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Educational Experience
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Professional Experience
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Community Leadership
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Growing up in southern California, I attended a large public high school (Upland High School), home to over 3,000 students. I participated in the Honors and AP course system for my four years there, where I learned a great deal and grew both as an individual and a scholar. I achieved in the 99th percentile on my PSAT, 97th percentile on my SAT, and challenged multiple college courses with the AP test scores I earned during my time in high school. I graduated with a 4.4 GPA and in the top 3% of my graduating class, with honors from, the National Honor Society and California Scholarship Federation.
I was accepted Early Decision into Middlebury College as a Posse Scholar. Posse is a competitive scholarship program that recruits students of various backgrounds with demonstrated leadership and academic achievement and pairs them with elite and prestigious schools for their undergraduate experience. As a Posse scholar at Middlebury, I entered into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math programming immediately, with initial plans to be pre-medicine. While working towards this goal, I also was responsible for working within the academic structures of Middlebury as a liberal arts college. I challenged myself taking courses like Biochemistry of Macromolecules alongside Semantics, Logic and Cognition or Psychological Statistics alongside Education in the USA. These experiences not only fostered a deeper understanding of the sciences but also a deeper appreciation of the more humanistic elements of education.
While still committed to the sciences, and ultimately becoming a Neuroscience major, I realized I also had a deep love for making the world better from an advocacy lens. I ultimately took the Law School Admission Test and am in the process of applying to law school to pursue a career based in this love for advocacy and justice that has been instilled in me during my academic journey. Upholding a satisfactory GPA during a pandemic, preparing for a graduate level education in law, and consistently challenging myself academically in the face of adversity, I feel my experience academically over the years has prepared me for anything the world may throw at me.
I was accepted Early Decision into Middlebury College as a Posse Scholar. Posse is a competitive scholarship program that recruits students of various backgrounds with demonstrated leadership and academic achievement and pairs them with elite and prestigious schools for their undergraduate experience. As a Posse scholar at Middlebury, I entered into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math programming immediately, with initial plans to be pre-medicine. While working towards this goal, I also was responsible for working within the academic structures of Middlebury as a liberal arts college. I challenged myself taking courses like Biochemistry of Macromolecules alongside Semantics, Logic and Cognition or Psychological Statistics alongside Education in the USA. These experiences not only fostered a deeper understanding of the sciences but also a deeper appreciation of the more humanistic elements of education.
While still committed to the sciences, and ultimately becoming a Neuroscience major, I realized I also had a deep love for making the world better from an advocacy lens. I ultimately took the Law School Admission Test and am in the process of applying to law school to pursue a career based in this love for advocacy and justice that has been instilled in me during my academic journey. Upholding a satisfactory GPA during a pandemic, preparing for a graduate level education in law, and consistently challenging myself academically in the face of adversity, I feel my experience academically over the years has prepared me for anything the world may throw at me.
Upland High School
Peer Tutor
Starting in high school, I knew that I wanted to do more to help not only my peers but my community at large. Based on this desire, I worked with my school district to create a peer-to-peer after-school tutoring service, run through my high school's library. In this position, I tutored high school students across various disciplines, ranging from the most standardized courses like 9th grade English to niche subjects like AP Seminar. Additionally, I facilitated the creation of documentation for the position that is still used to date to help in supporting students at my previous institution for secondary education.
This position, in the two years that I assisted in building out the infrastructure and supporting my peers, taught me a great deal about management, as well as team-building, advocacy, and teaching. Implementing this learning into other aspects of my life helped me in many of my future endeavors and as such, I am eternally grateful for those who assisted me in cultivating these leadership qualities.
Starting in high school, I knew that I wanted to do more to help not only my peers but my community at large. Based on this desire, I worked with my school district to create a peer-to-peer after-school tutoring service, run through my high school's library. In this position, I tutored high school students across various disciplines, ranging from the most standardized courses like 9th grade English to niche subjects like AP Seminar. Additionally, I facilitated the creation of documentation for the position that is still used to date to help in supporting students at my previous institution for secondary education.
