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San Francisco Bay Area

New Haven, CT

• Represented veterans with PTSD and other mental health conditions in federal class-action litigation against the U.S. Navy; co-wrote the complaint; conducted the press conference announcing the litigation; co-wrote.
• Collaborated with team members in creating and maintaining an online classroom to assist veterans with applying for an upgrade in military discharge status; updated a discharge upgrade manual for pro-se veterans
• Conducted client intake, fact collection, and initial drafting of a veteran's application for VA benefits

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Co-drafted and edited pro se amicus brief for Sen. Whitehouse in New Prime v. Olivera and produced a memo for an amicus brief in Lamps Plus v. Frank Varela—both SCOTUS cases dealing with arbitration and access to the.
• Prepared Sen. Whitehouse for a Judiciary committee hearing on status of family reunification efforts
• Researched and prepared memoranda on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s writings, speeches, interviews, and involvement in the Starr investigation’s grand jury leaks for his Supreme Court confirmation hearing

Washington, D.C.

• Wrote memoranda on matters in public policy, health law, immigration, white collar defense, and antitrust.

San Francisco, California

• Supported ACLU’s efforts to lobby against the repeal of Medicaid by performing health policy research and preparing advocacy materials
• Assisted in case preparation in education, voting rights, and prisoners’ rights for current and future litigation, including drafting a summary judgment motion and FOIA requests, researching prospective class-action.

Ann Arbor, MI

• Initiated closed captioning ordinance to ensure 24/7 captioning in all places of public accommodation in Ann Arbor
• Appointed by the Mayor and the City Council to make Ann Arbor’s facilities, programs, and businesses more inclusive and accessible to all

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Advocated for the Deaf community through various outreach efforts, free legal education, and collaborations with different government agencies to improve their understanding and subsequent interactions with members of.
• Drafted motions, pleadings, settlement/mediation agreements, trusts, and client letters for attorney review; prepared attorney presentations; filed court documents; performed intakes; corresponded with clients.
• Prepared cases within Criminal, Family, LGBT, Estate Planning, Business, and Civil Rights law

• Organized statewide focus groups of Michigan superintendents to discuss crucial issues in federal policy and leadership
• Created an online survey instrument measuring leadership traits in superintendents in relation to student achievement scores

Providence, Rhode Island

• Oversaw development of a comprehensive school reform plan with PLA designation for the school with a student population of 69
• Collaborated with fellow trustees, school staff and administration, and Office of Transformation for the RI Department of Education to secure $59,000 in additional annual funding from the State of Rhode Island for.
• As the youngest member in school’s 135-year history of the board, involved with launching a national search committee for a new school director and completing new contract with the teachers’ union after 24 months of.
• Formerly Secretary of the Board between 2011-2012, delivered 2012 keynote at Graduation

Cambridge, MA

• Currently co-authoring a journal article based on thesis work on social cognition for publication
• Trained and supervised 5 research assistants to work with 110 total infant subjects and their parents
• Established relationships with 2 K-12 schools, 2 parent-infant programs, and an early intervention service provider

Cambridge

• Supervised 168 undergraduates in dormitory housing in collaboration with 4 other house proctors

Cambridge, MA

• Launched a week-long event series at Harvard in 2009, which has been held again annually ever since as a month-long event
• Oversaw the organization’s budget and wrote grant applications and reports during 1-year treasurer vacancy
• Expanded and improved awareness-oriented events to attract attendees from outside of Harvard University
• Grew enrollment in sign language classes via social and printed media thus increasing organizational funding
• Initiated ongoing effort with the administration to establish American Sign Language as an offered course at Harvard

Cambridge, MA

• Ran practice drills and assisted with game strategies for 20–25 hours/week, traveled with the team for away games

Wellesley, MA

• Assisted in 3 studies by testing participants, coding, analyzing, and presenting data later published as journal articles
• Created a bibliographic database of psychological literature for internal lab use

Cambridge, MA

• Conducted several literature reviews, created stimuli for psychology studies, and prepared weekly progress memos

Juris Doctor (J.D.) Candidate

Activities and Societies: Veterans Legal Services Clinic, Law Student Intern; Yale Law & Policy Review, Managing Editor; First Generation.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

Activities and Societies: Harvard Committee on Deaf Awareness, Harvard Varsity BaseballSumma thesis on The Dissociation between Language.

Education record

Class Correspondent (2012 - present) Phelps Montgomery Frissell Prize