Experience

The Baton Rouge Youth Coalition (BRYC)

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Underclassmen Learning Manager

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  -Planned and facilitated workshops on academic success in high school and ACT prep in a free after school college access program. -Created and implemented new lessons and activities in my classes, leading to 95% of responding underclassmen and 92% of juniors in my programs agreeing that BRYC is a good use of time and enjoyable on the end of semester surveys -Created and rolled out an initiative that matched students to summer career exploration opportunities and helped them apply, leading to 37% of all underclassmen completing an application within the first semester. -Managed individualized communication and support for 40-80 Fellows and families as well as 15-40 volunteer mentors and tutors each year -Researched and synthesized information from EBR school board meetings and docs into strategies and talking points for leadership, leading to BRYC successfully securing $1.5 million in funding for the 23-34 school year. Show less



Connecticut Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity, and Opportunity

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Education Policy Fellow

  • May 2022 - Apr 2023

  -Compiled research documents on the implementation of Asian American and Pacific Islander history curricula in 4 different states and used them to create recommendations for Connecticut. -Researched and developed a list of recommendations for reforming Connecticut School Climate Laws (SB 1166), culminating in a new draft bill and model school climate policy. -Met with state representatives, school board leaders, teachers’ unions, and others to make edits and secure support for SB 1166, leading it to pass out of committee in a 37-4 vote, then being signed into law as part of SB 1. Show less



Upper Pointe Coupee Elementary

• United States
• Education Administration Programs

• 4-7 Grade English and Social Studies Teacher

  • Jul 2020 - Jul 2022

  -Mastered and taught 7 different curricula to students as part of a 4-teacher team that improved school’s performance grade from a D to a C in the first year with resumed standardized testing and individually scored in the 82nd percentile of all Louisiana teachers based on Value Added Scores the following year. -Contributed to strategic decisions on UPCE Instructional Leadership Team -Mastered and taught 7 different curricula to students as part of a 4-teacher team that improved school’s performance grade from a D to a C in the first year with resumed standardized testing and individually scored in the 82nd percentile of all Louisiana teachers based on Value Added Scores the following year. -Contributed to strategic decisions on UPCE Instructional Leadership Team



Aftab Pureval for Mayor

• Political Organizations

• Finance Intern

  • May 2021 - Aug 2021

  -researched and prospected donors, adding and updating over 400 contacts -performed maintenance on NGP database, eliminating duplicates -participated in call time ahead of filing deadlines, raising over $1500 -helped organize and send over 1000 invitations for fundraising event -researched and prospected donors, adding and updating over 400 contacts -performed maintenance on NGP database, eliminating duplicates -participated in call time ahead of filing deadlines, raising over $1500 -helped organize and send over 1000 invitations for fundraising event



Ohio Crime Victim Justice Center formerly The Justice League

• Intern

  • Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

  -Researched and prepared documents offering resources to crime victims on roughly 10 cases. -Initiated policy research on restitution in US Federal Courts, creating an original dataset and report with 166 entries. -Researched and prepared documents offering resources to crime victims on roughly 10 cases. -Initiated policy research on restitution in US Federal Courts, creating an original dataset and report with 166 entries.



ACLU

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

• Communications Intern

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  -Created and organized over a dozen journalist contact lists with 10-30 journalists per list. -Wrote articles and pitched stories to newspapers for ACLU initiatives, resulting in 3-4 published stories. -Created and organized over a dozen journalist contact lists with 10-30 journalists per list. -Wrote articles and pitched stories to newspapers for ACLU initiatives, resulting in 3-4 published stories.


Aaron Foldenauer for New York City Council
• Deputy Director of Communications

  • May 2017 - Aug 2017