Technical Facilitator

• Mar 2023 - Present

Server

• Sep 2022 - Present

Kasama is a bakery and modern Filipino restaurant located in the Ukrainian Village of Chicago. It is the first Filipino restaurant in the U.S. awarded a Michelin Star. Kasama is a bakery and modern Filipino restaurant located in the Ukrainian Village of Chicago. It is the first Filipino restaurant in the U.S. awarded a Michelin Star.

General Office Aide for the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

• Nov 2022 - Apr 2023

Service and Culinary Team Member

• May 2019 - Oct 2021

HBFC is a neighborhood chicken joint with progressive policies (in comparison to other restaurants in the food industry which usually lack said policies) that support its employees while serving tasty food. Some policies include sick pay leave, PTO, paid parental leave, and a no-tip policy. - Active member of the Diversity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee to support the implementation of staff development and in-service training. - Maintained order efficiency and accuracy through clear communication with kitchen staff, earning numerous recommendations from satisfied customers. Show less

Development Intern

• Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

C2C is a non-profit organization that provides children from birth through age 12 with the essentials they need to thrive — at home, school and play. They supply items free of charge by working with their networks within the community, such as friends and family, corporate donors and service partners to help children overcome clothing insecurity by giving them confidence and materials they need to succeed, while also tackling child poverty across the U.S. - Organize collaborative fundraising events with local Chicago businesses by outreaching to business owners and PR team to host donation drives to give essential materials to children and families across Chicago. - Assisted in setting up numerous backpacking events throughout the summer, such figuring out event layout and logistics with mover trucks, at corporate donors’ venues for back-to-school preparations. - Conduct research to aid in grant writing material and educational purposes. - Drafted and sent thank you emails to donors and volunteers for their time and commitment to help C2C’s mission. Show less

Youth Organizing Fellow

• Mar 2018 - Aug 2019

HANA’s mission is to empower Korean American and multi-ethnic immigrant communities through social services, education, culture, and community organizing to advance human rights. I worked specifically with the Youth Empowerment Department, which provided a supportive community for high school and college-aged youth to gain skills of leadership, critical thinking, emotional awareness, and creative expression. - Conducted in-depth research into recruitment and retention for after school programs and implemented optimal solutions to drive organizational change. - Conceptualized creative content for website, emails, and social media to establish organizational branding model and infrastructure. - Coordinated a petition drive resulting in over 300 high school youth signatures. - Designed and facilitated workshops on topics such as decolonization, oppression, gender justice, and educational reform at city-wide conferences. - Coordinated HANA Center’s major summer youth event, a talent show fundraiser; successfully raising over $1500 in individual, small business, and corporate donations - Managed social media schedule for HANA Center’s Giving Tuesday Fundraiser, successfully raising $18,000 - Conducted surveys on topics such as education and microaggressions to support campaigns for the youth program - Participated in nation-wide conferences on topics such as anti-Blackness, Asian-American empowerment, DACA, and education reform Show less

Data Entry and Social Media Intern

• Oct 2017 - Jan 2018

NAKASEC's mission is to organize Korean and Asian Americans to achieve social, economic, and racial justice. - Managed documents by organizing forms, making photocopies, filing records, preparing correspondence and creating reports. - Developed marketing content such as blogs, promotional materials and advertisements for social media. - Spoke with US Congressmen and Congresswomen to fight in solidarity with the undocumented community. NAKASEC's mission is to organize Korean and Asian Americans to achieve social, economic, and racial justice. - Managed documents by organizing forms, making photocopies, filing records, preparing correspondence and creating reports. - Developed marketing content such as blogs, promotional materials and advertisements for social media. - Spoke with US Congressmen and Congresswomen to fight in solidarity with the undocumented community.