Experience

ACLU of Texas

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Legal Intern

  • May 2023 - Present



Texas Undergraduate Law Journal

• United States
• Administration of Justice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor in Chief

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  - manage online writers and editors for the Texas Undergraduate Law Journal’s online blog - edit articles on a variety of topics including healthcare, LGBTQ rights, abortion rights, and international technology law - knowledge of legal Bluebook citation style used for all online articles - responsible for establishing and organizing the organization’s legal podcast, in which members prepare discussion points on current legal issues and analyze the legal and politics implications - published an article entitled “Re-examining the Batson Challenge” which discussed the institutional racial discrimination within the jury selection process and its implications for the racial disparities within the criminal justice system. Show less



Texas House of Representatives

• United States
• Legislative Offices
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legislative Intern and Policy Analyst

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  - Created one-pagers and frequently asked questions documents for each bill authored and sponsored by Representative Bryant, including bills to repeal the Texas abortion ban, implement air-conditioning in Texas prisons, ban conversion therapy, amend the Texas Constitution to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, and increase public education funding to account for inflation. Writing such documents required in-depth public policy research such as analyzing data on outcomes under the current policies and comparing it to the projected impact of the proposed policies. - Networked with organizations, including local civil rights organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, to testify in support of the bill and assisted in drafting the policy arguments for such organizations to use in the hearings. - Analyzed all bills filed in the 88th Regular Texas Legislative Session to interpret the language of the bill and ultimately provide recommendations to Representative Bryant on whether to support the bill, which involved extensive research on the impact of the public policy, including fiscal implications, compliance with federal and state court precedents, and constituent needs. - Wrote talking points for Representative Bryant’s press conferences and committee hearings, specifically on his assigned committee of Appropriations, which entailed research on the policy’s projected effects and outlined reasons why other representatives should support the policy. - Managed the office’s media relations by drafting press releases and opinion pieces for local news outlets justifying Representative Bryant’s votes on specific bills, including the Texas State budget. Show less



The University of Texas at Austin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Feb 2022 - Feb 2023

  - assisted PhD candidate Cornelia Lawrence with dissertation that analyzed and assessed levels of political participation among Asian-American voters across generations as a co-author - conducted 6 focus groups with Asian-American voters to gather data, which entailed extensive preparation including drafting discussion guide questions and analyzing participants’ demographic information to cater questions to their community experiences - analyzed and evaluated the traditional theory of minorities’ political participation increasing as generations that lived in the U.S increased to determine whether it accurately described the Asian-American experience in American politics - analyzed levels of disillusionment with the political process and compared it to earlier generations’ levels of political participation before they immigrated to the U.S in order to determine whether past disappointment and disengagement in the home country’s political system contributed to disillusionment with American politics Show less



ACLU of Texas

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer 2022 Undergraduate Legal Intern

  • May 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Organized all submissions and intakes into various categories according to legal issues they presented, including criminal justice, police brutality, abortion rights, school discrimination, and immigration and worked with attorneys to determine which legal issues were the most pressing in each intake, which entailed extensive research on the incident itself and past precedents by county, state, and federal courts • Created and updated a database to track all instances of criminal justice violations, specifically conditions of confinements and law enforcement interactions, which involved compiling a vast amount of intake data into a database and categorizing each issue area in order to discern patterns within the civil liberties violations in the Texas criminal justice system. • Expanded the organization’s resource list in all issues areas in order to give to clients in each major Texas city, especially as new issues arose, such as contacting and referring clients to several local abortion funds and services after the overturning of Roe vs. Wade in June 2022. Show less



Equal Justice Center

• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Employment Law Intern

  • Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

  - conducted detailed and comprehensive intakes for potential clients - conducted extensive research to provide clients with community resources that could alleviate their legal concerns - assisted employment attorneys by reviewing clients’ information and discerning legal issues from their cases, such as violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, or the Americans with Disabilities Act. - monitored the case database in order to ensure all information about clients was up to date - followed up with all clients on the status of their case to either refer them out to other organizations or keep them updated on the status of their case Show less