EDUCATION
American University, School of Public Affairs and College of Arts & Science, Washington, DC May 2024
Bachelor of Arts in Justice & Law and Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
GPA: 3.80
Minor: Business Entertainment
Honors: SPA Leadership Program (Teachers Assistant), AU Experience Peer Facilitator, SPA Honors Program, AU Honors Program, Rising Star Award (2022), Dean’s List (Spring 2021, Fall 2021, and Spring 2022), and Student Representative for White House Discussion on Reproductive Rights with Vice President Harris
Ballard High School, Louisville, Kentucky May 2020
Honors: Disney Dreamers Academy, Beta Club Scholarship, Future Business Leaders of America President, Beta Club Secretary, Ballard’s Concert Orchestra, Class Cabinet, Student Ambassador, and Board of Education Recognition
EXPERIENCE
Events Associate, Arlington Chamber of Commerce, Arlington, Virginia August 2022 – Present
- Assisting, organizing, and promoting Chamber’s events, seminars, and programs
- Coordinating award nominations for applicable programs
- Soliciting, collecting, and preparing silent auction donations for the Annual Business Gala
- Ordering event materials such as awards
- Soliciting and coordinating with hosts, providing updated registration counts
- Updating all event calendars and submitting event listings to community calendars
Peer Facilitator, American University, Washington, DC August 2021 – Present
- Co-facilitate for sections of AUx1 and AUx2
- Attend all once-a-week AUx classes for their two assigned sections
- Assist the Instructor by offering a unique perspective as an AU student
- Update students regarding campus events and activities
- Coordinate with the Instructor on course planning and teach various lessons
- Maintain weekly office hours and meetings with students
Orientation Leader, American University, Washington, DC June 2022 – September 2022
- Aiding incoming students in learning how to navigate Eagle Service during the registration process
- Hold individual one-on-one meetings with each of our students to provide continued support and guidance
- Participate in various move-in and welcome events at the beginning of the academic year
- Designated a group of first-year students and was responsible for leading small group meetings with them throughout the summer.
- Leading and facilitating various sessions and activities during Welcome Week
Data Entry Intern, The Legacy Benefits Group, Louisville, Kentucky September 2019 – December 2019
- Fabricated emails, organized documents, and studied and computed medical information for clients.
Intern, The Jeffersontown Chamber of Commerce, Louisville, Kentucky August 2019 – September 2019
- Assisted with organizing and merchandising gifts, tickets, and t-shirts.
Intern, Greater Louisville Inc. – The Metro Chamber of Commerce, Louisville, Kentucky June 2019 – August 2019
- Conceptualized job opportunities in the Greater Louisville and Southern Indiana area (15 counties), detected barriers to work along with transportation routes, and suggested ideas at JCPS Workforce meetings.
- Outlined transportation routes to jobs with high employment opportunities in 15 counties.
- Networked and proposed ideas at events and meetings.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Director, Students for Change formerly known as Women’s Initiative, American University October 2020 – Present
- Director since May 2021
- Hire a staff of approximately 20-25 people for the executive board
- Plan programming for the fall and spring semesters
- Organize and lead weekly meetings with the executive board
- Manage the budget for fall and spring semester programming
- Host Take Back the Night and distribute sex education resources
- Work collaboratively with other programming board directors, advisors, and campus organizations
- Working with agents to reserve speakers and guests for programs
- Raise or secure funding for programs and events – i.e. financial co-sponsorships
- Assemble and moderate intersectional programming for the campus community.
- Creating new initiatives such as the Intersectional Feminist Collective, the Food Waste Initiative, and Multicultural Dinner
- Creating logos, mission statements, and informational graphics
- Mentoring First-Year Fellows
- Designing graphics
- First-Year Fellow
- Shadow the Director of the Women’s Initiative
- Work alongside the Women’s Initiative team to develop and moderate intersectional programming for the campus community
Executive Board Member, Black Student Union, American University August 2020 – Present
- Co-President
- Promotes productive cooperation among all members of the Executive Board
- Oversees all Black Student Union activities including events, meetings, statement publications, and overall community involvement
- Specific delegation of responsibilities to fellow Executive Board members
- Facilitates Executive Board meetings
- Acts as project manager and organizer for large-scale, complex events
- Update and manage the calendar for the Executive Board
- Event Director
- Create events
- Reserve rooms
- Execute partnerships
- Attain feedback from students
- Outreach Committee
- Respond to emails
- Contact student organizations
SKILLS
Computer: Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, CITI Certified