and improved training
• Lobby for increased funding and support for scientific research on the etiology, prevention, and treatment
• Directed documentary on EDC's mission

• Screened written and telephone complaints by incarcerated people regarding conditions in the LA County Jails, conducted in-person jails visits and interviews with incarcerated individuals.
• Analyzed and inputted responses received from the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department to ensure they were responsive and meet legal standards
• Spoke to people whose loved ones are in the LA County Jails in order to file grievances or direct them to resources
• Assisted ACLU SoCal staff with jails conditions advocacy in community-based organizations and with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department
• Spearheaded an advocacy project to improve mental health treatment & conditions in High-Observation Housing, wrote a guide to visiting jails for future interns and staff members

• Conducted research and wrote policy memos on topics ranging from the case for reparations to lottery college admissions and their intersection with racial justice
• Wrote data briefs on racial justice topics, including violence and safety, housing, education, and youth justice
• Wrote briefs to prep conference panelists on Crest v. Padilla cases
• Contributed to Racial Justice Weekly, attend workshops and panels on legal careers
• Worked with Professor Ralph Banks on writing book about higher education and it’s intersection with race and inequality

Served on the Student Advisory Committee on Sexual Assault, collaborating with and advising the SHARE/Title IX Office on Title IX and sexual violence policies, procedures, prevention, education, and other initiatives.

• Helped re-start and lead group dedicated to advocacy and awareness around eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image concerns
• Founded peer-led support groups with over 100 sign-ups, lead weekly support groups based on the peer support model
• Train dining hall staff, Resident Assistants, Fellows, Deans, and PEER supporters in eating disorders
• Write op-eds, newsletters, and collaborate with various Stanford counseling and other offices to promote well-being on campus
• Host panels and workshops and spearheaded social media advocacy and education

San Francisco Bay Area

• Summarized appellate opening briefs for CAP website and publication ReCAP
• Summarized law review articles on critical scholarship on capital punishment
• Wrote a book review on Austin Sarat's Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution
• Updated experts database and death penalty index

Stanford, California, United States

• Managed a team of 20 writers in pitching, sourcing, writing, and publishing content for daily newspaper and edited and published articles
• Director of the Equity Project, a section dedicated to centering underrepresented voices through long-form journalism and covering political/social issues
• Co-chaired the DEI team, leading hundreds of staffers in DEI initiatives

• Managed a team of writers in covering campus life and academics
• Wrote 60 articles on campus life, academics, and University updates, specializing in politics and social justice

• Co-founded and created national resource and advocacy organization addressing the disproportionate impact of mass incarceration on communities of color and other marginalized groups
• Researched and wrote a comprehensive history and timeline of mass incarceration, wrote several blogs for website, compiled local and national resources, created state-by-state voting guides
• Reached a global audience of 10,000 supporters from 21+ countries
• Developed high school curriculum and collaborated with high schools to implement
• Featured in local news outlets, podcasts, and live interviews

• Assisted with the research of Professor Karen Eggleston in assessing gender disparities in healthcare and education in India
• Compiled hundreds of research studies, created annotated bibliographies, worked on literature reviews, drafted blog for DevAsia
• Created graphs and charts of state-by-state data

• Wrote 10+ cosponsorship memos on bills related to civil rights, judiciary issues, healthcare, economy, and foreign relations
• Drafted constituent correspondences
• Conducted research project and came up with recommendations on mental health policy
• Logged hundreds of voicemails from constituents
• Drafted talking points for speech on education for the Senator

Assisted with the research of Professors John J. Donohue and Abhay Aneja in assessing racial disparities in charging and sentencing decisions in Harris County, Texas

Stanford, California, United States

• Worked as a researcher to assess and promote best practices to ensure the 2020 elections proceeded with integrity, safety, and equal access in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
• Researched and designed safe polling practices
• Worked on evaluating poll worker requirements, proposing changes, and recruiting youth workers
• Wrote policy memos and briefs
• Created graphic designs to help voters follow safe practices that were implemented throughout the country

San Francisco, California, United States

• Drafted blogs and memos on policy and legal matters
• Worked with communications and executive teams to make graphics, perform competitive analyses, and conduct research on political and social issues
• Conducted policy research, drafted summaries of survivor-centric bills on a state and national level
• Organized and scheduled lobbying meetings, met with 15+ political offices to lobby for a legislative agenda (SB 493)

San Mateo County, California, United States

• Legislative intern for Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA-14) in district office
• Researched legislation and district issues, worked on federal cases (immigration issues, veterans issues)
• Planned events and town halls
• Fielded constituent phone calls and drafted constituent correspondences

San Francisco, California, United States

• Assisted in directing summer associate program through creating spreadsheets, setting up meetings and conferences, organizing work product, and overseeing meetings
• Helped conduct research and plan events

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science, Minors In Psychology And Human Rights

Activities and Societies: Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honors Society, Stanford Daily (Managing Editor of the Equity Project and.

High School Diploma, High School

Activities and Societies: Women Driving Change (co-founder and leader), Crystal Model UN (co-founder and president), Gryphon Gazette.