Experience

Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition

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

• Paralegal

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  - Prepare naturalization, DACA, and other immigration-related applications under supervision of the Legal Services Manager; communicate with clients and relay application materials to USCIS. - Provide support to the Legal Services Manager; assist with client follow-up appointments to complete necessary forms and applications. - Lead and support volunteer application-preparers at naturalization workshops. - Provide follow-up communication regarding correspondence from relevant agencies; maintain client confidentiality and streamline legal tracking systems. Show less



Student Basic Needs Coalition

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Board: Vanderbilt Chapter

  • Aug 2021 - May 2022

  - Worked with the executive board and Vanderbilt Mutual Aid to determine and address Vanderbilt students’, staff, and graduate students’ basic needs. - Addressed problems pertaining to food insecurity, mobility issues during winter weather, and financial insecurity by administering campus-wide surveys, initiating donation campaigns, and recruiting grant writers. - Worked with the executive board and Vanderbilt Mutual Aid to determine and address Vanderbilt students’, staff, and graduate students’ basic needs. - Addressed problems pertaining to food insecurity, mobility issues during winter weather, and financial insecurity by administering campus-wide surveys, initiating donation campaigns, and recruiting grant writers.



NAACP

• Civic and Social Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Vice President of Vanderbilt NAACP

  • May 2021 - May 2022

  - Amplified marginalized voices on campus through intra- and inter-organizational events. - Facilitated NAACP general body meetings and oversaw operations of the NAACP’s political activism, social justice, and community service committees.- Collaborated with the President to develop and maintain relationships with organizations within and outside of Vanderbilt.- Served on student leader panel to discuss campus experience as a marginalized individual, oversaw executive board event planning, and distributed information about upcoming events. Show less

• Social Justice Committee

  • Oct 2019 - May 2021

  - Collaborated on Vanderbilt NAACP's committee dedicated to magnifying current issues affecting people of color and raising awareness to both on- and off-campus injustices.- Organized events and supported initiatives to target discrimination and combat racial injustices against people of color, including roundtable discussions on misogynoir, political activism, and multiracial identities.



Launch Mentorship

• United States
• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations Committee Chairwoman and Mentor Lead

  • Oct 2020 - May 2022

  - Reached out to underserved communities to break financial and discriminatory barriers that impede secondary students’ academic and personal growth. - Developed mentorship curriculum for high school students to promote extracurricular success and equip students with skill sets pertinent to the college application process. - Coordinated with the Chief Operations Officer and Executive Board to oversee project proposals and manage operational policies of LAUNCH Mentorship. - Reached out to underserved communities to break financial and discriminatory barriers that impede secondary students’ academic and personal growth. - Developed mentorship curriculum for high school students to promote extracurricular success and equip students with skill sets pertinent to the college application process. - Coordinated with the Chief Operations Officer and Executive Board to oversee project proposals and manage operational policies of LAUNCH Mentorship.



Vanderbilt University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student

  • Aug 2018 - May 2022

• Racial Justice Lab, Research Assistant

  • Feb 2022 - Mar 2022

  - Researched artist and housing collaboratives to locate funding sources for development projects.- Located grant funds for monetary support on art and racial justice initiatives.- Wrote briefing memos and reported to project lead with updates on available funding sources.

• Racial Justice Lab, Research Assistant

  • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  - Wrote briefing memos on the policy environment surrounding affordable artist housing and municipal arts funding in Nashville, TN.- Researched the state of creative placemaking in Nashville to jumpstart initiatives that promote community building and halt gentrification.



Vanderbilt NAACP

• Empowerment Summit Co-Chair

  • Sep 2021 - Mar 2022

  - Co-designed the inaugural Empowerment Summit -- a one-day conference focused on practicing mindfulness while engaging in activism. - Collaborated with the Student Center for Social Justice and Identity and other social justice organizations on campus to develop workshops centered around allyship, student-activist empowerment, and mental health. - Facilitated biweekly meetings to review the conference agenda and oversee project timeline. - Delegated tasks to each committee and collaborate with co-chairs to recruit volunteers and workshop leaders. Show less



Frist Art Museum

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Developer

  • Jun 2021 - Oct 2021

  - Co-developed the Kara Walker Summit, a conference and roundtable discussion at the Frist catered to young Black college women that focused on unpacking Walker’s work, understanding racism and misogynoir in the present day, and creating a safe space for Black women. - Led conversations with Summit attendees on Kara Walker’s Cut to the Quick exhibit that critiques the legacies of slavery, violence, imperialism, sexism, and other hierarchal power structures, including those in the history and hierarchies of art and contemporary culture. Show less



RaisetheVoices

• United States
• Political Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Human Rights and Democracy Advocate-Journalist

  • Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  - Engaged in advocacy journalism to press jurisdictions on accounts of police brutality across the US and seek justice for victims of police violence. - Published articles urging public officials to deliver justice to wronged individuals and underscored the unjust treatment of individuals in the U.S. carceral system. - Engaged in advocacy journalism to press jurisdictions on accounts of police brutality across the US and seek justice for victims of police violence. - Published articles urging public officials to deliver justice to wronged individuals and underscored the unjust treatment of individuals in the U.S. carceral system.

• Food Crawl and English Innovations Intern

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  - Organized InterNASHional Food Crawl fundraiser to fund TIRRC’s mission to uplift and fight for immigrant and refugee rights; managed troubleshooting and raised over $60,000. - Assisted in recruitment of over 60 restaurants to participate in the fundraiser; aided with recruitment and management of 200 volunteers and over 1000 participants. - Assisted with data entry and organization of English classes; participated in civic engagement activities, including volunteering at Nashville’s mayoral candidate forum. Show less



Williamson County Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• School-Aged Child Care

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  - Provided care services and fostered a nurturing, safe environment for school-aged children, supervising up to 10 students at a given time. - Led and participated in activities that promoted cognitive and emotional development for students, in addition to physical activities. - Engaged in activities and conversations that promoted personal emotional maturation and an increased ability to manage responsibilities efficiently. - Provided care services and fostered a nurturing, safe environment for school-aged children, supervising up to 10 students at a given time. - Led and participated in activities that promoted cognitive and emotional development for students, in addition to physical activities. - Engaged in activities and conversations that promoted personal emotional maturation and an increased ability to manage responsibilities efficiently.



Multicultural Leadership Council

• United States
• Community Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• First-Year Representative

  • Aug 2018 - May 2019

  - Addressed issues that minorities face on campus and organized events that foster a safe, inclusive environment for marginalized students. - Organized a Politics of Cultural Identity Panel to discuss the tribulations minority students and faculty face on a predominantly white campus. - Addressed issues that minorities face on campus and organized events that foster a safe, inclusive environment for marginalized students. - Organized a Politics of Cultural Identity Panel to discuss the tribulations minority students and faculty face on a predominantly white campus.