Experience

Innocence Project

• United States
• Legal Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Policy Researcher

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Provides wide-ranging research, tracking, and record-keeping support to the Policy team, with a particular focus on supporting active policy campaigns each year as a part of the team’s state-based advocacy work. As Policy Researcher I am responsible for: - Assisting with policy campaigns development and planning by conducting state and campaign-specific research and creating materials to aid with campaign planning and stakeholder engagement. - Tracking active legislation across the IP policy deparmtent's various issue areas and campaigns each year, as well as tracking active legislation in relevant criminal legal reform issue areas. - Liaising with the Communications team and creating digital advocacy campaign materials.- Providing various types of research in real time as needed for the team and for organizational partners. - Tracking relevant news from across the country pertaining to wrongful conviction-related issues and cases, criminal legal reform trends, and state-based politics. - Keeping internal and external materials up to date to reflect progress of reforms. - Conducting longer-term research projects on IP policy issue areas, as well as surveys to assess compliance with previously passed policy reforms. Show less

• Policy Associate

  • Oct 2015 - May 2021

  The Innocence Project works to overturn and prevent wrongful convictions in the United States. The Policy Department leads state-level legislative campaigns across the U.S. and engages in other advocacy to educate the public about wrongful convictions. As Policy Associate, I am responsible for:- Conducting policy and legal research in support of policy campaigns.- Keeping internal and external documents up to date.- Tracking and analyzing relevant bills. - Tracking and digesting news related to criminal justice reform efforts and state-level politics. - Creating digital content for policy campaigns. - Conducting in-depth research on new/emerging issues. - Organizing working groups with partner organizations. Show less

• Communications Assistant

  • Jan 2015 - Oct 2015



City Bakery & Birdbath Bakery

• New York, NY

• Counter Staff/Barista

  • Jun 2012 - Sep 2015



Educational Video Center

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Intern

  • Jul 2014 - Sep 2014

  EVC is a nonprofit organization that runs documentary video workshops for New York City students with a focus on teaching video as a medium for youth engagement in social justice issues present in their communities and personal lives. EVC's professional development programs are also focused on training teacher-coaches who work with students and teachers to integrate video and media literacy skills into the classroom. - Designed an EVC professional development programs website - Assisted with office tasks (data entry, research on schools and grants) - Participated in and helped facilitate EVC's Summer Institute for teachers Show less



Hampshire College

• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Student

  • Sep 2010 - May 2014

  Majored in critical media studies with a focus on the politics of representation on commercial television and film. My year-long senior thesis project (Division III), entitled "Orange Is the New White: White Frameworks and the Illusion of Progress on Commercial Television," analyzed the popular Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black" through the lenses of cultural studies, critical race theory, gender studies, and queer theory and can be downloaded here:

• Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

  Teaching Assistant for the course "Speaking the Unspoken: Media Irony & Cultural Politics" at Hampshire College. The course itself engaged with the intersections of irony/humor and the politics of representation in popular media. - Worked closely with a professor on readings and assignments for the course- Researched and provided relevant media to aid class discussions- Shared my past and present academic research with the class- Prepared and led a full class meeting- Made myself available to students outside of class and provided guidance with course assignments and final papers Show less



Media Education Foundation

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing and Administrative Intern

  • Jan 2014 - Apr 2014

  The Media Education Foundation (MEF) is an organization that produces and distributes films that engage with the relationships between media representation and current social issues. MEF films are primarily tailored for educational use in colleges and universities with the goal of educating and engaging students with the politics of our commercial media culture. - Worked closely with employees and other interns to better understand the larger workings of MEF as well as smaller projects within the administrative office - Independent work on long-term and short-term projects throughout the semester - Researched and corresponded with scholars, authors, and activists in subject areas related to a current MEF film - Corresponded with college/university librarians and event organizers - Worked with sales programs (Salesforce, Everest), email list organization (MailChimp), and an online video streaming platform (Kanopy) - Submitted films for festivals/awards - Researched and kept up with news around MEF films and the people featured in them Show less



The Reader

• Amherst, Massachusetts

• Editor of Prose and Poetry

  • 2012 - 2013

  The Reader is a student-run literary magazine at Hampshire College. We specialize in the publication of student work in the areas of prose, poetry, and visual art. The Reader publishes one magazine each school year and works to organize and participate in on-campus events such as writer's workshops, student readings, gallery shows of student work, and various events in conjunction with other Hampshire groups. I joined The Reader in 2012 as a Member of the Prose and Poetry Editorial Staff and was bumped up to a Head Editor of Prose and Poetry the following school year. I also submitted some of my own written work that was published in the 2012 publication of The Reader. - Read, edited, and selected submissions to the magazine - Worked with and organizing the prose and poetry editorial staff - Worked together with the entire Reader staff to organize and order the final magazine - Participated in staff decisions and publishing processes - Involvement in promotion for The Reader - Involvement in events organized by The Reader Show less



Vision Education and Media

• Greater New York City Area

• Lead/Assistant Teacher

  • Sep 2009 - Aug 2011

  I taught and assisted with Robofun after school and summer classes (ages 6-12) in lego robotics, stop motion animation, and Scratch video game design. - Organized classroom games and activities - Taught lessons for the whole class and worked with students one-on-one - Facilitated summer camp activities (trips to the park, lunchtime games, entertainment) - Designed new robots and building instructions for classroom use - Assisted with office tasks (filing, putting together instruction booklets) - Facilitated off-site birthday parties and other events Show less