This position, in the two years that I assisted in building out the infrastructure and supporting my peers, taught me a great deal about management, as well as team-building, advocacy, and teaching. Implementing this learning into other aspects of my life helped me in many of my future endeavors and as such, I am eternally grateful for those who assisted me in cultivating these leadership qualities.
Middlebury College
Admissions Student Ambassador Program
Moving into my time at Middlebury College, my freshman year, I was heavily involved in wanting to see Middlebury College diversified in terms of socioeconomic class, race, gender, and more demographics that typically were not represented in our campus community. In response to this, I– along with other members of the Student Government Association Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee– worked with the admissions office to instate the Student Ambassador Program, which aims to engage with students from rural and or demographically diverse regions across the nation, and have current Middlebury students represent the institution in a form of recruitment.
I served as a Middlebury College student ambassador unofficially in the spring semester of my first year and officially in the fall semester of my sophomore year. In this role, I helped to train incoming student ambassadors in representing the institution in a responsible way that would both support students in their college search endeavors and also provide Middlebury the opportunity to represent itself in an honest light. In my time engaging in this position, I feel I learned a great deal in terms of management as well as cross-community communication.
Student Employment Office Assistant
My sophomore year, I took on an additional duty working in the Middlebury College Student Employment Office as an office assistant. In this capacity, I was responsible for information intake from students seeking employment on campus. I was responsible for the processing of I-9 paperwork, W-4 forms, validation of identification information, and the uploading of these items into our archival information repository. Additionally, I took it upon myself to work within the office to simplify the hiring process as much as possible for easier student consumption while also helping to build infrastructure that allowed for equitable hiring for people needing jobs on campus through work study.
While many duties were clerical in nature, my work in this position not only helped my build my customer service abilities, but also familiarized me with programs such as BannerWeb 9, with Administrative functions as well as Oracle finance module.
Biology Teaching Assistant
Additionally, during the fall semester of my junior year I served as a teaching assistant for an introductory Biology course (Ecology and Evolution). After taking the course in my sophomore fall, I enjoyed the content to such a level that I wanted to assist my peers in navigating the content of the course as well to get the most out of their learning experience, even during an online course.
Working alongside other peer leaders, I helped to support student learning in the content of the course, leading a multitude of discussions with the total class and in individual subgroups on a variety of relevant topics of interest. Additionally, I held weekly office hour sessions where I provided assistance for students on a one-on-one level.
Sustainability Consultant
In my junior year, I served as a sustainability consultant through the Middlebury College Sustainability Solutions Laboratory in the Franklin Environmental Center. In this role, I conducted a full audit of the Middlebury College Center for Community Engagement and assisted in an audit of the Middlebury College Debate Society. Areas of focus in our recommendations included travel, energy efficiency, waste disposal techniques, and usage of materials. Additionally, in my second semester, I provided support for new consultants in their work along with other sustainability-centered projects.
Working in the Sustainability Solutions Lab allowed me to interact with a variety of campus offices in such a way that helped me cultivate additional skills in cross-constituent communication. Additionally, I was able to advance my skills in research, data analysis, and proposal writing for difficult problems.
Student Activities Office Student Organization Coordinator
In my junior Spring, I began working in the Student Activities Office as a Student Organization Coordinator. Under the Office of Student Affairs, the Student Activities Office worked to support approximately 200 student organizations and student initiatives in their successful amelioration of the campus community. In my role, I regularly worked with community partners as well as students, organization leadership, and college administrators to propose best practices for student success. One of the primary roles I had in this role was supporting organizations in their regular organizational processes at an administrative level. This includes processing transactions, reconciling payments, adherence to college policies (particularly regarding conduct and finance), as well as organization structure revision.
Continuing in this position, I am responsible for supporting organizations involved with Politics, Activism, and Debate (and the affiliated regulations governing organizations of such variety), Hobby and Special Interest groups (that have a broad span of topics associated with their organizations), as well as the College Activities Board in their staffing needs. Additionally, I will be working closely with professional staff as various office transitions happen in the coming months, including the training of new student organization coordinators for the following academic year.
