o Match 67 11th grade students at the Laboratory School of Finance and Technology with college-educated volunteer mentors to support them in their preparations for life after high school o Offer individualized support to 67 pairs as students transitioned to 12th grade, helping them complete college applications, apply for financial aid, develop a post-secondary plan, and foster a mentoring relationshipo Develop and host monthly trainings for volunteer mentors to ensure that they have the necessary tools and knowledge to support their mentees during the college application processo Plan and facilitate weekly college readiness classes, monthly events, and frequent advising sessions, allowing students and mentors to work together to ensure students are on track for college o Collaborate with iMentor associate directors to plan and lead weekly 12th grade team meetings, offering relevant trainings and materials to my fellow program managers to help them better support their own cohorts of students and mentorso Update iMentor’s online platform, send weekly mail merges to 67 mentors, host regular office hours to provide additional support to students, and fulfill other routine administrative tasks

o Supported 60 overage, undercredited students through the Learning to Work program at Bushwick Community High School to help them create a post-secondary professional plan o Instructed a weekly seminar to teach students how to build a resume, write a cover letter, dress for an interview, communicate effectively, etc. o Organized and chaperoned office tours, professional discussions, and both local and overnight college visits, which allowed students to explore various career pathso Partnered with local businesses to create paid internships for students, offering them real-world work experience

o Managed a cohort of approximately 50 applicants to ensure that they moved through the mentor screening process quickly and efficientlyo Interviewed up to seven applicants per day on the phone while identifying any troubling answers that would deem them unfit to be a mentoro Collaborated with teams throughout the organization to guarantee that each student at our partner schools was matched with a mentor

o Multitasked by writing for both the website and the magazine on topics ranging from news events to lifestyle and celebrity topics o Identified and interviewed Black women and teens who have made positive effects in their communitieso Ran the magazine’s social media accounts while maximizing community interaction and engagement

o Worked alongside the magazine’s in-house General Counsel in day-to-day activities, including administrative duties, combing through articles for legal issues, working with fact checkers, and scrutinizing incoming contracts o Pored through files and contract archives to ensure that the magazine still owns rights to stories

o Worked on tight deadlines, pitched story ideas, and interviewed professionals across the nation to produce one article per week for USA TODAY College, an online branch of USA TODAY with a collegiate focuso Participated in weekly conference calls with USA TODAY editors

o Supervise copy editors to make sure their edits are accurateo Manage the website, www.kansan.como Send the pages to print

o Worked with the entertainment and books editors to write and edit pieces for upcoming print issueso Gathered news and ideas for future print and online storieso Attended screenings and events

o Collaborated with editors from The New York Times and other national outlets to produce a newspaper and website covering New Orleans newso Copy-edited and fact-checked the majority of the articles that came ino Monitored local news and Associated Press wire and sent reporters out on assignment

o Researched and wrote about interpersonal relationship topics that pertain to college studentso Interviewed university students, celebrities, authors and psychologists

-Interviewed dozens of companies and families in the Kansas City area and wrote about a variety of home improvement topics-Edited the pages of the magazine before it went to press-Sorted through press releases to find the latest kitchen and bathroom products-Assisted at home photo shoots