Jessica Tueller
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish Full professional proficiency
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Portuguese Full professional proficiency
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French Limited working proficiency
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Credentials
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License to practice law
DC Bar Litigation CommunityJan, 2022- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Tulane University Law School
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United States
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Forrester Fellow
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Jul 2023 - Present
Teaching two sections of "Legal Research & Writing" Teaching two sections of "Legal Research & Writing"
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University Network for Human Rights
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Middletown, Connecticut, United States
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Clinical Supervisor
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Sep 2022 - Jun 2023
Supervised students from Wesleyan University, Yale College, Yale Law School, and Columbia Law School on human rights advocacy projects, including a report on Honduran returnees and amicus briefs to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on mining and industrial pollution in Peru; coached students in Wesleyan’s human rights advocacy minor on writing and argumentation; coordinated a simulation exercise that trained students in Wesleyan’s human rights advocacy minor in the basics of fact-finding, documentation, and advocacy; led a fact-finding and documentation research trip to Honduras Show less
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Wesleyan University
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Public Policy
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Jan 2023 - May 2023
Co-taught "Introduction to Human Rights Standards" (CSPL 128), which included giving seven lectures and five review sessions, as well as grading response papers and the final exam Co-taught "Introduction to Human Rights Standards" (CSPL 128), which included giving seven lectures and five review sessions, as well as grading response papers and the final exam
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Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
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United States
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Non-profit Organization Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Robina Fellow
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Sep 2021 - Aug 2022
Monitoring daily the situation of LGBTI individuals in Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and the USA; drafting tweets, press releases, talking points, and reports on factual and legal developments in the Americas, on behalf of the Rapporteurship on the Rights of LGBTI Persons and often in collaboration with the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Women; providing technical opinions on cases and precautionary measures concerning LGBTI individuals; meeting with and conducting trainings for civil society organizations and States; organizing LGBTI Rapporteurship events and presenting on behalf of the Rapporteurship at external events; providing drafting, editing, and translation (to English) support for Commissioner Piovesan’s edited volume on transformative impact and Principles on Academic Freedom and University Autonomy Show less
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Yale Department of Political Science
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United States
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1 - 100 Employee
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Teaching Fellow for Theories, Practices, and Politics of Human Rights
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Feb 2021 - May 2021
Suggesting revisions to the syllabus; leading weekly discussion sections; lecturing on regional human rights systems; and grading attendance and participation, response papers, and final papers Suggesting revisions to the syllabus; leading weekly discussion sections; lecturing on regional human rights systems; and grading attendance and participation, response papers, and final papers
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Human Rights Watch
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Americas Division Intern
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Sep 2020 - Dec 2020
Drafting memos on current events in Latin America, with a focus on Peru and Trinidad & Tobago; conducting interviews with Venezuelan refugees and asylum seekers; analyzing footage from the 2020 protests in Peru Drafting memos on current events in Latin America, with a focus on Peru and Trinidad & Tobago; conducting interviews with Venezuelan refugees and asylum seekers; analyzing footage from the 2020 protests in Peru
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Yale Law School
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United States
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Higher Education
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300 - 400 Employee
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Research Assistant for Mindy Roseman
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Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
Researching and writing a memo on bodily autonomy in the context of international sexual and reproductive rights for a chapter of the UNFPA State of World Population 2021 report Researching and writing a memo on bodily autonomy in the context of international sexual and reproductive rights for a chapter of the UNFPA State of World Population 2021 report
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Center for Reproductive Rights
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Law Practice
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200 - 300 Employee
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Summer Associate
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Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
Researching and writing memos memos on legal and mental capacity in the context of sexual and reproductive rights; forced pregnancy in international humanitarian law; the potential for sexual and reproductive rights advocacy using Central American community law; the relationship between sexual and reproductive rights obligations in international refugee law and in international human rights law; and telemedicine and self-managed abortions Researching and writing memos memos on legal and mental capacity in the context of sexual and reproductive rights; forced pregnancy in international humanitarian law; the potential for sexual and reproductive rights advocacy using Central American community law; the relationship between sexual and reproductive rights obligations in international refugee law and in international human rights law; and telemedicine and self-managed abortions
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Human Rights Watch
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Americas Division Intern
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Feb 2020 - May 2020
Drafting memos and press releases on current events in Latin America, with a focus on Venezuela; conducting interviews with victims of human rights abuses as well as humanitarian workers, healthcare providers, and other experts Drafting memos and press releases on current events in Latin America, with a focus on Venezuela; conducting interviews with victims of human rights abuses as well as humanitarian workers, healthcare providers, and other experts
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Student Director
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Aug 2019 - May 2020
Organizing speaker and social events for the human rights community at Yale University and overseeing the Lowenstein Project, an extracurricular human rights group in which teams of first-year law students and undergraduates work on human rights issues on behalf of and with guidance from human rights or other public interest NGOs Organizing speaker and social events for the human rights community at Yale University and overseeing the Lowenstein Project, an extracurricular human rights group in which teams of first-year law students and undergraduates work on human rights issues on behalf of and with guidance from human rights or other public interest NGOs
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Blue Ocean Law
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Guam
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Intern
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Sep 2019 - Nov 2019
Writing memos and compiling bibliography on issues related to climate change and human rights Writing memos and compiling bibliography on issues related to climate change and human rights
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Center for Justice and International Law - CEJIL
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United States
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Legal Intern
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May 2019 - Jul 2019
Preparing legal materials (applications, resolutions, and more) for advocacy and litigation in the Inter-American Human Rights System Preparing legal materials (applications, resolutions, and more) for advocacy and litigation in the Inter-American Human Rights System
