Experience

Institute for Youth in Policy

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

• Fellowship Candidate

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  - Attend workshops and lectures related to various topics in public policy, policy advocacy, and policy-making - Create two research papers (one collaborative and one individual) on criminal justice policy - Attend workshops and lectures related to various topics in public policy, policy advocacy, and policy-making - Create two research papers (one collaborative and one individual) on criminal justice policy



Alliance for Justice

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• State Courts Intern

  • May 2023 - Present

  - Conduct legal research to support advocacy efforts in New York and Pennsylvania - Assist in the creation of the monthly "State of Justice" newsletter, detailing current events related to state courts - Research candidates for judgeships in Michigan, Alaska, and Oregon to gauge whether or not the organization should support their candidacies - Assist in media monitoring, participate in political communications trainings, and other ad-hoc projects assigned to me - Conduct legal research to support advocacy efforts in New York and Pennsylvania - Assist in the creation of the monthly "State of Justice" newsletter, detailing current events related to state courts - Research candidates for judgeships in Michigan, Alaska, and Oregon to gauge whether or not the organization should support their candidacies - Assist in media monitoring, participate in political communications trainings, and other ad-hoc projects assigned to me



Temple University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jul 2021 - Present

  - Give campus tours to prospective first-year and transfer students as well as visiting faculty and staff- Attend info sessions and other admissions events to answer questions and offer a student perspective - Work on miscellaneous projects given to me by Admissions and Academic and Student Services staff, including data entry tasks and front desk management

• • Sep 2020 - Present

  - Plan, organize, and staff campus-wide events such as free food giveaways, craft events, stress-relief events, etc.- Spearhead programming for Black History Month, Women's History Month, National Coming Out Day, and other events celebrating and educating about marginalized groups- Facilitate the creation a fun, positive environment at Temple's Ambler Campus

• • Oct 2021 - Dec 2021

  - Provided a student perspective and ideas for student engagement in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programming across University College (All of Temple's satellite campuses apart from the international ones)- Facilitated a University College-wide winter clothing drive to support underprivileged youth across the state of Pennsylvania



Alexandra Hunt for Philadelphia City Controller

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Deputy Political Director

  • Jan 2023 - May 2023

  - Manage and conduct endorsements-related outreach to Philadelphian political organizations - Complete endorsement questionnaires, doing policy research as needed - Act as a youth liaison for the campaign, connecting the candidate with local student organizations and attending youth civic engagement events across Philadelphia - Assist the field staff in phonebanking, textbanking, and lit-dropping across the City - Manage and conduct endorsements-related outreach to Philadelphian political organizations - Complete endorsement questionnaires, doing policy research as needed - Act as a youth liaison for the campaign, connecting the candidate with local student organizations and attending youth civic engagement events across Philadelphia - Assist the field staff in phonebanking, textbanking, and lit-dropping across the City



ACLU

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

• • Sep 2022 - Dec 2022

  - Continued coalition-building work with ACLU affiliates- Worked with campaign and organizing strategists to establish an organizing program for the Maricopa County Attorney race, comprising 350,000+ texts- Conducted research on alternative crisis response models and effectiveness to support a 2023 police divestment ballot initiative- Researched drug decriminalization and legalization models across the nation to support the ACLU's 2023 advocacy endeavors

• • May 2022 - Aug 2022

  - Assisted in communications work and oppositional research for District Attorney races in Maricopa County, AZ and Shelby County, TN- Identified key District Attorney races for the ACLU to get involved in for 2023 and completed campaign proposals for each race- Conducted a landscape analysis to identify races in which abortion prosecution is a documented delta- Scheduled and participated in meetings with ACLU affiliates to discuss national electoral opportunities



Ashley Ehasz for Congress

• • Sep 2022 - Nov 2022

  - Engaged in direct voter contact via phonebanking and camvassing- Co-headed the campaign's internship program with 40+ interns from across the nation- Staffed campaign events such as rallies and fundraisers- Created scripts and training materials for direct voter contact- Conducted community organization outreach to gain institutional support for the candidate- Analyzed phonebanking data to improve the campaign's phonebanking program to the point of making 80,000+ calls to PA-01 constituents by election day Show less

