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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Managed a diverse coalition of +150 members and grew membership by 10%. Developed meaningful relationships (via one-on-one meetings) and harnessed their expertise to drive the coalition's mission of affordable and accessible early childhood education in DC. • Organized and facilitated monthly coalition meetings (via Zoom or in person) with average attendance of +30 members, providing English to Spanish interpretation services. Orchestrated largest coalition meeting, Advocacy Day at the Wilson Building, with +75 advocates, teachers, and parents, fighting to ensure fair wages for early educators. • Worked closely with Communications Team in developing 2 Testimony Toolkits for membership. Toolkits provided sample testimony formats, relevant child care data, and posts for social media. Read testimonies on behalf of early educators to DC Council of the Whole during Budget Season.• Conducted post-campaign research analysis to assess impact, drawing on member engagement data and qualitative feedback to refine future strategies and ensure alignment with organizational goals.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Managed volunteer and voter outreach in Wards 1, 2, + 3. Lead on several campaign needs, i.e. social media engagement and get out the vote strategy.• Oversaw volunteer work from our +10 union endorsers along with several democratic group supporters• In total, contributed to the +9,000 doors knocked, hundreds of phone calls made, and +500 yard signs delivered.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Within the first 3 weeks of job, led a multi-phase strategic initiative involving planning, tracking, and data analysis, managing a diverse team to meet organizational goals. Oversaw logistics, internal and external communications, and stakeholder engagement. • Provided weekly qualitative and quantitative reporting to update the team on campaign progress. Evaluated and proposed any pivots to field plans to the leadership team.• Lead on volunteer management. Recruited, trained, and managed +100 volunteers to canvass, make phone calls, and volunteer in other ways. Developed +20 close relationships with most engaged volunteers and used their on the ground insight to guide the campaign plan.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Served as partnership manager for the Property Tax-Aide program and led program expansion for 25 states to facilitate community-based organizations, local government agencies, and other national non-profit organizations with program implementation to provide property tax assistance for older adults.• Developed project plans to support the creation of a customer relationship management system, learning management system, and digital fin-tech tool to ensure process improvement and scalability of program services.• Managed the communication and stakeholder satisfaction as it pertains to program expansion, and execution, providing quarterly reports on program successes and lessons learned.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Lead logistics contact (on event contracts, project timelines, marketing materials) for large housing advocacy conferences attracting 300 to 1,000 attendees, while coordinating multiple events.• Oversaw a $125K grant, coordinating with partners and ensuring alignment with program goals and budget constraints.• Managed request system and budget for prominent speakers. Provided team with relevant Advocacy and logistical information. Provide on-call assistance for leaders (9 leaders, 60+ events, $200K annual budget). Liaise with Communication Consultants to develop pertinent advocacy talking points.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Defined metric to formulate qualitative based recommendations, analyzed findings and presented Report with our own easy to understand visualized graphs to National College Access Network. • Collaborated with four team members on a qualitative analysis project to examine low college enrollment rates among Hispanic Students in competitive US colleges. • Conducted quantitative and qualitative literature review of academic journals and Department of Education reports, and independently contextualized and synthesized data for final report. • Developed and distributed survey to 100 non-profit providers and conducted interviews with 10 high school students to establish Academic Undermatch and College Completion.

Los Angeles, California

• Having worked on the campaign to elect the Councilwoman, I came onto city staff to assist the Councilwoman into Los Angeles City Hall.• I assisted with the interview process while also maintaining daily office duties (addressing constituent concerns, maintenance of 3 district offices, managing Councilwoman's calendar)

Los Angeles, California, United States

• I was rapidly promoted from canvasser to personal assistant based on my work performance. • I provided high level support for the candidate at external events and for internal office needs (scheduling, event planning, fundraising and communications). Served on volunteer recruitment team. • I persuaded and confirmed votes for the Councilwoman among registered voters for a successful Council Campaign

Sun Valley, California

• I answered calls and emails from concerned constituents in my community.• I tracked community issues of importance in the Los Angeles City database and worked on resolving them with staff.

Costa Mesa, California

• Researched news publications and compiled information weekly on the Senator. • Collaborated with Marketing Director to analyze opposing and affirming positions on Senator’s bills.

Costa Mesa, California

• Posted human trafficking statistics on social media outlets (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram). • Coordinated volunteers (25+) for two major events.

Master'S Degree, Public Policy

The Master of Public Policy (MPP) program at the Trachtenberg School prepares students to dig deep into the data and the details even.

Bachelor'S Degree, History And Political Science

Activities and Societies: Founder and Leader of Vanguard University Clubs: Leaders for Environmental Awareness and Protection (President).