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My Resume

Education

University of Texas at Austin – Austin, Texas                        August 2021 - May 2025                                                                               
Bachelor of Arts in Plan II Honors

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism                                                                                    

  • Certificate: Public Policy

  • GPA: 3.84

 

University of Capetown – Capetown, South Africa               May - June 2022                                                                                 

Urban Economic Development Fellowship                                                                                   

  • 3 UT credit course hours in U.S. History

Work Experience

The Institute for Justice                                                                   August 2023 – December 2023

Litigation Intern

Shadowing in each department of IJ and contributing my efforts to miscellaneous projects; open records research for potential projects, proofreading the website for editing errors, transcribing the Short Circuit podcast for the website, monitoring city government initiatives virtually and at city council meetings, conducting community outreach for the Activism team’s roundtables, composing a memorandum on potentially problematic judicial structures.

 

Austin Monitor                                                                                                   January 2023 – July 2023

Reporting Intern

Attending city council meetings, pitching stories, conducting interviews and writing news columns covering the important issues and decisions made by Austin’s local government, and delivering them to the local community. Working on a weekly deadline under the chief editor.

 

Daily Texan                                                                                                     August 2022 – January 2022

Opinion Columnist

Pitching stories, conducting interviews and writing columns (one per week) that reflect and further inform university opinions, focused on holding students, administration and the surrounding community accountable. Working on a weekly deadline under an associate and chief editor.

 

Daily Texan                                                                                              January 2022 – December 2022

Audio Producer

Pitched stories, conducted interviews, wrote scripts, and edited audio content to produce a podcast series titled “Unhoused” about homelessness in Austin.

 

Sun Newspapers                                                                                  December 2021 – January 2022

Daily Reporter                                                                                                  

Worked as a daily columnist pitching stories, conducting interviews, and covering local news and feature stories in the town of Seal Beach, California.

 

Shupe Ventura, PLLC Attorneys and Counselors                             June 2017 - Present

Book keeper/Special projects                                                                                            `

Bookkeeping, document management, researching public records, drafting legislative summaries and performing other special projects as directed by the attorneys.

 

Polyphony Lit                                                                                                    March 2020 – August 2021

Junior Editor                                                                                                    

Edited and provided constructive personal feedback to creators of literary work including fiction, nonfiction and poetry in a student led literary magazine.

 

SVT - Smart Fluid and Vacuum Technologies                               May 2021 - August 2021

Website creator                                                                                                    

Designed the company website, including translation of Spanish content to English and collection/creation of website content.

Activities and Volunteer

Central Texas Big Brother Big Sister (BBBS)

Volunteering as a “Big Sister”                                                                              May 2023 - present

Acting as a mentor to a young girl and spending hours with her each week doing different activities (swimming, writing, drawing, crafts, museums, the zoo) and spending time together.

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Weekly volunteer work at soup kitchens around Austin, TX                                                                            August 2021 - present

Cooking and serving food to the homeless at the Caritas Community kitchen, United Methodist’s weekly Open Door program, and the Mobile Loaves & Fishes food truck.

 

Tutoring and counseling for organizations focused on disadvantaged youth                                            August 2021 - present

Taught virtual English classes to elementary students in Ecuador, tutored at-risk youth at Café Momentum in Dallas, was a counselor at Camp Summit, a summer camp for children with special needs.

 

Volunteer work at sustainable farms and their wholistic community programs                                        May 2021 - present

Did physical labor farm work and assisted at the farmers market for Bonton Farms (focused on an at risk, food desert neighborhood and its residents associated with the justice system in Dallas), and doing similar work for New Leaf Farms (focused on refugees in Austin) with their Mueller Farmers Market.

 

Project Advance - UT Austin                                                                                                                                              October 2021 – August 2022

Student Fellow                                                                         

Participated in a yearlong leadership program at the University of Texas at Austin that connects students with local non-profit organizations to create positive social impact in their communities and learn project management, collaboration and communication skills.

Other

  • Honors: Dean’s List Cum Laude Ampla et Magna (Spring 2022)

  • Language Fluency: Conversational in Spanish, some background in French

  • Work Eligibility:  Eligible to work in the U.S. with no restrictions. Citizenships in France, the UK, and Switzerland

  • Other Skills/Experiences: Child and elderly care, SCUBA diving certification, proficient piano player and painter

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