Experience

Immigrant Social Services, Inc.

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Civic Engagement Coordinator

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  Immigrant Social Services, Inc. (ISS) is a community-based non-profit organization dedicated to improving the conditions of underserved immigrants and children of immigrants in NYC Manhattan’s Lower East side and Chinatown. Through programs and services, we nurture and empower immigrant children/youth (ages 4-17), young adults (ages 18-26), seniors, and families to develop and restore their agency to strengthen the well-being of our community. Lead community outreach and civic engagement efforts on issues like Chinatown air quality, city and state redistricting, language access, Asian American Studies curriculum, and voter outreach. Spearhead the organization's inaugural Civic Engagement internship, working and managing a team of high school, college, and graduate students. Represent ISS and actively engage in coalitions like the APA VOICE Redistricting Taskforce and the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF). Organize and coordinate community partnerships and events. Draft, edit, and publish communication and marketing materials. Show less



Coro New York Leadership Center

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fellow In Public Affairs

  • Sep 2021 - Jun 2022

  The Coro Fellowship is an intensive, nine-month leadership training program in Public Affairs. The Fellowship aims to build the next generation of engaged, civic-minded leaders in New York City through rigorous seminars, insightful leadership interviews with prominent stakeholders, and placements across different sectors, including Labor, Government, Non-Profit, and For-Profit Business.

• OCA-NY

  • Apr 2022 - May 2022

  OCA-NY is part of a national non-profit civil rights organization dedicated to promoting and protecting the political, economic, and cultural rights of Asian Pacific Americans in America. Spearheaded research on Asian American Studies curriculum and advocacy in New York and led community outreach with major stakeholders. Drafted legislative briefs and informational materials for the board and its membership.

• Kona | Data and Research

  • Feb 2022 - Mar 2022

  Kona is a tech startup dedicated to helping remote workers and managers fight burnout and build stronger team connections. Through Kona, a daily emotional check-in in Slack, companies are able to gain nuanced, real-time data and analytics on burnout trends that can be used to build culture, to take action to prevent attrition, and create a psychologically safe team environment. Organized, analyzed, and created data visualizations for their annual Remote Manager Report, which looks at over 250+ hours of interviews with managers from across the world. The annual report highlighted that remote work is long-term, burnout continues to increase, and building relationships and trust continues to be the biggest struggle for managers. Show less

• Red Canary Song | Community Outreach

  • Jan 2022 - Feb 2022

  Red Canary Song is a grassroots massage worker coalition in the U.S. dedicated to decriminalizing sex work and uplifting migrant sex workers through mutual aid and outreach projects. Organized and participated in community outreach events with massage workers. Collected and organized police records from Seattle, Toronto, NYC, and Rhode Island for data mapping. Drafted and coordinated outreach materials for the #MassageDecrimBill campaign.

• New York City Central Labor Council (NYC CLC)

  • Nov 2021 - Dec 2021

  Planned and facilitated a day-long training on the labor movement and important campaigns for 100+ attendees, which included incoming city council members and labor leaders. Drafted communications and coordinated with affiliated labor unions.

• Felicia Singh’s District 32 Campaign

  • Oct 2021 - Nov 2021

  Organized and led voter outreach efforts for Felicia Singh's District 32 election campaign in Queen's last remaining swing district.

• Office of Council Member Carlos Menchaca

  • Sep 2021 - Oct 2021

  Served as a community liaison and spearheaded a community town hall with more than 250+ students, teachers, and community members for a local school in District 38 to voice their concerns surrounding racial equity and transparency against their school administration.



University of California, Los Angeles

• Information Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Research Fellow - Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

  • Jan 2021 - Jun 2021

  Selected to receive a scholarship to conduct an independent research project under Professor Victor Bascara and presented at the annual Undergraduate Research Showcase. Researched the negative impacts of racialization of disease, comparing present-day responses to COVID-19 with historical pandemics, and assessed the impact of xenophobic and Sinophobic rhetoric. Selected to receive a scholarship to conduct an independent research project under Professor Victor Bascara and presented at the annual Undergraduate Research Showcase. Researched the negative impacts of racialization of disease, comparing present-day responses to COVID-19 with historical pandemics, and assessed the impact of xenophobic and Sinophobic rhetoric.



UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Dec 2020 - Jun 2021

  Assisted Professor Lee Ann S. Wang, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Social Welfare at the Luskin School of Public Affairs, and Professor Jolin Chea, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, on background research concerning the Department of Homeland Security’s use of biometric data to track families and understandings of how technologies of surveillance are used to narrowly define “family” and “fraud.” Assisted Professor Lee Ann S. Wang, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Social Welfare at the Luskin School of Public Affairs, and Professor Jolin Chea, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, on background research concerning the Department of Homeland Security’s use of biometric data to track families and understandings of how technologies of surveillance are used to narrowly define “family” and “fraud.”



UCLA Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC)

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chairperson of the Campus Retention Committee

  • Jun 2020 - Jun 2021

  Managed a 1.3-million-dollar budget that funds the operations and administration of the Student Retention Center (SRC), which houses projects and services designed to assist the nontraditional undergraduate student population at UCLA with academic difficulties and socio-cultural transitions. Developed and facilitated a research survey to mitigate and understand the devastating effects of COVID-19 on the UCLA student community. Survey data was used to create informational graphics and advocate for necessary student retention resources. Show less



Asian Pacific Coalition

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • May 2020 - May 2021

  Directed and promoted coalition building amongst 20 different Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) student organizations with a membership of 1,000+ students through collaborations on school-wide events and discussion spaces for socio-cultural and political issues important to our communities.

• Social & Cultural Affairs Coordinator

  • Sep 2018 - Jun 2020

  Educated UCLA students on and raised awareness for important issues concerning the APIDA community such as intergenerational trauma, language barriers, and civic engagement. Coordinated and oversaw the virtual events for May 2020 APIDA History Month, which included social media campaigns that looked at decolonization resources, highlighted various traditional clothing, and underscored the different narratives behind our traditional names. Created the first APC Podcast Series that featured 5 episodes with unique themes, focusing on Culture Night production at UCLA, APC Board Reflections, COVID-19 and Xenophobia, Sexual Health for Womxn, and Census Politics. Show less



Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Immigration and Immigrants' Rights Intern

  • Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

  Researched and drafted blogs, press releases, pitch letters, and other communications documents concerning AAJC’s civil rights law, impact litigation, and public policy work. Monitored news trends, prepare news summaries, and supported the organization’s legislative work concerning the Justice Department’s “China Initiative” and the subsequent racial profiling against Asian American immigrant scientists and researchers. Researched and drafted blogs, press releases, pitch letters, and other communications documents concerning AAJC’s civil rights law, impact litigation, and public policy work. Monitored news trends, prepare news summaries, and supported the organization’s legislative work concerning the Justice Department’s “China Initiative” and the subsequent racial profiling against Asian American immigrant scientists and researchers.



OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Social Media Manager for Hate Crimes Prevention Art Project

  • Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Directed the social media campaign for the annual HCPAP, which recognizes the prevalence of hate crimes and empowers 12 diverse high school interns from youth groups across the city to use art as a tool for activism and create their own art contest and exhibit. Directed the social media campaign for the annual HCPAP, which recognizes the prevalence of hate crimes and empowers 12 diverse high school interns from youth groups across the city to use art as a tool for activism and create their own art contest and exhibit.