Anti-Racism Taskforce Learning Hub
In my senior year, I began working on the anti-racism taskforce learning hub. In this capacity, I worked to create the infrastructure for a website to be used as an information hub for Middlebury College’s anti-racism programming and initiatives. My role was primarily based in copywriting and conducting outreach to campus groups that are based in anti-racism and anti-bias. The information created will be presented via the Anti-Racism Taskforce website with the site launching in Spring of 2022.
Moving into my time at Middlebury College, my freshman year, I was heavily involved in wanting to see Middlebury College diversified in terms of socioeconomic class, race, gender, and more demographics that typically were not represented in our campus community. In response to this, I– along with other members of the Student Government Association Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee– worked with the admissions office to instate the Student Ambassador Program, which aims to engage with students from rural and or demographically diverse regions across the nation, and have current Middlebury students represent the institution in a form of recruitment.
I served as a Middlebury College student ambassador unofficially in the spring semester of my first year and officially in the fall semester of my sophomore year. In this role, I helped to train incoming student ambassadors in representing the institution in a responsible way that would both support students in their college search endeavors and also provide Middlebury the opportunity to represent itself in an honest light. In my time engaging in this position, I feel I learned a great deal in terms of management as well as cross-community communication.
Student Employment Office Assistant
My sophomore year, I took on an additional duty working in the Middlebury College Student Employment Office as an office assistant. In this capacity, I was responsible for information intake from students seeking employment on campus. I was responsible for the processing of I-9 paperwork, W-4 forms, validation of identification information, and the uploading of these items into our archival information repository. Additionally, I took it upon myself to work within the office to simplify the hiring process as much as possible for easier student consumption while also helping to build infrastructure that allowed for equitable hiring for people needing jobs on campus through work study.
While many duties were clerical in nature, my work in this position not only helped my build my customer service abilities, but also familiarized me with programs such as BannerWeb 9, with Administrative functions as well as Oracle finance module.
Biology Teaching Assistant
Additionally, during the fall semester of my junior year I served as a teaching assistant for an introductory Biology course (Ecology and Evolution). After taking the course in my sophomore fall, I enjoyed the content to such a level that I wanted to assist my peers in navigating the content of the course as well to get the most out of their learning experience, even during an online course.
Working alongside other peer leaders, I helped to support student learning in the content of the course, leading a multitude of discussions with the total class and in individual subgroups on a variety of relevant topics of interest. Additionally, I held weekly office hour sessions where I provided assistance for students on a one-on-one level.
Sustainability Consultant
In my junior year, I served as a sustainability consultant through the Middlebury College Sustainability Solutions Laboratory in the Franklin Environmental Center. In this role, I conducted a full audit of the Middlebury College Center for Community Engagement and assisted in an audit of the Middlebury College Debate Society. Areas of focus in our recommendations included travel, energy efficiency, waste disposal techniques, and usage of materials. Additionally, in my second semester, I provided support for new consultants in their work along with other sustainability-centered projects.
Working in the Sustainability Solutions Lab allowed me to interact with a variety of campus offices in such a way that helped me cultivate additional skills in cross-constituent communication. Additionally, I was able to advance my skills in research, data analysis, and proposal writing for difficult problems.
Student Activities Office Student Organization Coordinator
In my junior Spring, I began working in the Student Activities Office as a Student Organization Coordinator. Under the Office of Student Affairs, the Student Activities Office worked to support approximately 200 student organizations and student initiatives in their successful amelioration of the campus community. In my role, I regularly worked with community partners as well as students, organization leadership, and college administrators to propose best practices for student success. One of the primary roles I had in this role was supporting organizations in their regular organizational processes at an administrative level. This includes processing transactions, reconciling payments, adherence to college policies (particularly regarding conduct and finance), as well as organization structure revision.
Continuing in this position, I am responsible for supporting organizations involved with Politics, Activism, and Debate (and the affiliated regulations governing organizations of such variety), Hobby and Special Interest groups (that have a broad span of topics associated with their organizations), as well as the College Activities Board in their staffing needs. Additionally, I will be working closely with professional staff as various office transitions happen in the coming months, including the training of new student organization coordinators for the following academic year.
