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San Jose, CA

San Jose, California, United States

• Sift through databases, news articles, and tens of thousands of hours of government meetings (from more than 600 cities in the United States and Canada) to write twice-a-month newsletters about below-the-radar.
• Condensed school absenteeism newsletter into a two-pager, copies of which were distributed at the National School Boards Association Annual Conference and Exposition 2024.
• Collaborate using Slack.
• Track tasks and write using Notion.
• Create a style guide and copyedit any material necessary.civicsearch.orgdatamuse.com

• Created and maintain the magazine website using WordPress, Spaceship hosting, custom HTML and CSS, Figma, Cloudflare, SMTP, and Google Apps Script.
• Track tasks using Airtable.
• Created and maintain a style guide to ensure consistency across writing.
• Review writing for structural and mechanical polish.shlmagazine.com

Santa Barbara County, California, United States

• Complete website refresh: redesigned 6 main pages (home, history, team, alumni, issues, launches), created 2 new ones (about and submit), cleaned up the navigation bar and the footer, updated fonts to use the same ones.
• Digitized the then-most recent issue (Issue 29) into 47 individual webpages, comprising the front matter and each of the issue’s pieces, so that readers would not have to access a relatively clunky PDF if they wanted.
• Converted all 19 image galleries, for launch events, into mobile-friendly versions.
• Improved accessibility by using h1, h2, and h3 headings instead of bolded text, by converting images with text into selectable text, and by updating page links so that they actually describe the name of the page.
• Deactivated 21 WordPress plugins, which were old and unused, to improve security and to significantly improve page loading speeds.
• Wrote custom HTML and CSS—employing variables, the BEM naming convention, and media queries—to further customize the website and improve mobile usability.

Santa Barbara County, California, United States

• Scrutinized and revised 75+ prose short stories with writers.
• With the rest of the 8-member editorial team, produced 3 print magazines, each with 60+ pages of prose, poetry, and art by UCSB students.
• Devised 3 of my own short stories, created art for them, and assembled them into layouts for 3 print magazines.
• Gave 9 class lectures on topics ranging from eloquent writing to typography.

Santa Barbara County, California, United States

• Devised 2 of my own short stories, drew art for them, and assembled them into layouts for 2 print magazines.

Isla Vista, California, United States

• Wrote and copyedited 6 press releases, 6 event recaps, and anything else with words on it.
• Designed, wrote, and edited the email newsletter.
• Created and maintained an in-house style guide to ensure consistency with grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and other such matters. Consulted The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed.; Merriam-Webster’s.

Isla Vista, California, United States

• Planned improvements to Pardall Center, a multipurpose building and meeting space for Isla Vista residents.

Santa Barbara, California, United States

• Coordinated Pardall Carnival 2022, a street-wide community-building event with a 30-foot Ferris wheel, free food from 5 local businesses, 8 carnival games, 500 T-shirts, 40+ tabling organizations, 3 raffle prizes, and.
• Set annual and weekly goals, tasks, and timelines for the 15+ committee members, partly by delegating work evenly between the External Chair, the Vice Chair, and myself.
• Wrote 25+ sets of guidelines of 2–4 pages in length to codify and systematize team practices, ranging from communicating well to earning honoraria to filling vacancies.
• Scripted, recorded, and edited 10+ videos of 10–20 minutes in length to onboard new members.
• Checked in with individual team members via Slack, email, phone, and Zoom to see how they were doing with their tasks and with themselves as a human being.
• Strengthened member retention and attendance rates by 50% while weathering dysfunction and career-staff vacancies within the association at large.

Santa Barbara County, California, United States

• Managed committee budget, typically $200k–$300k, using a spreadsheet with custom formulas and formatting.
• Approved and processed dozens of funding requests. Kept in constant contact with funding requesters, requested and organized financial information, filled out forms, solicited signatures from other IVCRC members, and.
• Planned events for the Isla Vista community with the rest of the committee, such as Pardall Carnival (an event where hundreds of community members and students meet and interact with each other via food, carnival.
• Voluntarily engaged in various secretarial responsibilities. Organized the committee’s Google Drive by year and topic. Tidied up our email inbox so that there are only ten or fewer emails in there at a time instead of.

Goleta, California, United States

• Tracked over $17k in finances for Hall Council, a residence hall organization representing over 700 students.
• Ran San Cat Salvage, a service where residents can donate items and pick up other donations that interest them.

Santa Barbara County, California, United States

• Reported on news at and around UCSB in 25+ articles, including the 10th anniversary of a local screen printing company, the opening of a local Wingstop branch, and the construction of a new campus bike shop. Followed.
• Synthesized research and personal experience to write opinion articles covering Lunar New Year and misconceptions about introverts.dailynexus.com

Santa Barbara County, California, United States

• Wrote news articles concerning UC Santa Barbara and the surrounding community.

Santa Barbara County, California, United States

• Wrote news articles concerning UC Santa Barbara and the surrounding community.

Santa Barbara County, California, United States

• Delivered newspapers to locations in UC Santa Barbara and the surrounding community.

San Jose, California, United States

• Managed finances, tracked profits and expenses, and planned writing-related activities for the club.
• Wrote 3 fictional short stories, with some published in print issues.lhsvertigo.com

San Jose, California, United States

• Wrote 4 fictional short stories, with some published in print issues.lhsvertigo.com

San Jose, California, United States

• Voted on club proposals.
• Delivered news on school events to homerooms
• Relayed feedback from students to the Associated Student Body.

San Jose, California, United States

• Stamped, wrapped, and cataloged new books.
• Sorted and shelved books according to the Dewey Decimal Classification.
• Kept the library tidy.

San Jose, California, United States

• Created and modified robot components using computer-aided design.
• Wrote for the club blog.
• Edited YouTube videos about robot design.

Bachelor'S Degree, English (Formerly Computer Engineering), Professional Writing Minor (Professional Editing)

Activities and Societies: Isla Vista Community Relations Committee, Daily Nexus, Hall Council

Cumulative Unweighted Gpa: 3.854

Activities and Societies: Vertigo Literary Magazine, library assistant, Associated Student Body Legislative Council, Robotics Club