Sharon Huang

Compass Elections Writer at The Caravel
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, US
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Mandarin (Simplified) Native or bilingual proficiency

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Credentials

  • America Government: Constitutional Foundations
    edX
    Jan, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Citizen Politics in America: Public Opinion, Elections, Interest Groups, and the Media
    edX
    Jan, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy
    edX
    Jan, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies
    edX
    Jan, 2021
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • The Caravel
    • United States
    • Newspaper Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Compass Elections Writer
      • Sep 2023 - Present

      Reports in-depth on elections around the world, highlighting both domestic concerns and international interests, as well as presenting often-important historical contexts for complex political issues. Reports in-depth on elections around the world, highlighting both domestic concerns and international interests, as well as presenting often-important historical contexts for complex political issues.

  • Open Foreign Policy Initiative
    • United States
    • International Affairs
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Vice President of Development
      • Jul 2023 - Present

      Lead social media outreach, grant-writing and fundraising, survey administration and analysis, and event coordination and promotion. Recruit development associates. Lead social media outreach, grant-writing and fundraising, survey administration and analysis, and event coordination and promotion. Recruit development associates.

  • BridgeUSA at DC
    • DC, United States
    • Director of Finance
      • May 2023 - Present

      Manage funds, search for available grants, plan financial expenses for events and activities. Manage funds, search for available grants, plan financial expenses for events and activities.

  • Purplely
    • Political Science Associate & Seattle Team Leader
      • Mar 2023 - Present

      I lead the Seattle team on election coverage and weekly city council newsletter. I conduct research on major city election candidates and organize their campaign information using Excel. I contact all candidates through email, phone calls, voicemail, and messages to request for interviews. I conduct thorough interviews with candidates and incumbents. I then use the obtained transcript or written testimonies to profile all candidates to be published on the Purplely website. Writing and organizing Seattle city council meetings into newsletters to share with hundreds of subscribers weekly. Show less

    • Intern
      • Feb 2023 - Jul 2023

      Purplely provides voters information on all the candidates in local elections in one place. We collect information directly from candidates and share it with voters in a way they can easily access and understand. Purplely makes information access easier for voters and helps increases voter turnout in our local election.

  • Academy of Hope Adult PCS
    • United States
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Performance, Evaluation, and Research (PER) Intern
      • Mar 2023 - Aug 2023

      I work with others to create Alumni Questionnaire. I work on implementing Salesforce to organize, clean, and report useful data to inform organizational procedures, policy preferences, and other projects. I work with others to create Alumni Questionnaire. I work on implementing Salesforce to organize, clean, and report useful data to inform organizational procedures, policy preferences, and other projects.

  • Courtwatch DC
    • DC, United States
    • Courtwatcher
      • Jan 2023 - May 2023

      A growing DC-based program that provides the space and training for the community to observe local court proceedings in the District of Columbia and document our city’s policies in action and to hold judicial actors accountable for injustice in the court system. A growing DC-based program that provides the space and training for the community to observe local court proceedings in the District of Columbia and document our city’s policies in action and to hold judicial actors accountable for injustice in the court system.

  • Seaside Sustainability
    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Green Scholar Intern (Environmental Literacy)
      • Sep 2022 - Mar 2023

      Seaside Sustainability promotes education, advocacy, initiatives and cooperation with legislative bodies across the nation, states and local municipalities to support new legislative proposals and to ask for change in existing laws/regulations/rules as the climate crisis intensifies. Seaside Sustainability promotes education, advocacy, initiatives and cooperation with legislative bodies across the nation, states and local municipalities to support new legislative proposals and to ask for change in existing laws/regulations/rules as the climate crisis intensifies.

  • HENGDA DANCE ACADEMY
    • United States
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Teaching Assistant
      • Nov 2020 - Mar 2023

      C Dream Vog Competition for Hengda Dance Academy: Guided a team of six students to film Hengda Dance Academy’s C Dream classes and performances, and planned and edited the vlog. Eventually won the “Best Story Award”. Teach 3–5- and 7–8-years-old girls ballet and Chinese dance weekly. Recommend and choreograph small exercises or easy dances for young dancers. Helped organize annual performance. C Dream Vog Competition for Hengda Dance Academy: Guided a team of six students to film Hengda Dance Academy’s C Dream classes and performances, and planned and edited the vlog. Eventually won the “Best Story Award”. Teach 3–5- and 7–8-years-old girls ballet and Chinese dance weekly. Recommend and choreograph small exercises or easy dances for young dancers. Helped organize annual performance.

  • Freelance
    • Freelance Blogger
      • May 2020 - Aug 2022

      Writing articles about controversial issues and social commentary. Writing articles about controversial issues and social commentary.

  • Sammamish Independent
    • United States
    • Newspaper Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • City Hall Reporter
      • Sep 2020 - May 2022

      Articles mainly featured in the City Hall beat. Contacted and interviewed Sammamish City Council members and staff. Informed city residents about COVID-19 Relief Fund distribution and potential assistance programs, development moratorium, sewage moratorium, council election, 2021 voting guide, city investigation reports, and councilmember changes. Articles mainly featured in the City Hall beat. Contacted and interviewed Sammamish City Council members and staff. Informed city residents about COVID-19 Relief Fund distribution and potential assistance programs, development moratorium, sewage moratorium, council election, 2021 voting guide, city investigation reports, and councilmember changes.

Education

  • Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service
    Freshman
    2022 - 2026
  • Eastside Catholic School
    High School Diploma, General
    2019 - 2022
  • Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
    7-9th
    2016 - 2019

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