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Contributing writer for:New York Times, ELLE Magazine, Teen Vogue, Barnard Magazine

-Working with current high school students on their college admissions essays, including the Common App essay and institution-specific supplemental essays.-Brainstorming topics, fleshing out frameworks for essays, identifying narrative arcs.-Working with students to develop their writerly voice.-Identifying and encouraging draft deadlines to ensure essays are submitted in time.

Virtual tutoring - paired with students and families across subject matters including Italian language, writing, reading comprehension, public speaking, psychology, and more.

-Tutor for small roster of private clients.-Ages ranging k-12.-Help with college admission essays.-K-12 subjects: Creative Writing, Reading Comprehension, Essay Writing, ELA, Literature.-Worked closely with parents and teachers to build long-term educational goals.-Worked on homework, test prep, supplemental assignments, and more.

-Maintained hectic pace work environment for world-famous member of Congress.-Wrote daily emails and weekly newsletters to a distribution list of 500,000+ subscribers on a variety of educational topics pertaining to legislation, policy, current events, and civics.-Conducted extensive research to familiarize self on these topics.-Coordinated with social media team to unify messaging across digital and printed platforms.-Interviewed local community members for written comminuqes.-Transcribed weekly live social media appearances and Congressional speeches by the candidate, condensed them into informative infographics and messaging.-Wrote fundraising emails to solicit campaign contributions from small-dollar donors. Best performing email raised $23k with average contributions only ~$16/person.-Weekly brainstorming sessions with other comms professionals to maintain the content calendar.

New York, New York, United States

-Worked directly with insurance companies to ensure patients had access to primary care office.-Became intimately familiar with medical terminology and best record-keeping practices.-Developed superb typing skills, testing at 98 WPM.-Scheduled appointments, managed office calendars, archived files, organized physical space, tracked provider needs, coordinated supply deliveries, tracked receipts, answered phones, managed email inbox.-Maintained lobby and general office upkeep.

-Observed ~80 hours of private clinical speech sessions with children & adults.-Assisted with administrative tasks and documentation at busy speech therapy practice.-Researched current trends in linguistic rehabilitation.-Tasked with patient outcome data entry.

-Manipulated human speech to see what remained perceptible or intelligible to the human ear following digital rendering of the signal. -Transcribed recorded weekly lab meetings.-Tested subject in sound-treated booth with supra-aural headphones, performed statistical analysis of results, compiled data into comprehensive presentation. Data entry of results.-Learned and used various computer programs for scientific data rendering & analysis.-Completed senior project conducted over the summer of 2014 and the 2014-2015 school year. Project was funded by the Howard Hughes Science Pipeline project; an opportunity awarded to ~20 rising seniors each year. -Researched trends in the field of speech perception and its wider social application.

-Tutored in practical skills and writing.-Edited and graded research papers.-Taught statistical analysis procedures.-Held weekly office hours for one-on-one assistance in coursework.-Exam grades data entry.-Researched updates, trends, and experimentation in the field of psychology.

Ossining, New York, United States

-Was responsible for medically complex children ranging infancy to 21 years old, all of whom lived at the facility for round-the-clock care and rehabilitation. All had wide ranges of physical and mental -disabilities, developmental delays, or life-limiting illnesses. -Became comfortable with standards and procedures of palliative care.-Detailed EMR documentation of all activity children participated in throughout the day.-Assisted rehab specialists (SLP, PT, OT, etc.) in improving quality of life for the children.-Interacted with parents and family with compassion, empathy, and support.-Handled clerical work involving extensive documentation and paperwork, taking care to remain HIPAA compliant and maintain privacy with thoroughness and accuracy.