Anti-Racism Taskforce Learning Hub
In my senior year, I began working on the anti-racism taskforce learning hub. In this capacity, I worked to create the infrastructure for a website to be used as an information hub for Middlebury College’s anti-racism programming and initiatives. My role was primarily based in copywriting and conducting outreach to campus groups that are based in anti-racism and anti-bias. The information created will be presented via the Anti-Racism Taskforce website with the site launching in Spring of 2022.
BrIdge to Enter Advanced Mathematics
Counselor & Teaching Assistant
In the summer between my first year and sophomore year of college, I worked for the Art of Problem Solving Foundation, in the Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics Program as a Counselor and Teaching Assistant for their three-week residential learning program. In this capacity, I helped to support rising eighth-grade students of historically underrepresented and marginalized backgrounds as a residential advisor for their hall, as well as a teaching assistant in a variety of math courses (ranging from graph theory to statistics). In addition to this, I helped in creating and facilitating programming that not only worked to meet students’ needs as growing individuals but also provided structure to the program. At the end of the program I received a return offer for the next three summers with the following feedback:
"You built strong relationships with students, did good work supporting them in classes as a TA, and ran extremely popular activities. You took on major camp duties and handled them like an expert. Working with an energetic hall, you managed things well. Your thoughtfulness about how and why we do things at camp was also extremely valuable."
The summer program and the feedback thereafter offered reassurance and confidence for me with respect to my ability to take on complicated situations and handle them in an organized, yet empathetic manner.
I continued in this role the summer between my sophomore and junior year but was faced with the challenge of joining the program online during the beginning months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Overcoming this challenge was not easy– a challenge for students, faculty, counselors, and program administrators alike- but my goal remained the same. I worked diligently to still cultivate a community between all constituencies and succeeded in many regards of supporting students, both academically as well as socially in this new online environment.
Director of Student Life
My third summer with BEAM, I did not return to the counseling and teaching assistant role– although I still served as a tutor during the fall and spring of the preceding academic year as an online teaching assistant for eighth-grade Algebra; Instead, I joined in a program administrator capacity as the Director of Student Life for our four-week online program. Many of these roles differed from that of a counselor, especially in terms of leading large-scale programmatic conversations and providing input for decisions of the same magnitude. As the director of all non-academic components of the program, scheduling of counselors, student activities, and social activities were all under my purview. Student attendance and behavior along with providing support and resources for other staff members as needed were new aspects of the role that I took on during my tenure in this role.
While stepping into this new role was a learning experience I feel I gained a great amount of experience in terms of large-scale organizational and programmatic leadership. Supporting our counselling team as well as communicating with all relevant program constituencies to make decisions that best benefited everyone, were roles I was more than happy to take on and that made me grow exponentially as a professional. Additionally, my success in seeing these items through led to me being invited to the role for the next three summers.
In the summer between my first year and sophomore year of college, I worked for the Art of Problem Solving Foundation, in the Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics Program as a Counselor and Teaching Assistant for their three-week residential learning program. In this capacity, I helped to support rising eighth-grade students of historically underrepresented and marginalized backgrounds as a residential advisor for their hall, as well as a teaching assistant in a variety of math courses (ranging from graph theory to statistics). In addition to this, I helped in creating and facilitating programming that not only worked to meet students’ needs as growing individuals but also provided structure to the program. At the end of the program I received a return offer for the next three summers with the following feedback:
"You built strong relationships with students, did good work supporting them in classes as a TA, and ran extremely popular activities. You took on major camp duties and handled them like an expert. Working with an energetic hall, you managed things well. Your thoughtfulness about how and why we do things at camp was also extremely valuable."
The summer program and the feedback thereafter offered reassurance and confidence for me with respect to my ability to take on complicated situations and handle them in an organized, yet empathetic manner.
I continued in this role the summer between my sophomore and junior year but was faced with the challenge of joining the program online during the beginning months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Overcoming this challenge was not easy– a challenge for students, faculty, counselors, and program administrators alike- but my goal remained the same. I worked diligently to still cultivate a community between all constituencies and succeeded in many regards of supporting students, both academically as well as socially in this new online environment.
