[{"id":75,"date":"2021-05-04T18:09:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T18:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2021-05-04T18:09:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T18:09:14","slug":"reflection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Team Project<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year, I was a member of the Education and Empowerment group. In summary, our team project was researching the impact of COVID-19 on the education system and assisting a local organization in acquiring donations. We found that extracurriculars like sports were negatively impacted by the closing of schools and that these extracurriculars are safe spaces that are particularly impactful to underprivileged communities. So, we created an Amazon wishlist and a GoFundMe page that directly donated to SOUL, an organization local to DC that empowers student athletes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leadership Growth Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I believe that this year made me step up to the challenge of being a productive member in a group project, which really helped me grow as a leader. Working in a group of ambitious, bright students encouraged me to rise to the occasion like never before, as my teammates motivated me to put my best foot forward. Working with a team, taking initiative, and allowing myself to be inspired and creative contributed to my growth as a leader.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Dynamic Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Education and Empowerment group was by far the best group project I have ever been a part of, and the primary reason for that was the team dynamic. Everyone in my group was communicative, motivated, and worked together as one cohesive unit. The team was very fast paced, and when we got too idealistic, there was always one member who kept us grounded and on track. In addition to the high work drive, there was also a friendly dynamic that made the work fun and the meetings were a refreshing part of my week. Our TA is a compassionate, intelligent, and overall fun person to be around, and she was an excellent resource for us as we worked through our project. Overall, I could not have asked for a better TA or a better group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Project This year, I was a member of the Education and Empowerment group. In summary, our team project was researching the impact of COVID-19 on the education system and assisting a local organization in acquiring donations. We found that extracurriculars like sports were negatively impacted by the closing of schools and that these extracurriculars [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3363,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-75","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":72,"date":"2021-05-04T17:53:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T17:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2021-05-04T17:53:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T17:53:14","slug":"writing-sample","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/writing-sample\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Sample"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1680\/2021\/05\/ZOPELIS-short-paper-1.pdf\">View Writing Sample in PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mistaking a Mouse for a Rat:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0A Commentary on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Handmaid\u2019s Tale <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">through the Lens of Hannah Arendt\u2019s Concept of the Banality of Evil<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Good and evil are simple concepts assigned to complex scenarios. It is natural, for instance, to demonize all Nazis and portray them as an intelligent, conniving unit of prejudiced fiends. This generalization is common both in history and literature because creating a villain lessens how troublesome the reality is. The reality of Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi, did not serve the purpose the people needed for revenge. In actuality, Eichmann was an unspecial, unintelligent man following orders for his personal goals of career growth. Executing an anti-Semitic murderer, however, felt more just than adhering to the truth. This disturbing regularity is what Hannah Arendt refers to as \u201cthe banality of evil.\u201d In essence, one figure can be taken and used as a personification for all evil when they are actually easily manipulated and obedient individuals<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Margaret Atwood shares the same phenomenon in her novel, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, where women themselves support their gender\u2019s own lack of freedom<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Through her female characters, Margaret Atwood\u2019s portrait of life in Gilead in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> substantiates Hannah Arendt\u2019s theory of \u201cthe banality of evil\u201d that she developed in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eichmann in Jerusalem<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Handmaid\u2019s Tale <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is set in the fictional republic of Gilead, a Neo-Puritan society in what was once the eastern coast of the United States. In Gilead, women are divided into factions, each with a different role in maintaining the power of the patriarchal society. Offred, the protagonist, is a handmaid, a woman whose sole purpose is to produce children. The Aunts are those who assimilate new women into Gilead\u2019s structure through shame and discipline. Dividing women into separate groups creates an inherent inequality, and where there is inequality, there is animosity. When women are pitted against other women, the patriarchy thrives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of these Aunts, Lydia, is the personification of sexism. Her personality is practically vacant, and her primary function of the story is to reiterate the rules of Gilead like a speaking book. While Offred is walking alongside another handmaid on the street, she recalls a lesson from Lydia:\u00a0 \u201cNow we walk along the same street, in red pairs, and no man shouts obscenities at us, speaks to us, touches us. No one whistles. There is more than one kind of freedom, said Aunt Lydia. Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don\u2019t underrate it\u201d (Atwood 24). This statement implies that women are to blame for a man\u2019s decision to behave in a sexist manner, so it is only natural to despise Lydia. This response, though, is clearly scripted, as are every other absurd line Lydia emits from what Offred describes as a mouse-like mouth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The teaching of hatred starts with the Aunts, but it is the other women that reinforce the structure by remaining complicit in the system of internal sexism. Offred is assigned to the house of the Commander, and his wife, Serena Joy, is reasonably bitter towards her household\u2019s handmaid. After a \u201cceremony,\u201d a ritual in which Serena Joy watches her husband attempt to impregnate the handmaid, Offred wonders, \u201cWhich of us is it worse for, her or me?