Experience

PAIR Project
• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Staff Attorney

  • Sep 2017 - Present

Refugee Solidarity Network
• United States
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee
• William H. Kleh Legal Fellow

  • Feb 2017 - Aug 2017


Center for Legal Aid - Voice in Bulgaria

• Bulgaria
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• William H. Kleh Legal Fellow

  • Sep 2016 - Feb 2017

  Worked on asylum cases, with a focus on appeals before the Bulgarian administrative courts. Received training on Bulgaria's and European Union’s refugee laws and policies. Worked on asylum cases, with a focus on appeals before the Bulgarian administrative courts. Received training on Bulgaria's and European Union’s refugee laws and policies.



McHaffey & Associates

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Intern

  • Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

  Completed a full-time legal externship through Boston University School of Law’s Semester-in-Practice Program, focused on asylum, TPS, and family-immigration cases. Completed a full-time legal externship through Boston University School of Law’s Semester-in-Practice Program, focused on asylum, TPS, and family-immigration cases.

• Legal Intern – Asylum and Detention Programs

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Worked on asylum, withholding and deferral of removal cases, and refugee waivers. Worked on asylum, withholding and deferral of removal cases, and refugee waivers.



Irish International Immigrant Center

• Legal Intern - Citizenship Clinic

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Assisted clients with naturalization, including acquisition and derivation of U.S. citizenship. Assisted clients with naturalization, including acquisition and derivation of U.S. citizenship.



Cambridge College

• Chile
• Primary and Secondary Education

• Academic Writing Tutor

  • Oct 2011 - Oct 2013

  Tutored students in Bachelor's and Master's programs English academic writing and grammar. Tutored students in Bachelor's and Master's programs English academic writing and grammar.



University of Massachusetts Boston

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• English as a Second Language (ESL) Writing Tutor

  • Sep 2008 - Jun 2011

  Tutored English academic writing and grammar for UMass Boston's ESL Department. Worked with more than 200 students over three years. Co-taught an ESL class in the Directions for Student Potential (DSP) Program in the summer of 2010. Tutored English academic writing and grammar for UMass Boston's ESL Department. Worked with more than 200 students over three years. Co-taught an ESL class in the Directions for Student Potential (DSP) Program in the summer of 2010.



Jumpstart

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Volunteer Coordinator

  • Sep 2009 - Jun 2010

  Planned, organized, and led volunteer events to benefit the preschool children served by Jumpstart. Generated event ideas, promoted events, solicited donations, and recruited, trained, and supervised over 100 volunteers.

• Corps Member

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2009

  Worked one-on-one with a preschool child at the Early Learning Center-East in Dorchester, MA for a full academic year, helping her successfully prepare for school. Completed a four-week training in early childhood education.