Director of Student Life
My third summer with BEAM, I did not return to the counseling and teaching assistant role– although I still served as a tutor during the fall and spring of the preceding academic year as an online teaching assistant for eighth-grade Algebra; Instead, I joined in a program administrator capacity as the Director of Student Life for our four-week online program. Many of these roles differed from that of a counselor, especially in terms of leading large-scale programmatic conversations and providing input for decisions of the same magnitude. As the director of all non-academic components of the program, scheduling of counselors, student activities, and social activities were all under my purview. Student attendance and behavior along with providing support and resources for other staff members as needed were new aspects of the role that I took on during my tenure in this role.
While stepping into this new role was a learning experience I feel I gained a great amount of experience in terms of large-scale organizational and programmatic leadership. Supporting our counselling team as well as communicating with all relevant program constituencies to make decisions that best benefited everyone, were roles I was more than happy to take on and that made me grow exponentially as a professional. Additionally, my success in seeing these items through led to me being invited to the role for the next three summers.
Health Career Connections
California University of Science and Medicine: Office of Equity, Inclusion, Diversity and Partnership
The summer prior to my senior year of college, I worked for California University of Science and Medicine as a Health Career Connections Intern. In this role, I helped to produce both guidelines and content of the Learning and Engagement in Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Practices framework for their institution. I worked with high level administrators in their Office of Equity, Inclusion, Diversity and Partnerships and other community partners as relevant to best serve the needs of the community and an education based in equity for future generations of healthcare professionals.
Working in this position, I learned a great deal about the administrative decision making, as well as anti-racist pedagogy (in a medical context and otherwise). Working in this capacity also familiarized me with the proposal writing process for extensive programs as well as the ethical presentation of sensitive information.
The summer prior to my senior year of college, I worked for California University of Science and Medicine as a Health Career Connections Intern. In this role, I helped to produce both guidelines and content of the Learning and Engagement in Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Practices framework for their institution. I worked with high level administrators in their Office of Equity, Inclusion, Diversity and Partnerships and other community partners as relevant to best serve the needs of the community and an education based in equity for future generations of healthcare professionals.
Working in this position, I learned a great deal about the administrative decision making, as well as anti-racist pedagogy (in a medical context and otherwise). Working in this capacity also familiarized me with the proposal writing process for extensive programs as well as the ethical presentation of sensitive information.
Student Organizations
College Application Club
In my senior year of high school, I established the College Application Club, in which I assisted my peers in the college application process, and the processes after being accepted (FAFSA, CSS Profile, submitting relevant institution documents, requesting final transcripts, and more). This familiarized me even more with the process and allowed me to add additional support to the mechanisms provided by my high school.
Student Law and Politics
In my sophomore year of high school, students felt the need to understand more about their rights in California institutions of education. In answer to this, I helped create the Student Law and Politics club in which the California Education Code and other relevant developments in California secondary education laws were discussed and researched in detail. This provided students with a better understanding of what their rights were in the public education system.
Student Assembly
In my senior year of high school, in response to the national conversations regarding safety on school campuses and the climate amongst our student body, I worked with various campus stakeholders (particularly those with input in policy implementation) to create a student assembly that represents the needs of and reports directly to their constituents. This has since been integrated into the Associated Student Body structure since my graduation and still functions as an effective method of supporting student needs.
Distinguished Men of Color
In May of 2020, I began serving as Vice President of Distinguished Men of Color at Middlebury College. In this role, I helped in a complete organizational overhaul, introducing structure in our board, as well as a coherent brand for the organization to be recognized across the Middlebury College campus. Additionally, I assisted in planning our annual “Block Party” which served as a celebration of culture and identity after many months of not gathering during the COVID-19 pandemic. This event spanned several days and incorporated many student organizations representing various backgrounds, while also abiding by self-imposed stringent COVID-19 guidelines that promoted overall campus safety. This renewed sense of celebration on our campus was important in ensuring marginalized communities felt seen and that they had a home within our Vermont campus. Upon leaving the role in the Summer of 2021, I assisted in an effective leadership transition, including an election and the passing of all legacy information to the new organization leadership.
