Kira Nagoshi

Administrative Director at Harvard Square Homeless Shelter
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, US
Languages
  • Spanish Limited working proficiency
  • Chinese Limited working proficiency
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency

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Experience

    • United States
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Administrative Director
      • Jan 2022 - Present

      Fostering the shelter’s relationship with the City of Cambridge, leading new initiatives, maintaining vital documentation and data, and revising active policy throughout the shelter season, in addition to supervising overnight and/or evening shifts providing emergency shelter to 20+ guests per night.

    • Overnight Supervisor
      • Oct 2021 - Jan 2022

    • Overnight Volunteer
      • Jun 2021 - Sep 2021

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • SIBMI Research Intern
      • Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

      Worked to improve and validate ML models for tuberculosis antibiotic resistance prediction in the Farhat Lab as a student in the Summer Institute for Biomedical Informatics (SIBMI). Worked to improve and validate ML models for tuberculosis antibiotic resistance prediction in the Farhat Lab as a student in the Summer Institute for Biomedical Informatics (SIBMI).

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Lab Course Assistant for Life Sciences 50
      • Feb 2022 - Jun 2022

    • United States
    • E-Learning Providers
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Grader and Message Board Assistant ("Halper")
      • Apr 2020 - Mar 2022

      Offer students personalized feedback and guidance on improving their writing skills in mathematics. Provide hints and help on message boards to students who are taking courses through Art of Problem Solving's online curriculum and/or who are working on problem sets from contests such as Mathcounts or the AMC. Offer students personalized feedback and guidance on improving their writing skills in mathematics. Provide hints and help on message boards to students who are taking courses through Art of Problem Solving's online curriculum and/or who are working on problem sets from contests such as Mathcounts or the AMC.

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • UX Project Manager
      • Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

      In collaboration with the United Nations Capital Development Fund's Policy Accelerator, led a team of designers in conducting user research and iteratively designing a digital resource for peer market comparison and benchmarking to policymakers in order to help improve digital financial access.Our user insights and subsequent design recommendations were eventually integrated into an updated version of the UNCDF Policy Accelerator guide as linked below.

    • UX Designer
      • Sep 2020 - Aug 2021

      Was the sole designer on a team of software engineers designing and implementing an administrative backend and progressive web app for Audiopedia, an open-source audible knowledge application providing vital knowledge to women and girls across the world. Worked on a team of UX designers to design and prototype a new evidence management framework for Human Rights Watch.Conducted work internally for T4SG as well, both in assessing the impact from previous semesters of work and in planning and preparing for onboarding new members in the coming semester. Show less

    • United States
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Case Team Leader
      • Jul 2021 - Dec 2021

      Building off of previous semesters' work, co-led a team of 5 analysts in creating actionable and specific recommendations for a large humanitarian nonprofit client to expand equity and access.Led another team of 5 to conduct direct market research and provide actionable strategies for a major technology conglomerate in expanding its client base.

    • Case Analyst
      • Sep 2020 - Aug 2021

      Through direct casework with clients, I developed and presented personalized strategies for ensuring equity at a major health-based humanitarian nonprofit and made partnership recommendations and conducted interviews of key stakeholders in the Boston cell and gene therapy space to advise a Fortune 500 life sciences company.Co-authored a whitepaper on innovative cell therapy and engineering, attached below.

    • United States
    • Performing Arts
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Work-Study Student
      • Jul 2021 - Nov 2021

      Working weekly early morning shifts to clean and open the studio space while taking classes in all styles of dance from hip hop to contemporary. Working weekly early morning shifts to clean and open the studio space while taking classes in all styles of dance from hip hop to contemporary.

    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Intern
      • Jun 2021 - Nov 2021

      Computational research in the Wu Lab (cancer immunology) at Dana-Farber Cancer Center. Computational research in the Wu Lab (cancer immunology) at Dana-Farber Cancer Center.

    • Non-profit Organizations
    • Writer
      • Jan 2021 - Sep 2021

      Publish stories and articles in Health Righters, an intercollegiate publication at the intersection of healthcare and human rights. Publish stories and articles in Health Righters, an intercollegiate publication at the intersection of healthcare and human rights.

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Test Writer
      • May 2019 - Sep 2020

      Write math tests, primarily at the Algebra level, for Mu Alpha Theta contests at the local and national level to be used at future conventions. The other 2019-2020 Florida Mu Alpha Theta Student Delegate Officers and I also wrote an Interschool test for the 2020 State Convention featuring a series of original questions ranging from calculus to riddles. Write math tests, primarily at the Algebra level, for Mu Alpha Theta contests at the local and national level to be used at future conventions. The other 2019-2020 Florida Mu Alpha Theta Student Delegate Officers and I also wrote an Interschool test for the 2020 State Convention featuring a series of original questions ranging from calculus to riddles.

    • United States
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Marketing & Outreach Intern
      • Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

      Promoted and facilitated remote educational initiatives like podcasts, instructional videos, and exhibits through social networking and traditional media to combat “COVID-19 educational slide.” This was a volunteer internship supported by Harvard's 2020 SPARK program. Promoted and facilitated remote educational initiatives like podcasts, instructional videos, and exhibits through social networking and traditional media to combat “COVID-19 educational slide.” This was a volunteer internship supported by Harvard's 2020 SPARK program.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Nov 2018 - Aug 2020

      Published paper "Peer-assisted feedback: a successful approach for providing feedback on United States Medical Licensing Exam-style clinical skills exam notes in the United States" under mentorship of Dr. Carolyn Stalvey - My primary role was to analyze numerical and quantative data from hundreds of medical student surveys and contribute to the writing and editing of the manuscript. - I also participated in the oral presentation of this paper at the Southern Group for Educational Affairs Conference in March 2019 in Orlando, Florida. Most recently, I worked on a new medical education-based project focusing on the analysis of qualitative data using programs like NVivo. Show less

    • United States
    • Restaurants
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Associate
      • May 2019 - Apr 2020

      Provided service in both drive-thru and front of house to help create positive guest experiences and further the goals of the company. Cross-trained to work in multiple areas of the store, from dish-washing to bakery. Provided service in both drive-thru and front of house to help create positive guest experiences and further the goals of the company. Cross-trained to work in multiple areas of the store, from dish-washing to bakery.

    • Research Assistant
      • Jul 2019 - Jan 2020

      Published paper “Assessing the use of wing morphometrics to identify fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) host strains in field collections" under mentorship of Dr. Sandra Allan - My primary role was to dissect and prepare moth wing specimens and perform morphometric statistically analyses using various applications such as MorphoJ. Published paper “Assessing the use of wing morphometrics to identify fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) host strains in field collections" under mentorship of Dr. Sandra Allan - My primary role was to dissect and prepare moth wing specimens and perform morphometric statistically analyses using various applications such as MorphoJ.

Education

  • Harvard University
    Applied Math in Study of the Human Past
    2020 - 2024
  • University of Florida
    Dual Enrollment, GPA - 4.0/4.0
    2019 - 2020
  • F. W. Buchholz High School
    GPA - 4.883/4.0
    2016 - 2020

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