Experience

UC Berkeley Transfer Student Caucus

• Government Relations Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chair

  • Apr 2023 - Present

• Vice Chair

  • Aug 2022 - Apr 2023



Associated Students of the University of California

• United States
• Political Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Lead Chief of Staff to Senator Yasamin Hatefi

  • Dec 2022 - Present

• Chief of Staff and Executive Editor to Executive Vice President Giancarlo Fernandez

  • Dec 2022 - Jun 2023

• Chief Communications Officer (CCO)

  • Jul 2022 - Dec 2022

• Lead Chief Of Staff and Executive Editor to Executive Vice President Giancarlo Fernandez

  • Oct 2021 - Jun 2022

  - Oversaw all Internal Operations within an office of 46 members- Planned and facilitated Senior and All-Staff meetings and edited all the office’s correspondence and speeches - Project oversight for the Communications, Internal Affairs, Student Union Affairs, and Special Spaces departments within the OEVP - Facilitated Recruitment for Executive staff, assisted in appointing 5 Freshman and 3 First-Year Junior Transfers for office leadership- First-ever, First-Year Junior-Transfer and Re-entry student to be appointed Chief of Staff by the Executive Vice President- Part of the only OEVP Executive Core to be led by Transfer-Students Show less

• Executive Director of Internal Affairs | Office of Executive Vice President Giancarlo Fernandez

  • Oct 2021 - Oct 2021

  - Developed a vision within the department that emphasized transparency, integrity, accountability, and well being within the Office of the Executive Vice President and the ASUC as a whole

• Associate Director of Community Engagement | Office of President Chaka Tellem

  • Sep 2021 - Oct 2021



NAVCAL

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• NavCal Mentor

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  - Student Mentor with an emphasis on serving historically marginalized students in the re-entry, system impacted, formerly incarcerated, low income, disabled, undocumented, and student parent populations.

• Nav2Cal Mentor

  • Apr 2022 - May 2023



Oakland Voices

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

• Oakland Voices Alumni

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  - Pitch, produce, and write stories as a freelance journalist

• Community Correspondent

  • Oct 2017 - Jul 2018

  - Attended bi-weekly meetings with other alumni and established local journalists- Partake in discussions about local issues and sought out stories to produce for the Oakland Voices website- Reported on homelessness, re-gentrification, the OUSD, East Oakland-based community organizations, and life experience- Served as a guest lecturer at Oakland High Schools- Successfully completed the program and graduated in the 5th class of Oakland Voices Correspondents



Laney College

• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Student Academic Advisory Counsel

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Provide counsel and mentorship for current and incoming Laney students on how to navigate the institution and seek out opportunities towards their professional and academic goals.

• Student Counselor

  • Jan 2019 - May 2021

  Advised students on completing their Student Academic Plans for graduation or IGETC for transfer.

• Journalism Department Teachers’ Assistant

  • May 2020 - Dec 2020

  - Worked alongside the Journalism Department Chair to develop marketing strategies to increaseenrollment- Wrote emails to district faculty and other publications on behalf of the journalism department- Networked with other media outlets to strengthen relationships and opportunities for Laney journalismstudents- Tutored struggling students in the writing process and interview technique- First-ever Journalism Department Teachers’ Assistant at Laney College



The Citizen (formerly Laney Tower)

• Editor In Chief

  • Dec 2020 - Jun 2021

  - Led a newsroom of 28 student-journalists, 8 editors- Primary spokesperson for the newsroom - Final eye on articles before publication- Contributed to lesson planning and program development with the journalism department advisor - Emphasized building relationships with all departments throughout the Peralta Community College District to increase both student enrollment and engagement - Created award-winning column series- Resurrected Multimedia content, appointed the first Multimedia Editor of the publication - Implemented a mandatory structure that took The Citizen to the most productive semester in its existence- Visionary for the newsroom- First student to complete the “Editor’s Ladder” Show less

• Managing Editor

  • May 2020 - Dec 2020

  - Managed a newsroom of 22 students- Second to the last eye on all news articles- Primary liaison between all section editors and the Editor-in-Chief- One of two students in charge of publishing articles on The Citizen website and approving of stories- Led all weekly Editors' meetings- Assisted in maintaining structure and direction for the newsroom- Wrote three articles. 1 award-winning, another republished- Edit three to five stories, three days a week- Provided one-on-one tutoring to struggling student reporters Show less

• Associate Editor

  • Dec 2019 - May 2020

  - Inaugural Associate Editor- One of five members that provided district news coverage during the lockdown of the COVID pandemic- Performed edits on all sections of stories, primarily features, and op-eds.

• Staff Writer

  • May 2019 - Dec 2019

  Tied for most articles written in The Citizen newsroom for the Fall 2019 semester; centering on hard news, news, opinion writing, and feature writing.



On Spec Podcast

• Istanbul, Turkey

• Data, Analytics, and Publicity Intern

  • Oct 2020 - Apr 2021

  - Ran On Spec Podcast's Twitter account - Made daily posts - Networked and developed relationships with other podcasts - Increased followers 50 percent - Developed marketing strategies to increase subscribers in different parts of the world - Contributed to the editing process of episodes before their final release - Provided suggestions for future podcast episodes - Ran On Spec Podcast's Twitter account - Made daily posts - Networked and developed relationships with other podcasts - Increased followers 50 percent - Developed marketing strategies to increase subscribers in different parts of the world - Contributed to the editing process of episodes before their final release - Provided suggestions for future podcast episodes



EdSource

• United States
• Internet News
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student Journalism Corps. Intern

  • Mar 2020 - Jul 2020

  - Worked with EdSource staff to gather information on the struggles inhabiting California community college students during the COVID pandemic - Conducted interviews and received photographs from my interviewees to contribute to articles for publication - Contributed to story pitches and Instagram posts - Attended workshops to develop ideas for future stories - Worked with EdSource staff to gather information on the struggles inhabiting California community college students during the COVID pandemic - Conducted interviews and received photographs from my interviewees to contribute to articles for publication - Contributed to story pitches and Instagram posts - Attended workshops to develop ideas for future stories