PALANA Social House
In February of 2020 I began my role as secretary of PALANA Social House at Middlebury College. PALANA originally stood for Pan African Latinx Asian Native American, but in an effort to broaden the implied constituency to all marginalized people, this definition has been retconned to simply be PALANA during my tenure on our executive board. Originally, my intentions were simply to step into this role and build infrastructure that would ensure the longevity of a recently created social space (and living environment), made by and for people of marginalized backgrounds to feel seen within. This included the revision of our constitution, executive board processes, transparency policies to members, and record keeping for the institution. Eventually, the COVID-19 pandemic caused everyone to leave campus and as a result, I began the work of supporting our members remotely. During the Fall semester, upon our return to campus, strained board relations led to the resignation of one of our co-presidents, prompting me as the executive board member with the next most institutional experience to step into the role of interim PALANA co-President (along with my duties as secretary).
In this capacity, as well as in my subsequent official terms as PALANA Co-President in Winter Term 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, and Winter Term 2022, I focused on establishing a healthy community– a home away from home. During my terms as co-president and alongside my executive team, we recruited over 150 new members to our family, created new traditions that are instilled in the institution's very fabric, and created a culture of support within our organization. Additionally, I successfully worked with our Office of Residential Life to house two cohorts of house residents, and subsequently served as a liaison on their behalf to appropriate offices (including the Office of Student Affairs, Public Safety, and more campus partners). Finally, ensuring organizational longevity in our executive board, and seeing a transition to new leadership has been one of the many pleasures of working in this role.
In my senior year of high school, I established the College Application Club, in which I assisted my peers in the college application process, and the processes after being accepted (FAFSA, CSS Profile, submitting relevant institution documents, requesting final transcripts, and more). This familiarized me even more with the process and allowed me to add additional support to the mechanisms provided by my high school.
Student Law and Politics
In my sophomore year of high school, students felt the need to understand more about their rights in California institutions of education. In answer to this, I helped create the Student Law and Politics club in which the California Education Code and other relevant developments in California secondary education laws were discussed and researched in detail. This provided students with a better understanding of what their rights were in the public education system.
Student Assembly
In my senior year of high school, in response to the national conversations regarding safety on school campuses and the climate amongst our student body, I worked with various campus stakeholders (particularly those with input in policy implementation) to create a student assembly that represents the needs of and reports directly to their constituents. This has since been integrated into the Associated Student Body structure since my graduation and still functions as an effective method of supporting student needs.
Distinguished Men of Color
In May of 2020, I began serving as Vice President of Distinguished Men of Color at Middlebury College. In this role, I helped in a complete organizational overhaul, introducing structure in our board, as well as a coherent brand for the organization to be recognized across the Middlebury College campus. Additionally, I assisted in planning our annual “Block Party” which served as a celebration of culture and identity after many months of not gathering during the COVID-19 pandemic. This event spanned several days and incorporated many student organizations representing various backgrounds, while also abiding by self-imposed stringent COVID-19 guidelines that promoted overall campus safety. This renewed sense of celebration on our campus was important in ensuring marginalized communities felt seen and that they had a home within our Vermont campus. Upon leaving the role in the Summer of 2021, I assisted in an effective leadership transition, including an election and the passing of all legacy information to the new organization leadership.
PALANA Social House
In February of 2020 I began my role as secretary of PALANA Social House at Middlebury College. PALANA originally stood for Pan African Latinx Asian Native American, but in an effort to broaden the implied constituency to all marginalized people, this definition has been retconned to simply be PALANA during my tenure on our executive board. Originally, my intentions were simply to step into this role and build infrastructure that would ensure the longevity of a recently created social space (and living environment), made by and for people of marginalized backgrounds to feel seen within. This included the revision of our constitution, executive board processes, transparency policies to members, and record keeping for the institution. Eventually, the COVID-19 pandemic caused everyone to leave campus and as a result, I began the work of supporting our members remotely. During the Fall semester, upon our return to campus, strained board relations led to the resignation of one of our co-presidents, prompting me as the executive board member with the next most institutional experience to step into the role of interim PALANA co-President (along with my duties as secretary).
