Experience

Community Refugee & Immigration Services

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

• AmeriCorps VISTA, Community Engagement Specialist

  • Jun 2018 - Present

  I work on CRIS' community outreach to Central Ohio for the broader community to learn more about local refugee and immigrant populations in Columbus by: • Creating and presenting a new, interactive, and community-driven educational training and volunteer orientation in partnership with local universities and churches • Expanding the reach of the Refugee Speakers Bureau at CRIS by building programming and coordinating events • Develop and manage the Grocery Grams program that connects newly arrived refugees and asylees with groceries Show less



Westminster Presbyterian Church

• Wooster, Ohio

• Student Office Intern

  • Aug 2017 - May 2018

  • Use programs including Novisign and Proclaim to develop weekly slideshows and presentations • Participate in civil and community engagement by participating in a range of walks and unification rallies to build solidarity across party lines and in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) students • Work with diverse communities by participating in an annual Black Lives Matter booth with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at the local county fair • Coordinate with various nonprofit organizations in Akron, such as the International Institute of Akron, devoted to refugee resettlement Show less



The College of Wooster

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teacher's Apprenticeship

  • Aug 2015 - Dec 2016

  • Peace Studies: Helped the political science department by noting attendance and participation rates for each student, proofreading term papers and advising professor on performance ability and on any significant changes for each student; researched and drafted a 50-minute presentation titled “Gendered Perspectives on Peace” to teach students about gendered peacebuilding at the international level • First Year Seminar: African Youth in the 21st Century: Advised first year students on effective writing techniques, proofread papers and corresponded with the professor, and provided mentorship on academic planning • Principles of Economics: Graded weekly assignments, met with professor to discuss class performance, and provided study sessions prior to exams Show less



Department of Political Science, College of Wooster

• Wooster, OH

• Research Assistant

  • Feb 2016 - Nov 2016

  • Reviewed academic literature and developed summaries of academic articles • Collected data and coded for quantitative cross-national database on government-perpetrated sexual violence • Coded data and interpreted regression and descriptive statistics through STATA on a study of the use of gendered tropes in human rights organizations • Collected data and conducted qualitative coding of visual and textual media representations of sexual violence in conflict zones • Reviewed academic literature and developed summaries of academic articles • Collected data and coded for quantitative cross-national database on government-perpetrated sexual violence • Coded data and interpreted regression and descriptive statistics through STATA on a study of the use of gendered tropes in human rights organizations • Collected data and conducted qualitative coding of visual and textual media representations of sexual violence in conflict zones