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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Ma

Cambridge, Ma

· Coordinates anti-racism education courses and workshops· Manages the advancement of innovative social justice start-up · Collaborates locally to create community engagement in anti-oppression work · Directs curriculum development and designs instruction materials · Represents organization to members of the community, participants, and funders· Supports strong network of alumni engaged in strategy and community building

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Coordinated with co-facilitator group to develop class materials and prepare lesson plans • Evaluated program strengths with students to support learning and exploration of structural and interpersonal racism• Evaluated program materials and curriculum evaluation process with facilitation team

East Boston

• Coordinated asylum, refugee, immigration relief, and removal defense cases• Liaised with clients and staff attorneys to successfully manage client relationships and communications• Coordinated day-to-day law firm functions including bookkeeping, filing, scheduling, phone and e-mail correspondence• Incorporated trauma informed legal advocacy practices and staff trainings to firm’s client support strategy

Lawrence, Ma

• Advanced organization’s social justice mission by coordinating grant writing and reporting calendar for a wide ranged of community development programs• Contributed to framing the organization’s direction and funding strategy to expand project areas • Meticulously improved organization’s ability to capitalize on its network of supporters by restructuring database of relationships; funders, donors, members, and partners

Somerville, Ma

• Managed organization’s calendar of grant applications including research, writing, reporting, site visits, donor and funder relationship management• Coordinated fundraising and campaign events, direct mail appeals, social media releases, meeting notes, and newsletters • Initiated creation of organization’s grass-tops and white anti-racist community organizing program including recruitment and retention and program orientation• Assisted in the program's goal of academic excellence for youth members of Centro Presente. By providing tutoring in math, science, italian, and english• Preparing discussions and workshops around study-skills and the role of education in personal empowerment• Coordinated study skill workshops to support youth in reaching academic goals• Mentored and supported youth in the development of their political and social empowerment

Somerville

• Provided legal assistance and research support to senior paralegals and clients in immigration processes including Visas, DACA, and TPS • Improved senior paralegals’ capacity to provide immigration application support by monitoring developments in national and local immigration law• Restructured and mainstreamed paper and online filing systems for legal and development departments

Charlestown, Ma

This position combined office management, program support, and grant-writing among a mirad of other tasks necessary to support a very small non-profit in Charlestown. • Maximized executive director’s productivity by supporting the execution of daily tasks, grant applications, scheduling and management of critical workflow • Efficiently maintained office including filing system, contracts, financial reports and supply inventory• Coordinated organization’s annual events calendar, social media campaigns, and external communications• Managed office five staff members and three collegiate interns including scheduling, interviewing, and supervising• Assured compliance with obligations outlined by funder requirements and Massachusetts curriculum standards

Cambridge, Ma

• Reformatted, uploaded, and processed publisher content to world's largest web resource for scholarly publications • Provided exceptional customer service supporting site users, research institutions, and over 250 publishers • Managed database of several hundred thousand subscribers

Norton, Ma

Masters Of Arts In International Law, Honors

Activities and Societies: SOAS Law Journal

Bachelor Of Arts, Sociology & International Relations

Activities and Societies: Student Governement Association Executive Board, Intercultural Board Chair, President's Action Committe.

Certificate In Paralegal Studies, Law

Training and course work in Workers Rights, Contracts, Estate and Probate Law, Real Estate, Legal Research, and Litigation

Selected Coursework In Management And Legal Studies, Honors

Legal Reasoning, Fall 2010 Earned Honors and Post-graduate credit Intensive Spanish, Spring 2012 (expected Honors) not for credit

Lesley Institute For Trauma Sensitivity

The Impact of Trauma on Learning, Certification