In this capacity, as well as in my subsequent official terms as PALANA Co-President in Winter Term 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, and Winter Term 2022, I focused on establishing a healthy community– a home away from home. During my terms as co-president and alongside my executive team, we recruited over 150 new members to our family, created new traditions that are instilled in the institution's very fabric, and created a culture of support within our organization. Additionally, I successfully worked with our Office of Residential Life to house two cohorts of house residents, and subsequently served as a liaison on their behalf to appropriate offices (including the Office of Student Affairs, Public Safety, and more campus partners). Finally, ensuring organizational longevity in our executive board, and seeing a transition to new leadership has been one of the many pleasures of working in this role.
Middlebury College Student Government Association (SGA)
SGA Senate
One of the longest roles in the Student Government Association was on the Student Senate. As a member of the SGA Student Senate I had the duty of representing two separate constituencies of the student body during my tenure.
During my sophomore year, I represented roughly 20% of the Middlebury College student body as the Wonnacott Commons Senator. In this role, I remained in constant communication with constituents and represented their needs within the conversations we held as a senate. These conversations included restructuring SGA, allocation of resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, providing economic relief during the pandemic, and offering alternative grading models in light of the abrupt shift to remote learning. Apart from this, I worked with campus offices and faculty to begin the process of re-examining how grading is done at Middlebury and credits awarded for classes. I served as the chair of the Student Liaison to the SGA on Endowment Affairs Selection Committee, where I spearheaded appointing a member of the student body to report on Middlebury’s 1.5 billion dollar endowment, a process that required a thorough understanding both of the endowment and ethical interviewing processes (including keeping applications confidential). Additionally, I served as the chair of the Awards Committee, which recognizes faculty and staff who have contributed greatly to the Middlebury community.
During my junior spring, I ran in a special election to fill a vacancy for one of the two junior class senator positions. I ran against one of my previous class senators, whom I also served with on the SGA senate previously. I received 62% of the votes of my peers and served through the end of the semester. In this time, I wrote and passed several pieces of legislation addressing bias within the community, all of which passed with majority consent of our body and have been implemented carefully since.
Social Affairs Committee
During my first year at Middlebury, I served on the Social Affairs committee. I spearheaded the planning and execution of a winter-themed social that attracted over 800 attendees. This necessitated communication with local vendors, dining services, safety-based personnel, and space usage offices. In addition to this, we helped to support campus traditions such as Winter Carnival (run by the College Activities Board) and Nocturne (an arts festival sponsored by various campus partners).
Student Organization Oversight Committee
During my first year at Middlebury, I also served on the Student Organization Oversight Committee. In this capacity, I helped to support, audit, and provide institutional support for our 184 student organizations of the time and assisted in the new organization registration process for approximately 30 new organizations in the 2018-2019 school year. This involved policy-based advising as well as communication with a variety of campus offices to ensure organizations had the institutional support necessary for success and longevity.
Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
From 2018-2020, I served as a member of the Institutional Diversity and Inclusion Committee. In this role, we fielded the concerns of the Middlebury College student body on a variety of issues, many of which pertained to representation of identity. I was able to not only practice skills in advocacy, lobbying to constituencies, and cross-cultural communication, but also work with partners to implement programs (such as the Student Ambassador Program through the Admissions office increasing representation within the student body, or supporting the creation of a BIPOC-focused social house thus providing a safe-space for students already on our campus).
Academic Affairs Committee
My sophomore year, I served on the Academic Affairs Committee, on which I served as a senate liaison as well as member. In this capacity, I worked with the Dean of the Faculty, and the various department chairs to reconsider the way in which credit is determined for courses at Middlebury. This set the groundwork for the Credit/No Credit grading model that was an opt-in grading model during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, I worked on implementation of a co-curricular transcript, and considering critical race theory in the academic experience of students.
One of the longest roles in the Student Government Association was on the Student Senate. As a member of the SGA Student Senate I had the duty of representing two separate constituencies of the student body during my tenure.
