Case Manager

• Oct 2022 - Present

Student Paralegal

• Jan 2021 - Feb 2022

I worked at Contreras & Metelska first as an intern from January 2021 to August 2021, then as a Student Paralegal in January and February 2022. I assisted the firm’s legal paralegals with a variety of immigration applications to USCIS. This included drafting affidavits, researching and writing cover letters for waivers, and collecting and organizing evidence for submission. As part of my role, I regularly communicated with clients in order to fill out forms, collect evidence, and write their affidavits. I began as an intern at C&M and worked my way up to a paid position, embracing increased responsibility both in terms of workload and level of intensity.

Women's Rights Intern

• Sep 2020 - May 2021

+ Citechecked over 100 footnotes to ensure accuracy in a report that was presented at the United Nations and informed partners around the world +Independently researched and wrote a 5-page memo on the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigrants to serve as an resource for program staff+Researched extensively to provide program leadership with updates related to violence against women and backlash against human rights in countries around the world+Monitored news in Peru, Russia, and Ukraine and alerted program staff to major developments +Critically observed 15 hours of criminal court as part of the WATCH program and provided feedback and recommendations on how domestic violence and sexual assault cases are handled in Hennepin County +Utilized web-editing skills in order to add summaries to the program’s websites and update article source links+Summarized articles on international women’s rights developments to be displayed on program’s informational website

Writing Center Tutor

• Sep 2020 - May 2021

+Led individual sessions with college students to help them brainstorm, draft, and revise for essay assignments across disciplines. +Taught clients long-term skills to not only complete their assignments, but become independent writers and thinkers +Exercised interpersonal communication skills in order to understand individual client needs and thought processes and to make suggestions accordingly in a considerate way+Executed quick and effective critical thinking skills in order to examine clients’ work and respond with strategies that enable them to build on their own through process toward a solution

Spanish Tutor

• Feb 2020 - May 2021

+Worked individually with college students to provide feedback on their Spanish language essays +Proofread and edited Spanish grammar in college student essays+Developed teaching strategies on the spot to respond to clients’ needs+Engaged in conversation in Spanish with clients to provide them speaking practice

Staff Writer

• Sep 2019 - May 2021

+Arranged, prepared for, and led in-person interviews to gather information appropriate for articles in school newspaper+Strategically composed interview questions and articles to fulfill specific requirements and to clearly express ideas in a manner that would appeal to the student body +Adhered to weekly publication deadlines, sometimes with only a few days notice +Arranged, prepared for, and led in-person interviews to gather information appropriate for articles in school newspaper+Strategically composed interview questions and articles to fulfill specific requirements and to clearly express ideas in a manner that would appeal to the student body +Adhered to weekly publication deadlines, sometimes with only a few days notice

Immigration Legal Intern

• Sep 2020 - Jan 2021

+Completed forms and organized evidence required for clients’ immigration applications with USCIS, sometimes with just one day’s notice +Produced 78 pages of a comprehensive guide to immigration law using database and internet research. This guide will be continued by later interns and will serve as a go-to resource for members at the firm. +Completed forms and organized evidence required for clients’ immigration applications with USCIS, sometimes with just one day’s notice +Produced 78 pages of a comprehensive guide to immigration law using database and internet research. This guide will be continued by later interns and will serve as a go-to resource for members at the firm.

Legal Research Assistant

• Jun 2020 - Sep 2020

+Coded and uploaded court documents associated with various civil rights cases into a single database to increase accessibility for future legal research+Procured court documents and opinion citations using Bloomberg Law, Pacer, and Westlaw databases +Coded and uploaded court documents associated with various civil rights cases into a single database to increase accessibility for future legal research+Procured court documents and opinion citations using Bloomberg Law, Pacer, and Westlaw databases

Certified Trainer; Kitchen Staff; Delivery Driver

• Jan 2014 - Sep 2020

+Planned and led individual training sessions to educate new employees+Utilized personable communication skills to fulfill customer needs effectively+Maintained calm and order during high-stress rushes +Planned and led individual training sessions to educate new employees+Utilized personable communication skills to fulfill customer needs effectively+Maintained calm and order during high-stress rushes

Legal Intern

• Jan 2020 - Jan 2020

+Completed full-time internship over my college's J-Term+Collaborated with another intern to investigate successful methods used in Treatment Court for young adult patients; presented results to Court team to inform future treatment practices+Observed over 60 hours of criminal, child protection, juvenile, and treatment court and engaged in discussion with attorneys, judges and legal staff +Completed full-time internship over my college's J-Term+Collaborated with another intern to investigate successful methods used in Treatment Court for young adult patients; presented results to Court team to inform future treatment practices+Observed over 60 hours of criminal, child protection, juvenile, and treatment court and engaged in discussion with attorneys, judges and legal staff