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Redwood City, California, United States

Redwood City, California, United States

Reporting to the Superintendent of Summit Public Schools,- I provided executive administrative support to the Superintendent and the Schools Team, including scheduling meetings, travel, reservations, tours and events with internal and external partners including authorizers, local and state stakeholders and charter support organizations - Developed and maintained systems for record keeping, managed materials, minutes, facilitation of board/finance committees/audit committees in compliance with the Open Public Meeting Act for the states of California and Washington - Researched, drafted implementation plans and tracked progress, goals and implementation of education policies - Provide training for Deans of Operations for on site management of the Brown Act and Open Public Meeting Act - Provided support and strategy for caregiver facing and external communications in Spanish- Managed and supported the planning, logistics and execution of week long professional development training for 500 faculty and leadership team members - Acted as a thought and strategy partner for the Superintendent

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Reporting to the Executive Director at Summit Denali, I led the Operations for both middle school and high school. As a Site Leader, along with the Office Assistant, I ensured that the front desk was a warm, welcoming and organized environment.-Managed attendance school reporting such as P1, P2, P(Annual), meal reporting, annual audit reporting, led internal audits and project managed the District of Residence reporting for more than 600 students and families.- Monitored compliance of No Student Left Behind - Acted as the safety lead, spearheading school safety plans and IIPP Management such as CPR, First Aid and EpiPen training as well as coordinating emergency drills - Led recruitment, enrollment and retention of students by planning and executing recruitment events, family tours, shadow events, new student/family enrollment events - Spearheaded and executed the first ever Registration Day, where 250 families completed their required registration in one day- Led the verbal and written translation of documents, IEP meetings, parent newsletters, and any additional parent communication from English to Spanish and vice versa as the only Spanish speaking Site Leader to ensure our minority students and families had access to resources in their language- Supported in the growth and expansion of the school, from four grades to seven grades, adding one class per year and led, planned and executed three site moves

Santa Barbara, California

As an assistant in the Business and Financial Services Department, - Managed and trained six assistants for the department to support with the needs of the Data Control Unit- Management department financial databases, worked with PeopleSoft, PPS, COMPLETE and all university employee and student information database - Managed Payroll and Financial Journals, processed financial journals, deposits and transactions for university departments- Trained and assisted department assistant with the weekly, biweekly and monthly payroll run for all university employees and contractors - Supported end of fiscal quarter financial audits

Santa Barbara, California Area

Focused on a research project supporting Professor Geoffrey Raymond course and research on police interactions with civilians, focusing on conversational/behavioral and race analysis during these interactions and their outcomes based on these factors

Santa Barbara, California Area

Focused on a research project supporting Professor Ingrid Li-Sato on the 2016 Presidential Election and the Media, and it's portrayal of Hillary Clinton pre, during and post election. Analyzed all Hillary Clinton media events, all media sites and news outlets, focusing on how gender plays a role in the 21st century media

Redwood City, Ca

As a member of the Founding Team and Employee #8, I- Supported as a Strategy Partner and Executor on Communications, translating written and oral communications, social media and print - Aided students as a Tutor during the summer school program with their assignments to be able to meet the minimum requirements to enter the next school grade - Did Community Outreach working with parents, staff, faculty, district officials and community members to reach out to our community for family outreach, recruitment and enrollment - Managed staff and student databases and partnered with different stakeholders to meet compliance requirements for students and staff

San Mateo, California

-Drafted, edited and released press releases to the media. Several of my press releases were published by local newspapers, informing the constituents of how government decisions would be aiding or affecting them - Assisted Legal Aides in Sacramento with the research, drafting and editing of senate bills presented to the Senate - Tracking of policies- tracked the life of relevant proposed bills in their process of becoming bills, researching the possible benefits or effects this would have on our constituents and future policy making efforts - Planned and executed events in the community for the constituents of the district that would aid, inform or celebrate our constituents.- Supposed with social media revamp campaign for the Assemblymember

San Francisco Bay Area

- Planned and executed art lesson plans for students aged 12-17 in Menlo Park Boys and Girls Club - Worked with feedback from the students to ensure the lesson plans were fun, engaging and relevant to them- Mentored students and supported them in setting goals for their future

San Mateo, California

- Managed Spanish press in the Bay Area and Sacramento area- Drafted, edited and released press releases to the media. Several of my press releases were published by local newspapers, informing the constituents of how government decisions would be aiding or affecting them - Assisted Legal Aides in Sacramento with the research, drafting and editing of senate bills presented to the Senate - Tracking of policies- tracked the life of relevant proposed bills in their process of becoming bills, researching the possible benefits or effects this would have on our constituents and future policy making efforts - Planned and executed events in the community for the constituents of the district that would aid, inform or celebrate our constituents.- Represented the senator in meetings, conferences and events in and out of the Senate district

Redwood City, California

During this internship, I collaborated with the Engineering team at Facebook and the Curriculum team at Summit Public Schools to ensure a smooth transition to the online Summit Learning Platform during the summer before the official launch.

Redwood City, Ca

As an Operations Manager at Everest Public High School, I ensured the smooth operations work during the summer of 2013. Engaging with teachers, administrators, visitors, and students, I created a welcoming and organized environment while supporting them and responding to inquiries. While engaging with current, previous and future families, I ensured that we met our enrollment and recruitment numbers for the incoming class. I supported students with graduation and gradation paperwork, as well as enrollment, student withdrawals, transfers. I collared with the Admin team to work on projects to ensure that we met all requirements to start the school year in August.

San Carlos, California

Developed, planned and executed Math and English Language curriculum for students 3 years old to 17 years old. Supported with student recruitment, enrollment and retainment as well as family engagement and support. I specifically worked with Minority and English Language Learners students to support with their academic growth inside and outside of Kumon.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Sociology

Political Science And Government

Law, Politics and Society Program

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