RESUME
EDUCATION
Pace University, Dyson School of Arts and Sciences
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Peace and Justice Studies and Political Science
Minor: Law and Environmental Studies | GPA: 3.96 | Women’s Leadership Initiative
New York, NY
June, 2021
Saratoga Springs High School
Advanced Regents Diploma, Mastery in Science
GPA: 4.0 | National Honors Society
Saratoga Springs, NY
June, 2018
WORK EXPERIENCE
GMHC
https://www.gmhc.org
Paralegal
Part-time
Legal Support Responsibilities:
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Created and perfected name change orders for clients whose names didn't correlate with their gender identity for clients who had unique barriers to changing their names pro-se due to varying immigration status or criminal record
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Coordinated an undergraduate intern who wanted to learn more about public interest law and its intersection with HIV positive patients.
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Performed legal support work such as creating rent payment history sheets, writing cease letters to debt collectors on behalf of clients, and advised clients regarding planning their estates
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Worked on cases in conjunction with a supervising attorney on cases involving special needs trusts, living wills, and rent nonpayment cases
Legal Assistant
Part-time
Administrative Duties:
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Performed administrative tasks such as client interfacing, billing client hours, and data entry
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Worked with clients in estate planning, housing, debt collection, and other public interest legal issues
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Created excel sheets and word documents to reconcile funding data entry discrepancies and secure funding from grant donors
Legal Intern
Part-time
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Provided legal research to supervising attorneys about active cases
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Learned how to best utilize legal databases such as Lexis Nexis
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Created public interest legal fact sheets for the legal department and future interns on issues such as; estate planning, cease letters, name changes, and special needs trusts
Media Outreach Intern
Part-time
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Wrote press releases and maintained contact with local news outlets to ensure and promote attendance at events
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Created a general use media outreach spreadsheet to more efficiently contact media outlets regarding fundraising, educational, and/or protesting events that was utilized by a coalition of peace organizations in Brooklyn
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Assisted in organizational efforts for community outreach in events that would yield 50% of that years fundraising goals
October, 2019- Present
New York, NY
August, 2019- October, 2019
New York, NY
SKILLS
Fluent in Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Fluent in Google - Docs, Sheets, Slides
Fluent in Research with Several Databases- Nexis UNI, Lexis Advance, Academic OneFile, General OneFile
Strong Understanding of Statistical Tools- STATA and SPSS
General Fluency- Spanish
General Fluency- Python
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January 2019- August, 2019
Brooklyn, NY
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
The Effect of Short Term Economic Benefits on Desistance During a Global Pandemic
August 2020- Present (December 2020)
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Analyzed descriptive statistical tests to formulate and base a theory that the economic welfare of a formerly incarcerated person would be the primary cause for desistance during a health and financial crisis
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Conducted interviews to derive qualitative data in order to describe the social and economic impact of the short-term benefits of the CARES Act, specifically the stimulus check, unemployment insurance, and the eviction/housing moratorium on formerly incarcerated individuals who desisted from crime
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Compiled independent research into a paper and presentation filled with data visualization, considerations for future research, and potential outcomes from this research
Over Incarceration and Racial Disparities
September 2019 - Present
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Understanding constitutional amendments and cases relating to mass incarceration
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Applied those understanding to the U.S. prison system to make a case brief on their unconstitutionality
Emergence Lab Research Project
May 2019 - September 2019
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Researching how to make sustainable niche groups a commonly accepted lifestyle choice
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Interviewing successful actors to properly understand their roles, strategies, and setbacks
How Gender and Sexuality Affect How People See Themselves and Accept Each Other
June 2015- June 2018
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Recognized the relationship between media, gender, and sexuality with a thorough lens
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Analyzed data and previous research to develop a paper on the relationship between sexuality, media, and gender
RELEVANT COURSEWORK
International Law and Human Rights
Learning the history of international human rights violations, previous methods of coping with said violations, and coming up with new and innovative solutions to human rights infringements collectively and as individuals.
SKILLS: Understanding asymmetric power dynamics, establishing comprehensive and specific solutions
Global Activism & Transnational Feminism
Understanding the dynamics between global aid from different countries, how they effect development, self-sufficiency, and a savior complex.
SKILLS: Adding productive ideas while not taking up all the space, enhancing my ability to listen and observe to the apply to complex strategies
Nonviolence Theory & Practice
A writing centered course that taught the pragmatic methods of making social change, strategies to use, and how to apply them to a change of my choosing (addressing harassment within the MTA, which is available in the blog portion on this website).
SKILLS: Synthesize complex ideas into digestible a writing piece, turning abstract concepts into real life applications
Business Law
Quality exposure into the world of contract law, understanding case law, and applying precedent.
SKILLS: Reading cases, writing case briefs, explaining and arguing cases, learning to use legal research databases (Nexis UNI/LexisNexis)
Reconciliation & Transitional Justice
Learned about asymmetrical power dynamics and how it pertains to conflicts both in and outside of the U.S. Completed a case study on South Africa's post conflict effects that is available in the blog portion of my website.
SKILLS: Understanding how to apply reconciliation tactics from a local to a global scale
Ethics in the Workplace
Taught ethics in the abstract sense but also with the interpersonal and the understanding of relationships of an organization with a society.
SKILLS: How to asses when issues are unethical and how to subsequently address them
ACTIVITIES
Volunteer Field Hockey Coach | Debate Club | Coordinator for Feminist Allies | Crisis Leadership Mentor Program | Pace University Student Advisory Board