Experience

Law Foundation of Silicon Valley

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• J.D. Advocate

  • Sep 2023 - Present



Stanford Law Transgender, Gender-Variant, and Intersex Pro Bono Project

• Co-Leader

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Founding member and co-leader of Stanford's TGI Pro Bono Project. Helps oversee three initiatives: (1) Assisting clients in applying for name and gender marker changes; (2) Creating videos to help walk Californians through the process of self-filing for a name and/or gender marker change; and (3) Researching prison litigation cases.



Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties

• Managing Editor

  • Aug 2021 - Present



East Bay Community Law Center

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Intern

  • Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Advocated for low-income clients in public benefits appeals; worked on SSI/SSDI, CAPI, CalFresh, and SDI cases; performed client intakes; participated in name and gender marker clinics.



Stanford Community Law Clinic

• Certified Law Student

  • Mar 2022 - Jun 2022

  Represented low-income clients in SSI appeals, post-conviction relief cases, and eviction defense cases.



TLDEF

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

• Legal Intern

  • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  Remote Trans rights litigation



WIRED

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Editor

  • Aug 2017 - Jul 2020

  Oversaw the fact-checking of long-form web stories. Fact-checked long-form stories for the print and web. Served as a liaison between editors and writers during the fact-checking process. Provided research assistance to writers and editors as needed.



Mother Jones

• United States
• Internet News
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editorial Fellow

  • Dec 2015 - Dec 2016

  San Francisco Bay Area Fact-checked for the web and magazine. Provided research assistance. Wrote about refugee resettlement, immigration, and extremism.



The Nation

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Editorial Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Sep 2015

  Greater New York City Area Fact-checked approximately two to three pieces per week, both for print and online; was responsible for ensuring information published was accurate and up-to-date; provided research assistance to Nation contributors; lightly copy-edited and published online pieces using Wordpress.



Wellesley College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• News Editor, Staff Writer

  • 2011 - Apr 2015

  Wellesley Spent two years as staff writer for the News section. Served as news editor for two years; trained and maintained a staff of regular writers.



The Harpswell Foundation

• Leadership Resident

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Phnom Penh, Cambodia Mentored 40 young women from Cambodia’s rural provinces who were receiving a scholarship to attend university in Phnom Penh; tutored students individually in English and writing; led bi-weekly news discussions; graded written weekly news summaries; organized and taught an hour-long public speaking class once per week to 15 students.



The Office of Senator Patty Murray

• Constituent Advocacy Intern

  • May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Drafted letters daily to constituents and agency contacts; worked on cases relating to Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid and housing; occasionally assisted with immigration, Office of Personnel Management, and Department of Veterans Affairs cases; assisted in rewriting and reorganizing the database of form letters; reorganized case files; researched grant opportunities and tax credits for small businesses hurt by the collapse of the I-5 Bridge; assisted at the front desk.