Chinese Historical Society of Southern California

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Scholar

  • Jul 2019 - Jun 2020

  Recipient of the Yuen Fong and Lew Oy Toy Family Internship in Chinese American Studies by the Asian American Studies Department at UCLA. Organized, digitalized, and categorized over 500+ Los Angeles Chinatown archival material, looking at photographs, city directories, newspapers, artifacts, oral histories, and census data. Assisted visiting scholars with obtaining necessary primary sources to aid their research and collaborated with the Asian American Studies department at Cal State LA to curate an exhibit on how Asian American history can be told through foodways. Show less



Writing Success Program at UCLA

• United States
• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Director

  • Jun 2018 - Jun 2020

  Directed and trained a team of 6 Peer Writing counselors, in addition to counseling more than 1,000+ UCLA students, and led the WSP internship, which published the Spring 2019 literary magazine issue entitled, "Through the Looking Glass." The issue highlighted the narratives of the diverse student population within the Community Programs Office space. In the following year, the Spring 2020 internship cohort published a literary magazine entitled, "Duality."Coordinated the annual Janet Brown Memorial Scholarship, which awards six students $1,000 to offset some financial burdens. Tasks included devising short answer questions, generating ideas for outreach, and deliberating over finalists for the scholarship. Show less

• ESL/ELL Writing Counselor

  • Jan 2018 - Jun 2018

  Counseled students one-on-one on a wide range of writing samples, from research papers to cover letters, with the goal of easing writing anxiety and helping students develop the necessary skills to be effective, persuasive communicators. Facilitated monthly workshops to address demonstrated student concerns about writing and contributed weekly to an online writing blog with 1,000+ daily viewers.



Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Legal Assistant

  • Jul 2019 - Mar 2020

  Collaborated with staff attorneys to provide assistance to over 200+ litigants with filing court documents pertaining to unlawful detainers, divorce, paternity, and civil harassment restraining orders. Collaborated with staff attorneys to provide assistance to over 200+ litigants with filing court documents pertaining to unlawful detainers, divorce, paternity, and civil harassment restraining orders.



Flash Cuts

• United States
• Entertainment Providers

• Archivist for PBS Asian Americans Documentary Series

  • Sep 2018 - Sep 2019

  Archived 1,000+ video and image material relevant and important to both Asian American studies and the PBS documentary, "The Asian Americans" (Spring 2020). The documentary series is a production of WETA, the Center for Asian American Media, ITVS, Flash Cuts, and Tajima-Peña Productions. It is also the first-ever documentary series about Asian Americans in commercial television and covers 150 years of Asian American history, uplifting the many lived experiences and narratives that have been omitted from our textbooks. Show less



Kaya Press

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Publishing Intern

  • Mar 2019 - Jun 2019

  Developed an academic outreach plan to promote and encourage professors to use Kaya published books. Published "Ai:", an Asian American magazine that aims to highlight the different ways that members of the community express love and affection and designed digital marketing strategies for newly published Kaya books. Developed an academic outreach plan to promote and encourage professors to use Kaya published books. Published "Ai:", an Asian American magazine that aims to highlight the different ways that members of the community express love and affection and designed digital marketing strategies for newly published Kaya books.



Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL)

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Campus Ambassador

  • Sep 2018 - Feb 2019

• Research Scholar

  • Jun 2018 - Sep 2018

  Collaborated with Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) to publish three articles that capture the impact of or lack thereof technology within the Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander communities.



USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Policy Intern

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Developed a new database using Excel to monitor and organize the sensitive information of the USDA volunteer network with a membership of several hundred. Addressed the lack of disability hires by researching 800+ college campuses and compiling a list of possible student organizations to contact for outreach that focuses on the career development of disabled individuals. Developed a new database using Excel to monitor and organize the sensitive information of the USDA volunteer network with a membership of several hundred. Addressed the lack of disability hires by researching 800+ college campuses and compiling a list of possible student organizations to contact for outreach that focuses on the career development of disabled individuals.



Paul Hastings

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Records Clerk

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  Managed the digital file conversion of 500+ legal folders for incoming partner Robert W. Leung and systematically reorganized the files into a new database. Inputted and retrieved files using Autonomy Records Manager (ARM) software. Reorganized sensitive company data on Excel spreadsheets for increased comprehensibility. Managed the digital file conversion of 500+ legal folders for incoming partner Robert W. Leung and systematically reorganized the files into a new database. Inputted and retrieved files using Autonomy Records Manager (ARM) software. Reorganized sensitive company data on Excel spreadsheets for increased comprehensibility.