Experience

University of Southern California

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Occupational Therapy Student

  • Jun 2021 - Present



Okizu

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Counselor

  • Jun 2018 - Present

  -Okizu (oak-eye-zoo) comes from the Sioux language and means unity, to come together, to heal from a hurt, to make whole. The mission of Okizu is to help all members of families affected by childhood cancer to heal through peer support, respite, mentoring, and recreational programs.-SIBS and Oncology Camp volunteers come to camp for nine days, and after two days staff training, are responsible for a group of seven to ten children, 24-hours a day for the week.-Volunteered for 4 weeks the Summer of 2018, working with both children who had experienced cancer and their siblings, after attending as an Oncology camper for 6 summers.



University of Washington Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Coordinator

  • Sep 2019 - Jun 2021



Catholic Community Services

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Community Support Coordinator

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2019

  -Serves in a low barrier permanent supportive housing facility, serving 53 chronically homeless senior men, ages 55 years and up. -Coordinating resident care with appropriate professionals and community-wide agencies, assists in case management, helps residents complete requests or applications for community resources such as financial benefits, home delivered meals, cell phone programs, or transportation options. Accompanies residents to medical appointments when necessary.-Builds community by planning social and recreational outing opportunities for residents, such as trips to sporting events, local museums, parks, food banks, and grocery stores. Coordinates special dinners and celebrations for the Westlake community.-Coordinates volunteer opportunities for residents, individuals, and groups. Recruits volunteers at schools and plan service days for students wanting to do community service.



Loyola Marymount University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant: Accent Perception and Production fMRI Study

  • May 2017 - May 2018

  -Worked in the Cognitive Neuroscience Lab in the Psychology Department-Used fMRI neuroimaging to look at the cognitive basis of accents and the relationships between exercise and language acquisition. - Ran subjects from the Human Subject Pool for behavioral testing in hearing abilities, accent perception, and accent production- Used Excel, MatLab, TBAC, and SPM programs to organize and analyze data

• Resident Advisor

  • Feb 2016 - May 2018

  • Created, launched, and facilitated multifaceted programs for 160 residents that promoted inclusivity, social justice, community, and social engagement while working alongside Resident Directors and Advisors • Mentored residents through weekly conversations to ensure their academic, spiritual and emotional needs were addressed• Mediated roommate arguments and sought out additional resources or referrals to my supervisor when warranted• Learned about current social issues and how to address them in our community by attending weekly RA staff meetings

• Vice President of Spirituality for Creare Service Organization

  • Mar 2015 - May 2018

  -Tutored and Mentored students weekly Mar Vista Family Center in Venice California. Focused on reading and math in order to promote a love of learning. -Aided weekly in the 3rd grade classroom and running the after school program at Ascension Catholic Elementary School in South Los Angeles, California.-Served as the chapter’s Vice President of Spirituality for the 2017 calendar year, leading both weekly social justice reflections and biannual retreats for the organization.-Coordinated the organization’s administrative and financial affairs with organization's executive board.

• Research Assistant: Phoneme Awareness and Working Memory Bookworm Study

  • Jan 2016 - Mar 2017

  -Worked in a cognitive neuroscience lab with Dr. Judith Foy looking at executive functioning and early reading development in predominately low-income classrooms in South Los Angeles.-Organized and input data collected from 2005 to 2013 through the BookWork Project.-Utilized Dr. Foy's data to focus on the relationship between Working Memory and Phoneme Awareness to both word and nonword reading measures, using both zero-order correlations and stepwise multiple regressions to analyze the data.- Leveraged my findings to confirm the importance of phoneme awareness in early reading, which had implications for interventions of at-risk early readers.