Founder & Co-President                                   Jun. 2020 - Present

The Socioeconomic Justice Society | University of Colorado, Boulder

• Advocate for policies that dismantle the racial wealth gap through education, legislative advocacy (lobbying & development of a presence at local and statewide government hearings & council meetings), and partnerships w/ other organizations.

• Collaborated with my co-president and vice president to develop our website, recruit executive team members and lead their onboarding, and develop relationships with various potential partner organizations, resulting in 3 or 4 partnerships that should lead to co-hosted events this year.

• Last semester, we assisted the ACLU with their "No on 76" campaign, distributing over 200 flyers. Additionally, my team and I were able to secure a partnership with the CU Law School so that our members could attend their Mini-Law School seminar series on COVID-19 and its constitutional implications.

• Along with my co-president, I started work on a Prison Pen Pal initiative, for which we are reaching out to in-state prisons in order to partner university students with lonely inmates. So far, we have been able to create meaningful contact with over 10 prisons and are hopeful to get our project up and running with the semester, if not year.

• Currently, I write the budget, plan events, & develop member trainings, especially on legislation and legislative advocacy. I manage the administrative processes like organization registration, meetings with our advisor, etc. and work with my co-president to guide the direction for our organization. thesjs.wixsite.com/site

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Senior Analyst & Consultant                               Feb. 2020 - Present

Leeds Consulting Group | Leeds School of Business | U.C. Boulder

• Participated in weekly casing workshops, one-on-one casing practice, and consulting industry networking events, resulting in increased interest in going into the consulting profession. Seriously considering technical consulting and have drastically improved my ability to break down problems into mutually exclusive, collectively exhastive (MECE) categories and inquiries. 

• Gained a better understanding of business terminology and concepts, supplementing my economics coursework and giving me an additional framework for approaching client-driven project design. 

• From August to November of 2020, consulted for Savory, International, a nonprofit that teaches grassland restoration workshops to farmers. Provided recommendations for better engagement of virtual learners using a targeted & organized platform-plan, stronger learning management system (LMS) organization, and community-building via. external platforms (Hivebrite, Slack, etc.). Researched technical requirements for potential software replacements and explained findings in extensive report.

• Improved in interviewing skills & understanding of professional expectations, esp. within the business world.

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Exchange Student & NSLI-Y Critical Language Scholarship Recipient        Jul. - Aug. 2019

NSLI-Y, U.S. State Department | Chengdu, China

• Selected to travel on full-scholarship to the Sichuan province in China to learn Mandarin. Lived with a host family for six weeks and took over 200 hours of language classes. Substantially increased language proficiency from no experience to intermediate low level. 

• Served as representative of the program; interviewed in Mandarin in multiple television broadcasts to local Chinese. 

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Co-Founder & President                                                                             Oct. 2015 - May 2019

Oct. 2015 - May 2019 | Angels Against Abuse | East High School, Denver

• Founded & led club devoted to improving awareness about domestic violence. Consent Fair. Led multiple awareness campaigns, including organization of a lunchtime “Consent Fair” involving participation by three local domestic violence/abuse organizations, a DJ, and cotton candy machine, in which over 1500 students participated. Installation. Created/organized multiple art/awareness installations, including papering hundreds of lockers with statistics & support resources and three survivor stories. Installed/maintained various informational resources, including posters in the male and female bathrooms, stalls, infographics near the counseling offices, etc., in the face of defacing, erasure, & backlash.

• Through collecting spare change, fundraised over $1000 for local community organization, the Denver SafeHouse. Organized a school-wide clothing drive that successfully obtained over 300 pieces of clean, nice clothing for local orgs. 

• Created, presented, & taught curriculum on domestic violence to students in 3 classes and school administrators. Designed, collected data for, and attempted to release results of survey on student assault experiences, although ultimately unsuccessful due to administrative backlash.

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Executive Producer & Production Team Co-Founder                                     Jul. 2017 - Jun. 2019

Mile High Discussions, Channel 22 | Denver, CO

• Created and led team of 18 students to produce cable television show.

• Directed hiring process, did product quality checks, began talent development, delegated operational tasks to student teams, and presented to staff and stakeholders to ensure the contract could be renewed. 

• Team & show featured on KUSA 9News broadcast. Designed & maintained website.

Summer Teaching Fellow                                                                                 Jun. - Aug. 2018

Generation Teach STEAM Academy | Denver, CO

• Independently taught and developed math classes & elective to middle school students to reduce summer slide. Worked with fellow teacvhers to analyze student data and adapt lessons to fit individual needs. Practiced low-level crisis mitigation.