Experience

Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund (CWEALF)

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

• Policy and Program Coordinator

  • Feb 2020 - Present

  • Advanced CWEALF’s legislative agenda centered on women’s economic security including policies expanding rights and protections at work, strengthening Connecticut’s care infrastructure, and closing gender and racial wage gaps.• Coordinated, facilitated and successfully headed the She Leads Justice initiative, an 11-month advocacy training program that equips previous Legal Education clients with the skills they need to become leaders in communities throughout the state of Connecticut.• Essential catalyst for moving the organization’s internal and external racial equity work towards becoming explicitly anti-racist and centered on justice, collective freedom, and intersectional feminism.



The Law Offices of Michael Boyle

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Assistant

  • Aug 2019 - Feb 2020

  • Key team member responsible for supporting attorneys with drafting, reviewing and translating documents used throughout the visa, residency, and naturalization processes.• Planned initial and ongoing client and attorney meetings, occasionally attending as an interpreter for Spanish- speaking clients.• Organized over 250 client files which included inputing their information into the database, contacting them to confirm their current address, scanning files into the database, preparing case closure or disengagement letters, and packaging and shipping the files.



Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund (CWEALF)

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

• Bilingual Advocacy Fellow

  • Sep 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Counseled clients needing help with family law, employment discrimination, housing, immigration, and sexual violence cases via an information and referral call center, electronically, and in-person.• Instructed and assisted undocumented parents in Hartford and Greater New Haven to complete a Family Preparedness Plan which temporarily designates a legal guardian for children who have been separated from their parents due to detainment or deportation.• Served as a representative for the organization at statewide events, college expositions, and career fairs to actively recruit new interns, volunteers and potential staff members.



AHM Youth & Family Services

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Clerk

  • Jun 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Inscribed motions, notes and meeting minutes for the AHM Board of Directors and the Coalition for a Healthy Empowered Community (CHEC). • Inscribed motions, notes and meeting minutes for the AHM Board of Directors and the Coalition for a Healthy Empowered Community (CHEC).



Town of Hebron

• Board Clerk

  • May 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Inscribed motions, notes and meeting minutes for board, commissions, and committees in Hebron’s local government with a limited timeline for publishing on town websites.Commission on Aging, Green Committee, Housing Authority, Water Pollution Control Authority, Charter Revision Commission • Inscribed motions, notes and meeting minutes for board, commissions, and committees in Hebron’s local government with a limited timeline for publishing on town websites.Commission on Aging, Green Committee, Housing Authority, Water Pollution Control Authority, Charter Revision Commission



Town of Marlborough

• Board Clerk

  • Aug 2017 - Jul 2019

  • Inscribed motions, notes and meeting minutes for board, commissions, and committees in Marlborough's local government with a limited timeline for publishing on town websites.Fire Commission, Economic Development Commission, Planning Commission, Water Pollution Control Authority, Board of Selectman, Zoning Board of Appeals, Zoning Commission • Inscribed motions, notes and meeting minutes for board, commissions, and committees in Marlborough's local government with a limited timeline for publishing on town websites.Fire Commission, Economic Development Commission, Planning Commission, Water Pollution Control Authority, Board of Selectman, Zoning Board of Appeals, Zoning Commission



UConn Nutmeg Publishing

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Yearbook Managing Editor

  • Apr 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Oversaw the coordination, execution, and delivery of the 2019 university yearbook which was sent to every graduating senior that year, as well as the completion and delivery of the 2018 and 2017 yearbooks to all eligible alumni.• Supervised the photographers, writers and designers to construct the publication, and successfully created the most diverse and well-rounded representation of the university to date. • Oversaw the coordination, execution, and delivery of the 2019 university yearbook which was sent to every graduating senior that year, as well as the completion and delivery of the 2018 and 2017 yearbooks to all eligible alumni.• Supervised the photographers, writers and designers to construct the publication, and successfully created the most diverse and well-rounded representation of the university to date.



The Connecticut General Assembly's Commission on Equity and Opportunity

• Legislative Intern

  • May 2018 - Sep 2018

  • Helped organize re-entry working groups, as well as host and attend commission meetings, conferences and sessions at the Legislative Office Building and State Capitol. • Helped organize re-entry working groups, as well as host and attend commission meetings, conferences and sessions at the Legislative Office Building and State Capitol.