\u201d (95). This tension is what contributes to the strength of the patriarchy; handmaids are whores to the wives of the wealthier men, and the handmaids feel uncomfortable towards the wives due to their role in the household. When one of the other handmaids, Janine, goes into labor, all of the wives talk about her behind her back: \u201cLittle whores, all of them, but still you can\u2019t be choosy. You take what they hand out, right, girls?\u201d (115). The wives loathe the handmaids, yet they can still differentiate between the handmaid herself and the child she produces for the households. Looking at Gilead as a whole, it is astonishing to believe that this entire system founded upon hatred begins with the enforcement of the rules from a simple, uninteresting woman named Lydia<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adolf Eichmann is the historical version of Atwood\u2019s Aunt Lydia. He is a forgetful man who grew up struggling in school and somehow ended up climbing the ladder up to a leadership position in the Nazi regime. This banal character\u2019s image is not one to be conjured up at the mention of the title \u201cNazi,\u201d and Hannah Arendt points this out early on in her book: \u201cIf the audience at the trial was to be the world and the play the huge panorama of Jewish sufferings, the reality was falling short of expectations and purposes\u201d (Arendt 8). There he was, a man who was complicit in unspeakable crimes against humanity, but about as intimidating as a mouse. Although mice can carry disease, it is difficult to paint a mouse out to be a rat, and this was precisely what the court was trying to do with Eichmann; \u201cThe prosecution wasted much time in an unsuccessful effort to prove that Eichmann had once, at least, killed with his own hands\u201d (22). If the prosecution could prove that Adolf Eichmann had directly killed someone, it would be significantly easier to paint him as a crucial cog in the murderous machine that was Nazi Germany and punish him as such, to see that mouse disposed of like the larger, much more hideous rat; but not all rodents are the same<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The existence of these two mice, fictional and nonfictional, is as irritating as it is commonplace. In order for a regime to thrive, there must be a strict agenda created by truly evil people, and lackeys who will adhere to the rules of true masterminds. Without the network of yes-men, it is unlikely that the villains would succeed in their pursuit of domination. With the help of men like Eichmann and women like Lydia, the evil geniuses spearheading these movements of hatred can march on and spread their influence. Eichmann is obviously a bad person because of his crimes, but he is not an evil genius. He did not have clear hatred towards the Jewish people that inspired him to be complicit in their torture and death, and although that does not repreive him of his extensive list of sins, it is proof that he died a mouse and not a rat<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Lydia, too, falls under the mouse category. She relays an evil message, but she is not the founder of this evil, nor is she conniving enough to create the republic of Gilead all by herself<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When a furry little creature scurries by, it is natural that one would assume that there is a rat in their midst, but when caught, it can be disappointing&#8211; to a certain extent&#8211; to find that the intruder is just a mouse. The metaphorical mice presented by Margaret Atwood and Hannah Arendt cannot hide behind their complicity as an excuse, but they also should not be seen as the evil masterminds they could be painted out to be. It is understandable to want to believe that every member of a regime is a cruel, heartless individual; but that is simply not the case. Of course, it takes the wrong kind of person to be complicit in an evil system, but not everyone complicit in an evil system believes firmly in the message they are spreading. Hannah Arendt\u2019s concept of the banality of evil is substantiated by Margaret Atwood\u2019s portrait of life in Gilead in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Handmaid\u2019s Tale <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">because Lydia and Eichmann are vermin of the same kind: disgusting little mice. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View Writing Sample in PDF Mistaking a Mouse for a Rat: \u00a0A Commentary on The Handmaid\u2019s Tale through the Lens of Hannah Arendt\u2019s Concept of the Banality of Evil Good and evil are simple concepts assigned to complex scenarios. It is natural, for instance, to demonize all Nazis and portray them as an intelligent, conniving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3363,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-72","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":58,"date":"2020-10-02T02:23:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T02:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2021-03-10T21:20:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T21:20:16","slug":"cover-letter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/cover-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1680\/2021\/03\/Cover-Letter.pdf\">View Cover Letter In PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grace M. Zopelis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(202)802-4650<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">gmzopelis@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1680\/2021\/03\/Cover-Letter.pdf\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To whom it may concern:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I would like to give a brief and formal introduction as to who I am as a professional and why I am a valuable asset to any team, particularly in the field of public policy. My major; communication, legal institutions, economics, and government (CLEG); is an interdisciplinary program in which I am forging a comprehensive understanding of a wide range of subjects pertaining to government work. In addition to this program, I am also acquiring an undergraduate certificate in advanced leadership studies from the School of Public Affairs. This organization augments and refines my preexisting talent for taking initiative and leading the projects I involve myself in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My experience in positions of leadership ranges from being the secretary of my graduating class to representing my school district