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Yale Law School
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United States
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Higher Education
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300 - 400 Employee
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Research Assistant for John Witt
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Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
Expanding and revising torts casebook to include statutory regulation Expanding and revising torts casebook to include statutory regulation
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LAWYERS WITHOUT BORDERS INC
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United States
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Intern
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Sep 2018 - Dec 2018
Preparing teaching materials for a prosecutor training program on counter-terrorism in Kenya Preparing teaching materials for a prosecutor training program on counter-terrorism in Kenya
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The Wilson Center
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United States
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Think Tanks
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200 - 300 Employee
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Citizen Security Intern
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May 2018 - Aug 2018
Administrative and research support for the Latin America Program's work on citizen security and Central America, including tracking the 2018 Nicaraguan protests, proofreading publications, website management, event planning, and writing blog posts and an op-ed Administrative and research support for the Latin America Program's work on citizen security and Central America, including tracking the 2018 Nicaraguan protests, proofreading publications, website management, event planning, and writing blog posts and an op-ed
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Randstad USA
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United States
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Staffing and Recruiting
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant for Kathryn Sikkink
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May 2018 - Aug 2018
Commenting on and editing drafts of The Hidden Face of Rights: Toward a Politics of Responsibilities (2020); and coding international treaties Commenting on and editing drafts of The Hidden Face of Rights: Toward a Politics of Responsibilities (2020); and coding international treaties
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Research Partner
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Jan 2018 - May 2018
Supervising a team of three undergraduates as they work on Professor Kathryn Sikkink's project "Human Rights and Human Responsibilities," running focus groups on the responsibility to vote, assisting in the creation of Professor Sikkink's new website Supervising a team of three undergraduates as they work on Professor Kathryn Sikkink's project "Human Rights and Human Responsibilities," running focus groups on the responsibility to vote, assisting in the creation of Professor Sikkink's new website
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Consortium on Gender, Security, and Human Rights
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United States
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Research Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Intern
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Sep 2017 - May 2018
Creating/revising annotated bibliographies related to the Women, Peace and Security agenda, with a focus on resources in Spanish and Portuguese on landgrabbing and land rights; organizing Spring 2018 Speaker Series; training new interns; and performing administrative tasks Creating/revising annotated bibliographies related to the Women, Peace and Security agenda, with a focus on resources in Spanish and Portuguese on landgrabbing and land rights; organizing Spring 2018 Speaker Series; training new interns; and performing administrative tasks
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Research Assistant
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Jun 2017 - Jan 2018
Assisting with Professor Kathryn Sikkink's book, Evidence for Hope: Make Human Rights Work in the 21st Century, as well as with other articles and research projects. Assisting with Professor Kathryn Sikkink's book, Evidence for Hope: Make Human Rights Work in the 21st Century, as well as with other articles and research projects.
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Harvard Radcliffe Institute
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United States
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Research Partner
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Jan 2017 - Jun 2017
Assisting with Professor Kathryn Sikkink's book, Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century, including copyediting, securing copyright permissions and creating the index. Assisting with Professor Kathryn Sikkink's book, Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century, including copyediting, securing copyright permissions and creating the index.
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The Florence Project
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Florence, AZ
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Intern
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Jan 2017 - Feb 2017
Responsible for interviewing detainees, assisting with asylum applications, conducting country conditions research and performing administrative tasks Responsible for interviewing detainees, assisting with asylum applications, conducting country conditions research and performing administrative tasks
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Research Assistant
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May 2015 - Jan 2017
Working for Professor Kathryn Sikkink, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Responsible for researching the history of human rights and assisting with the writing of her latest book. Working for Professor Kathryn Sikkink, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Responsible for researching the history of human rights and assisting with the writing of her latest book.
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WorldTeach
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United States
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Education Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Volunteer
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Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
English teacher at Unidad Educativa Fiscomisional Técnico Ecuador in Mindo. Responsible for designing curriculum and creating lesson plans. English teacher at Unidad Educativa Fiscomisional Técnico Ecuador in Mindo. Responsible for designing curriculum and creating lesson plans.
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Access Services Assistant
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Sep 2014 - May 2016
Responsible for processing books, scanning, shelving and customer service. Promotion to Harvard Direct Assistant (Aug 2015–May 2016): In addition to the above, responsible for pulling requests and training employees. Responsible for processing books, scanning, shelving and customer service. Promotion to Harvard Direct Assistant (Aug 2015–May 2016): In addition to the above, responsible for pulling requests and training employees.
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Intern
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Aug 2015 - Apr 2016
Responsible for translation/interpretation, communications, case research and administrative work. Responsible for translation/interpretation, communications, case research and administrative work.
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Intern
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Jun 2015 - Jul 2015
Responsible for researching and reporting on policy, statistics and culture surrounding abortion. Responsible for researching and reporting on policy, statistics and culture surrounding abortion.
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Harvard Radcliffe Institute
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United States
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Research Partner
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Sep 2014 - May 2015
Project: Latin America and the Idea of International Human Rights with Professor Kathryn Sikkink. Responsible for researching and presenting reports on the history of human rights in Latin America. Project: Latin America and the Idea of International Human Rights with Professor Kathryn Sikkink. Responsible for researching and presenting reports on the history of human rights in Latin America.
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Education
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2018 - 2021
Yale Law School
Doctor of Law - JD -
2014 - 2018
Harvard University
Bachelor's, History & Literature: Latin America -
2017 - 2017
Consortium for Advanced Studies Abroad: Buenos Aires
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2016 - 2016
School for International Training
Semester Study Abroad, Brazil: Social Innovation and Community Development -
2010 - 2014
Desert Vista High School
4.0; Valedictorian
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