Experience
Connecticut Association of Schools, Cheshire, CT- Student Representative on the State Student Advisory Council on Education
September 2019- June 2020
Attended monthly meetings at CAS to discuss and research topics pertaining to education with fellow students around the state.
Stafford Board of Education, Stafford, CT- Student Representative on the Board of Education
September 2018- June 2020
Served as a non-voting representative on the board, reporting relevant news from the schools as well as providing student perspectives on a multitude of district wide issues.
SHS Class of 2020 Officers, Stafford, CT- Secretary of the Class of 2020
September 2016- June 2018
Served as the secretary to the Stafford High School graduating class of 2020, maintaining open lines of communication between the officers and the student body, assisting in organizing and distributing fundraisers, and planning class events.
Skills
Ambitious and eager to succeed, particularly in public policy.
Natural leader with years of experience at the school, town, and state levels.
Open minded and adaptive, as learned through being the daughter of an Army officer; had to move and adapt to different settings throughout childhood.
Possesses experience in writing and passing legislation; founded and led a movement in sophomore year to change the outdated dress code, wrote a new dress code, and had it approved by the Stafford Board of Education.
Education
American University, Washington, DC
August 2020- May 2024
Attends with an intended major of Interdisciplinary Studies: Communication, Legal Institutions, Economics, and Government (CLEG) with a non-degree certificate in advanced leadership from the School of Public Affairs Leadership Program.
Stafford High School, Stafford, CT
September 2016- June 2020
Graduated with college credit through the UConn Early College Experience program. Was the Class of 2020’s Secretary from 2016-2018 (until applying for the town board seat, as requested by the school principal).
Awards
Stafford High School Class of 2020 Salutatorian, 2020
CT Governor Scholar’s Essay Semifinalist, 2019
Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Conference Delegate, 2018
NCCJ ANYTOWN Social Justice Camp Delegate, 2017