Experience

United States Congress

• United States
• Legislative Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA)

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Washington DC-Baltimore Area - Work on judiciary issues (including gun violence prevention, LGBTQ+ equality, immigration, elections, and judicial noms.) and economic issues (including taxes and portfolios of Finance, Banking, and Budget committees). - Bolstered the Senator’s profile by recommending he sign or not sign onto more than 400 pieces of legislation, oversight letters, or appropriations letters. This includes analyzing for political and policy implications, balancing stakeholder interests, and reviewing… Show more - Work on judiciary issues (including gun violence prevention, LGBTQ+ equality, immigration, elections, and judicial noms.) and economic issues (including taxes and portfolios of Finance, Banking, and Budget committees). - Bolstered the Senator’s profile by recommending he sign or not sign onto more than 400 pieces of legislation, oversight letters, or appropriations letters. This includes analyzing for political and policy implications, balancing stakeholder interests, and reviewing redlines, memos, and budget scoring. - Co-managed the reintroduction process for six bills, including gaining new cosponsorships and organization endorsements, communicating details of each roll out with co-leading offices in the House and Senate, and engaging experts and Senate Leg. Counsel for text changes. - Represented the Senator in over 90 meetings with congressional staff, officials, stakeholders, and constituents. - Improved constituent understanding of the Senator’s work and stances on fragile issues by writing or editing more than 160 form letters and responding to roughly 1,500 constituents each week. - Collaborated with the communications staff to raise national and constituent awareness of the Senator’s leadership by drafting tweets and statements. - Have contributed to a rewarding intern program by mentoring, assigning work to, and training a total of nine interns (two per semester). Show less



United States Congress

• Staff Assistant, Senate Judiciary Committee, Democratic Staff

  • Dec 2019 - Apr 2021

  Washington D.C. Metro Area - Drafted legislative memos, conducted policy research, and assisted our policy attorneys, primarily on gun control, LGBTQ matters, elections/voting, judicial nominations, and oversight. - Advised senior counsels whether or not to support bills and letters within the gun control and LGBTQ portfolios. - Wrote more than 30 constituent response form letters on a wide range of Judiciary issues. - Batched the former Ranking Member’s incoming constituent letters on LGBTQ matters, gun… Show more - Drafted legislative memos, conducted policy research, and assisted our policy attorneys, primarily on gun control, LGBTQ matters, elections/voting, judicial nominations, and oversight. - Advised senior counsels whether or not to support bills and letters within the gun control and LGBTQ portfolios. - Wrote more than 30 constituent response form letters on a wide range of Judiciary issues. - Batched the former Ranking Member’s incoming constituent letters on LGBTQ matters, gun control, and immigration, roughly 3000 to 12000 letters monthly. - Managed the front office, answered phones, and completed administrative tasks. - Translated various incoming and outgoing letters from and into Spanish. Other related activities: - Board Member / Professional Development Director, Senate LGBTQ Staff Association (GLASS Caucus)

• Legislative Intern, House Judiciary Committee, Democratic Staff

  • Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

  Washington D.C. Metro Area - Worked primarily with the Crime Subcommittee and the Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee. - Liaised with more than 150 Democratic offices to determine their bosses’ positions on three bills (H.R.2146, H.R.3884, and H.R.3524), which included preparing materials, answering questions, and explaining bill language. - Wrote legislative memos on voting rights, marijuana reform, gun violence prevention, and other topics. - Staffed the front office, sorted mail, answered the phone… Show more - Worked primarily with the Crime Subcommittee and the Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee. - Liaised with more than 150 Democratic offices to determine their bosses’ positions on three bills (H.R.2146, H.R.3884, and H.R.3524), which included preparing materials, answering questions, and explaining bill language. - Wrote legislative memos on voting rights, marijuana reform, gun violence prevention, and other topics. - Staffed the front office, sorted mail, answered the phone, greeted visitors, and completed other administrative duties. Other related activities: - Member, LGBT Congressional Staff Association.



