Experience

Hamlin Robinson School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• 6th Grade Social Studies and Writing Teacher

  • Aug 2023 - Present

• 3rd Grade Summer School Teacher

  • Jul 2023 - Aug 2023

• 8th Grade Reading Teacher

  • Nov 2022 - Jun 2023

• 6th Grade Resident Teacher

  • Aug 2022 - Jun 2023

• 2nd Grade Summer School Teacher

  • Jul 2022 - Jul 2022

• 3rd Grade Resident Teacher

  • Aug 2021 - Jun 2022



Self-employed

• Writing Coach

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Working with high school students on their college admissions essays and creating a customized course of study for students who want to develop their writing. Working with high school students on their college admissions essays and creating a customized course of study for students who want to develop their writing.



N/A

• Seattle, Washington, United States

• Nanny-Educator

  • Oct 2020 - Aug 2021

  Provided childcare, online school assistance, and educational enrichment for elementary school aged kids. Provided childcare, online school assistance, and educational enrichment for elementary school aged kids.



Lavender Rights Project

• Greater Seattle Area

• Attorney

  • Sep 2018 - Oct 2020

  Represented queer/trans youth and adults in education, employment, and healthcare issues, as well as legally free youth in dependency hearings. Represented queer/trans youth and adults in education, employment, and healthcare issues, as well as legally free youth in dependency hearings.



Northwest Justice Project

• United States
• Legal Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Legal Fellow

  • Sep 2017 - Aug 2018

  Provided civil legal services to low-income transgender people in Washington State, including name and gender marker changes, public benefits assistance, and health insurance appeals. Provided civil legal services to low-income transgender people in Washington State, including name and gender marker changes, public benefits assistance, and health insurance appeals.



Texas Civil Rights Project

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

• Prisoners'​ Rights Intern

  • Jan 2017 - Apr 2017

  Researched Texas prisons’ policies regarding transgender healthcare and PREA compliance, visiting prisons and interviewing trans prisoners about their legal needs. For my final project, I drafted a litigation strategy memo discussing how to expand legal protections for trans prisoners in Texas. Researched Texas prisons’ policies regarding transgender healthcare and PREA compliance, visiting prisons and interviewing trans prisoners about their legal needs. For my final project, I drafted a litigation strategy memo discussing how to expand legal protections for trans prisoners in Texas.



UT Civil Rights Clinic

• Austin, Texas Area

• Student Attorney

  • Sep 2016 - Apr 2017

  Supported co-counsel on a jail suicide case and a police misconduct case. Reviewed discovery, drafted motions, wrote a Protective Order, prepared clients for depositions, and prepared for mediation. Supported co-counsel on a jail suicide case and a police misconduct case. Reviewed discovery, drafted motions, wrote a Protective Order, prepared clients for depositions, and prepared for mediation.



OUTLaw

• Austin, Texas Area

• Pro Bono Director

  • Mar 2016 - Apr 2017

  Co-organized the Texas Law Trans Name and Gender Marker Project for the 2016-2017 school year, which is a student-run project providing pro se assistance to trans people seeking to change their names/gender markers through a free legal clinic session each semester. Assisted with creating training materials for our law student volunteers, planning intake, exit, and work sessions, writing publicity materials, and completing petitions for our applicants with more difficult cases. Co-organized and ran an info session to empower trans community members to change their names and gender markers pro se before the inauguration. Show less



Texas Law Trans Name and Gender Marker Project

• Student Attorney

  • Oct 2015 - Apr 2017

  Helped low-income transgender applicants prepare petitions to change legal names and gender markers. Helped low-income transgender applicants prepare petitions to change legal names and gender markers.



UT Domestic Violence Clinic

• Student Attorney

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

  Represented survivors of domestic violence in family law matters such as custody suits and Protective Orders. Also helped prepare parole packets for incarcerated women who fought back against their abusers. Represented survivors of domestic violence in family law matters such as custody suits and Protective Orders. Also helped prepare parole packets for incarcerated women who fought back against their abusers.



Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP)

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

• Prisoner Justice Project Intern

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Responded to mail from incarcerated trans people nationwide, wrote medical advocacy letters to get incarcerated clients access to hormones, worked with incarcerated and previously incarcerated clients to get their names changed, visited clients in the Transgender Housing Unit at the Manhattan Detention Complex, helped community and staff members prepare for a public hearing in front of the Board of Correction, read the testimony of several of our incarcerated clients at the hearing, helped re-write a name change guide for incarcerated trans people, and performed intake of new clients every week. Show less



DLA Piper

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Law Clerk

  • May 2015 - Jul 2015

  Worked for DLA Piper's Los Angeles Labor and Employment group remotely from Austin, and co-authored a "trans 101" blog post for employers in light of evolving interpretations of Title VII. Worked for DLA Piper's Los Angeles Labor and Employment group remotely from Austin, and co-authored a "trans 101" blog post for employers in light of evolving interpretations of Title VII.



Wesleyan University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Thesis Mentor

  • Dec 2013 - Apr 2014

  Mentored senior honors thesis writers throughout the process of writing a 60+ page thesis.

• Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

  Assisted with the class entitled Writing Creative Nonfiction: led biweekly section meetings, met with students individually to discuss and workshop their writing.

• Writing Mentor

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

  Conducted one-on-one tutoring sessions with ELL students and honors theses candidates, working with them on the planning of their essays, while increasing their confidence in their own writing.



8-to-8 Non-Directive Listening Service

• Middletown, CT

• Volunteer Listener

  • Apr 2013 - Mar 2014

  Underwent extensive training on how to deal with calls pertaining to common college issues; interacted with callers weekly about topics including sexual orientation, depression/suicidal thoughts, and anxiety about the future after graduation. Underwent extensive training on how to deal with calls pertaining to common college issues; interacted with callers weekly about topics including sexual orientation, depression/suicidal thoughts, and anxiety about the future after graduation.



Wesleyan Orientation

• Middletown, Connecticut

• Orientation Intern

  • Jun 2013 - Sep 2013

  Planned, organized, and executed social/educational events for incoming freshmen, and answered questions from new students and families about transitioning to the college experience. Planned, organized, and executed social/educational events for incoming freshmen, and answered questions from new students and families about transitioning to the college experience.



HuffPost

• United States
• Online Media
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Editorial Intern

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Organized online databases, prepared website for publication, and assisted in designing website art in Photoshop. Organized online databases, prepared website for publication, and assisted in designing website art in Photoshop.