• • Jul 2022 - Sep 2022

  - Conducted platform research for social media posts- Participated in and led weekly phonebanks - Created training and supplemental materials for phonebanking - Mobilized volunteers across Bucks County to elect Ashley Ehasz to PA's 1st Congressional district



Progressive Turnout Project

• United States
• Political Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Political Organizing Fellow

  • Sep 2022 - Nov 2022

  The Progressive Turnout Project funded my field organizing position with Ashley Ehasz's congressional campaign - Attended weekly political and electoral organizing trainings conducted by expert organizers and campaign staffers - Completed weekly metrics reports to log all my voter interactions for that week - Met bi-weekly with an assigned cohort to brainstorm ideas to improve our campaigns' field programs and connect with one another as organizers The Progressive Turnout Project funded my field organizing position with Ashley Ehasz's congressional campaign - Attended weekly political and electoral organizing trainings conducted by expert organizers and campaign staffers - Completed weekly metrics reports to log all my voter interactions for that week - Met bi-weekly with an assigned cohort to brainstorm ideas to improve our campaigns' field programs and connect with one another as organizers



Done Waiting

• United States
• Political Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Sep 2021 - Jun 2022

  - Expanded the organization's social media reach by following those who like, share, and follow politically progressive content and pages- Recorded and reported Twitter and Instagram analytics to the Social Media Director at weekly meetings- Identified particularly successful categories of posts and provided ideas for increasing engagement- Facilitated major social media growth for the organization; Gained 2000+ followers on Twitter and 350+ followers on Instagram within 2 months

• • Jun 2021 - Jan 2022

  - Led weekly socials with a small group of other members of the organization- Facilitated action items such as emails to representatives, tweets to political commentators and writers, sharing and spreading progressive content on social media, and more.- Created a positive and collaborative environment across the organization

• • Feb 2021 - Aug 2021

  - Led and participated in 3 weekly phonebanking shifts; potentially more if asked to cover for another phonebank leader- Managed a small team of phonebank leaders to whom I would give constructive feedback and do bi-weekly check-ins with- Assisted in the organization's grassroots advocacy on Nina Turner's 2021 campaign (over 500,000 calls), reproductive justice, voting rights, and establishing asylum status for Afghan refugees



Alexandra Hunt for Congress

• • Dec 2021 - May 2022

  - Attended all phone banking shifts- Onboarded campaign phone bank leaders and helped train phonebankers on how to use ThruTalk and OpenVPB- Created training materials and schedule for phone banking - Facilitated growing the campaign phone banking program to the point of making 1500+ calls per shift- Took charge of election-day phone and text communications, making 8,000 calls and over 110,000 texts in one day

• • Jul 2021 - May 2022

  - Conducted outreach to 600+ local and national organizations, unions, and committee people to solicit endorsements and recruit volunteers - Completed endorsement questionnaires and voter guides and did policy research as appropriate - Scheduled endorsement meetings between candidate, organizations, and union leaders

• • May 2021 - Aug 2021

  - Conducted policy, legislative, and corruption-related research on opposing candidates- Created documents and spreadsheets detailing research findings- Aided in the process of power mapping Pennsylvania’s 3rd congressional district by finding local small businesses to support the campaign

• • Mar 2021 - May 2021

  - Conducted 75+ calls per week to help secure donations to the campaign



Simply Smart Tutoring LLC

• Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States

• English Second Language Tutor

  • Jul 2020 - Sep 2020

  Online tutoring company - Worked with international students in order to help them improve in English, usually in preparation for the TOEFL or Chinese gaokao exam. - Created my own lesson plans that were tailored to each student's personal interests - Recorded all my hours - Took notes on each student's individual progress Online tutoring company - Worked with international students in order to help them improve in English, usually in preparation for the TOEFL or Chinese gaokao exam. - Created my own lesson plans that were tailored to each student's personal interests - Recorded all my hours - Took notes on each student's individual progress