United States Congress

• Legislative Intern, Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

  • Mar 2019 - Jun 2019

  Washington D.C. Metro Area - Wrote more than 30 memos regarding cosponsoring bills and resolutions for the Chair on issues that included LGBTQ+, civil rights, women’s issues, taxes, health care, Social Security, education, and environment. - Drafted more than 25 constituent response letters on topics ranging from abortion access to prescription costs. - Digitized and streamlined the tour request system from a previously all paper-based process. - Triaged and processed approximately 6,000 incoming phone calls,… Show more - Wrote more than 30 memos regarding cosponsoring bills and resolutions for the Chair on issues that included LGBTQ+, civil rights, women’s issues, taxes, health care, Social Security, education, and environment. - Drafted more than 25 constituent response letters on topics ranging from abortion access to prescription costs. - Digitized and streamlined the tour request system from a previously all paper-based process. - Triaged and processed approximately 6,000 incoming phone calls, faxes, and pieces of mail. - Staffed the front office, greeted visitors, and administratively supported all 10 staff members. - Assisted the Staff Assistant with dozens of flag and tour requests weekly. - Attended briefings and hearings on behalf of staffers and summarized these events in memos. Other related activities: - Member, LGBT Congressional Staff Association Show less



United States Congress

• Constituent Services Intern, Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA)

  • Jan 2018 - May 2018

  San Francisco Bay Area - Prepared ~250 response letters regarding casework with USCIS, SSA, and other agencies monthly. - Processed ~800 calls and pieces of mail monthly, which included logging the data in Intranet Quorum (IQ). - Met with ~10 advocacy groups monthly regarding legislative priorities that they wished to see movement on. - Managed the front desk and administratively supported all 6 staffers with numerous, simultaneous tasks. - Processed incoming event invitations and wrote briefings for the… Show more - Prepared ~250 response letters regarding casework with USCIS, SSA, and other agencies monthly. - Processed ~800 calls and pieces of mail monthly, which included logging the data in Intranet Quorum (IQ). - Met with ~10 advocacy groups monthly regarding legislative priorities that they wished to see movement on. - Managed the front desk and administratively supported all 6 staffers with numerous, simultaneous tasks. - Processed incoming event invitations and wrote briefings for the Senator and staff regarding upcoming events. - Assisted with event planning such as the Senator’s keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s graduation.

• Constituent Services Intern, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi

  • Aug 2017 - Dec 2017

  San Francisco Bay Area - Wrote ~75 unique letters monthly regarding constituent casework and community events. - Logged ~600 calls monthly in IQ and acted as a Spanish translator for the office ~5 times monthly. - Met with advocacy groups ~8 times monthly and prepared memos on the meetings for senior Congressional staff. - Staffed the front desk, welcomed visitors, and supported all 7 office staffers with administrative projects. - Assisted with events like the GOP Tax Scam Press Conference with the… Show more - Wrote ~75 unique letters monthly regarding constituent casework and community events. - Logged ~600 calls monthly in IQ and acted as a Spanish translator for the office ~5 times monthly. - Met with advocacy groups ~8 times monthly and prepared memos on the meetings for senior Congressional staff. - Staffed the front desk, welcomed visitors, and supported all 7 office staffers with administrative projects. - Assisted with events like the GOP Tax Scam Press Conference with the Minority Leader and Rep. Barbara Lee.



California State Assembly

• Legislative Offices
• 700 & Above Employee

• District Outreach Intern, California State Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland)

  • Jul 2017 - Aug 2017

  Oakland, CA - Answered ~800 constituent calls, emails, and letters monthly. - Orchestrated district outreach and events ~8 times monthly.



Jon Ossoff for Congress Campaign (GA-06)

• Field Intern

  • May 2017 - Jun 2017

  Greater Atlanta Area - Managed and organized dozens of walk-in volunteers daily. - Logged voter data and staffed the welcome desk. - Increased voter outreach by knocking on ~2400 doors monthly and making ~7,000 calls monthly.



Jimmy Draper for ASUC Senate (University Senate)

• Candidate

  • Jan 2017 - Apr 2017

  Berkeley, CA - Headed and managed my 40-person campaign team. - Gave ~35 presentations monthly on my student government experience and platforms at town halls, candidate panels, and speaking events. - Lobbied ~20 student leaders and organizations to obtain endorsements monthly.