and eventually my state. These opportunities introduced me to writing and passing legislation as well as advocating for my agenda. Although many would agree that my approach to demanding justice and change is bold, they would also agree that it is incredibly effective. I am not afraid to speak my mind, even when; or especially when; I represent the opinion of the minority. I have been frequently described as an ambitious and dedicated pupil; learning new things is my favorite pastime, and I accept challenges with open arms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In essence, I am a diligent worker with a well rounded skill set. Most of my experience is rooted in education policy at the moment, but I am open and eager to diversify my portfolio in any branch of federal work. The environment in which I excel is a hands-on one, so I would be ready to just dive in with the work. My current plan is to attend law school upon my graduation from AU, and I am particularly interested in social justice and advocacy work. I thank you for your consideration and encourage you to contact me for any further questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sincerely yours,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grace M. Zopelis<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View Cover Letter In PDF Grace M. Zopelis (202)802-4650 gmzopelis@gmail.com \u00a0 To whom it may concern: I would like to give a brief and formal introduction as to who I am as a professional and why I am a valuable asset to any team, particularly in the field of public policy. My major; communication, legal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3363,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-58","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":16,"date":"2020-07-06T19:48:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T19:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/spatemplate\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2021-03-10T21:07:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T21:07:48","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16\" class=\"elementor elementor-16\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c05ea5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c05ea5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-518f4f71\" data-id=\"518f4f71\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349373e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2349373e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1680\/2020\/10\/IMG_5496-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1680\/2020\/10\/IMG_5496-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1680\/2020\/10\/IMG_5496-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1680\/2020\/10\/IMG_5496-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1680\/2020\/10\/IMG_5496-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1680\/2020\/10\/IMG_5496-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1680\/2020\/10\/IMG_5496-945x1260.jpg 945w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1680\/2020\/10\/IMG_5496-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Hello, all! My name is Grace Zopelis and I am a Communications, Legal Institutions, Economics, and Government (CLEG) major at American University. Since I grew up an army brat, I was collectively raised in Germany, Michigan, Vermont, Texas, and Connecticut. I now consider Washington, DC, to be my home, where I live with my pet cat.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left\">My passions are public policy, education, and social justice; and my skill set matches said passions. In the past, I have represented my class, district, and state through various positions of leadership; and I have let my love for these programs shine through my work ethic. As a queer woman, I have a fierce desire to advocate for equality in places of business and in this country as a whole.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.199999809265137px\">My hobbies include writing poetry, playing the piano, and occasionally dabbling in astrology. I also happen to be a lover of coffee and dogs.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, all! My name is Grace Zopelis and I am a Communications, Legal Institutions, Economics, and Government (CLEG) major at American University. Since I grew up an army brat, I was collectively raised in Germany, Michigan, Vermont, Texas, and Connecticut. I now consider Washington, DC, to be my home, where I live with my pet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3363,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":13,"date":"2020-07-06T19:48:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T19:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/spatemplate\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2021-03-10T21:14:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T21:14:10","slug":"resume","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/resume\/","title":{"rendered":"Resume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1680\/2021\/03\/1_16_21-Resume.pdf\">View Resume in PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Connecticut Association of Schools, Cheshire, CT- Student Representative on the State\u00a0Student Advisory Council on Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>September 2019- June 2020<\/p>\n<p>Attended monthly meetings at CAS to discuss and research topics pertaining to education with fellow students around the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stafford Board of Education, Stafford, CT- Student Representative on the Board of Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>September 2018- June 2020<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHS Class of 2020 Officers, Stafford, CT- Secretary of the Class of 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>September 2016- June 2018<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ambitious and eager to succeed, particularly in public policy.<\/p>\n<p>Natural leader with years of experience at the school, town, and state levels.<\/p>\n<p>Open minded and adaptive, as learned through being the daughter of an Army officer; had to move and adapt to different settings throughout childhood.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>American University, Washington, DC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>August 2020- May 2024<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stafford High School, Stafford, CT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>September 2016- June 2020<\/p>\n<p>Graduated with college credit through the UConn Early College Experience program. 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Stafford Board of Education, Stafford, CT- Student Representative on the Board of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3363,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/gz4572a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}]