Experience

Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE)

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Social Science Research Pathways (SSRP) Graduate Student Mentor

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Social Science Research Pathways (SSRP) is a research mentorship program for students interested in developing their research skills in the social sciences. As a graduate mentor, I am responsible for coordinating a feasible and worthwhile curriculum for my undergraduate mentees who will be working on my current research project. Students will gain experience in conducting literature reviews, analyzing interview data, and conducting interviews themselves. Social Science Research Pathways (SSRP) is a research mentorship program for students interested in developing their research skills in the social sciences. As a graduate mentor, I am responsible for coordinating a feasible and worthwhile curriculum for my undergraduate mentees who will be working on my current research project. Students will gain experience in conducting literature reviews, analyzing interview data, and conducting interviews themselves.



Berkeley Underground Scholars

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Student Mentor

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Berkeley Underground Scholars creates a pathway for incarcerated, formerly incarcerated and system impacted individuals into higher education. We are building a prison-to-school pipeline through recruitment, retention, and advocacy. BUS is an academic support program housed within the Division of Equity and Inclusion at UC Berkeley. Berkeley Underground Scholars creates a pathway for incarcerated, formerly incarcerated and system impacted individuals into higher education. We are building a prison-to-school pipeline through recruitment, retention, and advocacy. BUS is an academic support program housed within the Division of Equity and Inclusion at UC Berkeley.



University of California, Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Honors Thesis Mentor - Department of Sociology

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  The research process can daunting for undergraduates engaging with their own independent project. This role entails guiding student along the research process from question formulation to data analyses with the intention of producing a complete work in line with the Department's honors thesis program.

• Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Writing Coordinator

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program is a nationally-recognized graduate school prep program that funds and supports under-represented scholars of color for the purpose of diversifying the professoriate. As the writing coordinator for the branch at UC Berkeley, my responsibilities include creating and facilitating workshops to help Mellon fellows improve their writing prowess, draft graduate school applications, and guide their research into a cohesive project.

• NavCal Application Mentor

  • Feb 2020 - Present

  The NavCal program is a student-led initiative aimed at serving under-represented and non-traditional undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley. My role consists of helping students workshop their applications for various scholarships, internships, and educational programs. To date, I have helped students earn more than $200,000 .

• Nav2Cal Application Leader

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  Nav2Cal is a pilot, Berkeley-bound matriculation program for low-income students in the Richmond area. Application leaders are responsible for training other mentors to help high school students in their college applications as well as offer additional feedback to students participants as needed.

• Berkeley Sociology Summer Research Scholars Program Associate Director

  • Apr 2020 - Jul 2022

  Noting its reduced pool of applicants of color, the Department of Sociology at UC Berkeley decided to pilot a program that would recruit undergraduate students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) to craft their own original research and graduate school applications with the help of Berkeley graduate students and faculty. The mentors role incorporated planning socials, office hours, seminar sessions, and one-on-one guidance for fellows over the course of the nine-week program. Students left the program with a research prospectus, personal statement, and statement of purpose that will better prepare them for applying to top-tier programs such as Berkeley Sociology. Show less

• URAP Graduate Student Mentor

  • Sep 2020 - May 2021

  In the interest of increasing research opportunities for undergraduate students in the Department of Sociology at UC Berkeley, Dr. David J. Harding and myself collaborated to create a cohort-based program of three research clusters focuses on individual, student-driven research. The end goal of the cluster program is to produce reports that yield useful insights into the university's approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion during the corona virus pandemic.

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jul 2018 - Dec 2019

  Working alongside Claude Fischer, PhD and the larger UCNETS panel research study, my contribution focused on coding survey responses related to social ties in the 21st century amongst aging cohorts of respondents in the Bay Area. From the vantage point of the internet, we found that social ties may not be declining but in fact evolving to meet the demands for new communities, hobbies, etc.



The University of Texas at Austin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Bridging Disciplines Program Alumni Mentor

  • Sep 2018 - May 2019



The University of Texas at Austin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Barbara Harlow Intern in Human Rights and Social Justice

  • Jan 2018 - May 2018

  The Barbara Harlow Internship at the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice entered its inaugural year with me as its first occupant. The Internship itself entailed coordinating Human Rights conference logistics for scholars and activists alike as well as writing an article that critically engaged with a prevailing social justice issue through the work of the late scholar Barbara Harlow. The Barbara Harlow Internship at the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice entered its inaugural year with me as its first occupant. The Internship itself entailed coordinating Human Rights conference logistics for scholars and activists alike as well as writing an article that critically engaged with a prevailing social justice issue through the work of the late scholar Barbara Harlow.



The University of Texas at Austin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Dean's Squad Leader

  • Apr 2015 - May 2017

• Gateway Mentor

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

• Orientation Advisor

  • Jan 2015 - Jul 2015