Travis Cole, M.A. Email & Phone Number

Wilmington, California

• Serve the unhoused and low-income population by providing micro-grants, wayfinding, and system navigating services.
• Point of contact for those in crisis, seeking services, as well as for all participants, partner organizations, government agencies, volunteers, and board members, managing relationships and providing clear.
• Schedules, plans, and facilitates meetings, events, and inter- organization and government collaboratives.
• Assists with corporate files and taxes, financials, data entry, and other administrative operations including playing a key role in decision making and planning for the organization.
• Develops and maintains social media, a monthly newsletter, and other special projects. Making use of tools including Canva, Mailchimp, Jotform, Google Suite, and Microsoft Office.

• Researched and contributed content including economics, demographics, cultural ties, security, and education for Korea Matters for America publication.
• Implored experience analyzing quantitative data and open-source data while concisely communicating and working with data in Excel.
• Attended internal meetings and supported writing policy analyses, briefs, press releases, and other professional communication.
• Tracked multiple media sources for news and developments about particular topics to draft and publish Asia Matters for America articles.

Long Beach, California, United States

• Created and implemented procedures for updating paper records into electronic form.
• Collaborated with LGBTQ services to analyze data in order to improve data base information.
• Organized and prepared marketing materials for upcoming events including Long Beach Pride.

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

• Assisted with obtaining qualitative data for Dr. Sihui Ke’s thesis regarding Biliteracy Development in the Early Years: The Effects of Home Language and Literacy Experiences.
• Interviewed Chinese immigrants with children in US during the COVID-19 pandemic to obtain qualitative data regarding their experiences with xenophobia, prejudice, and education.
• Evaluated children’s Chinese and English language skills to identify effects of increased xenophobia and prejudice on language learning abilities.
• Performed extensive coding, working with qualitative and quantitative data, concisely communicating data within Excel.

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

• Collaborated with various departments in the development of educational material and workshops regarding rights, finances, and citizenship examination.
• Assisted with developing and strengthening the relationship between the local Chinese community and government agency.
• Engaged with local Asian community to identify needs for increased financial literacy and awareness of government services, including COVID-19 funding for businesses.
• Utilized extensive translation experience on updating Global Lex website and creating educational signs.

Master'S Degree, Diplomacy And Development

Bachelor'S Degree, Mandarin Chinese Language (汉语言）

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