During my sophomore year, I represented roughly 20% of the Middlebury College student body as the Wonnacott Commons Senator. In this role, I remained in constant communication with constituents and represented their needs within the conversations we held as a senate. These conversations included restructuring SGA, allocation of resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, providing economic relief during the pandemic, and offering alternative grading models in light of the abrupt shift to remote learning. Apart from this, I worked with campus offices and faculty to begin the process of re-examining how grading is done at Middlebury and credits awarded for classes. I served as the chair of the Student Liaison to the SGA on Endowment Affairs Selection Committee, where I spearheaded appointing a member of the student body to report on Middlebury’s 1.5 billion dollar endowment, a process that required a thorough understanding both of the endowment and ethical interviewing processes (including keeping applications confidential). Additionally, I served as the chair of the Awards Committee, which recognizes faculty and staff who have contributed greatly to the Middlebury community.
During my junior spring, I ran in a special election to fill a vacancy for one of the two junior class senator positions. I ran against one of my previous class senators, whom I also served with on the SGA senate previously. I received 62% of the votes of my peers and served through the end of the semester. In this time, I wrote and passed several pieces of legislation addressing bias within the community, all of which passed with majority consent of our body and have been implemented carefully since.
Social Affairs Committee
During my first year at Middlebury, I served on the Social Affairs committee. I spearheaded the planning and execution of a winter-themed social that attracted over 800 attendees. This necessitated communication with local vendors, dining services, safety-based personnel, and space usage offices. In addition to this, we helped to support campus traditions such as Winter Carnival (run by the College Activities Board) and Nocturne (an arts festival sponsored by various campus partners).
Student Organization Oversight Committee
During my first year at Middlebury, I also served on the Student Organization Oversight Committee. In this capacity, I helped to support, audit, and provide institutional support for our 184 student organizations of the time and assisted in the new organization registration process for approximately 30 new organizations in the 2018-2019 school year. This involved policy-based advising as well as communication with a variety of campus offices to ensure organizations had the institutional support necessary for success and longevity.
Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
From 2018-2020, I served as a member of the Institutional Diversity and Inclusion Committee. In this role, we fielded the concerns of the Middlebury College student body on a variety of issues, many of which pertained to representation of identity. I was able to not only practice skills in advocacy, lobbying to constituencies, and cross-cultural communication, but also work with partners to implement programs (such as the Student Ambassador Program through the Admissions office increasing representation within the student body, or supporting the creation of a BIPOC-focused social house thus providing a safe-space for students already on our campus).
Academic Affairs Committee
My sophomore year, I served on the Academic Affairs Committee, on which I served as a senate liaison as well as member. In this capacity, I worked with the Dean of the Faculty, and the various department chairs to reconsider the way in which credit is determined for courses at Middlebury. This set the groundwork for the Credit/No Credit grading model that was an opt-in grading model during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, I worked on implementation of a co-curricular transcript, and considering critical race theory in the academic experience of students.
CONCERNED STUDENTS OF MIDDLEBURY
Founder
In the summer of 2020, race and identity were at the forefront of national conversations. In the Middlebury community there was a lack of meaningful representation for people of marginalized backgrounds, and specifically a lack of action as it had to do with supporting Black students. As a result, I spearheaded the process of founding the Concerned Students of Middlebury, a student organization aimed at supporting marginalized populations at Middlebury in institutional conversations. Ranging from legislative ability to regular meetings with college leadership, the Concerned Students of Middlebury stands as an institutional body that ensures the historically unheard have a voice.
Director of Operations and Marketing
Launching the Concerned Students of Middlebury required a campaign process and lobbying of the College to give students a seat at the table. Originally, this involved mobilizing the campus community in calling for representation of marginalized communities. In the ensuing months, this role included creating a framework for the organization, spearheading a multitude of campaigns surrounding community-specific issues on campus, creating marketing guidelines and procedures, creating and maintaining an organizational website, and a thorough review of all operational components of the organization.
President
As President of the Concerned Students of Middlebury from June of 2020 through January of 2022, I helped in forming the structures of the organization. This ranged from a detailed constitution to selecting each leader of a committee. My role additionally called for regular meetings with the President of the College as well as Chief Diversity Officer, Dean of Students, and Vice President of Student Affairs to address pressing issues within the community.
Student Constituent Advisor to the Middlebury College Senior Leadership Group
I served as the lead student representative in monthly meetings with the Senior Leadership Group of the College (high ranking administrators that function as the cabinet of the institution’s President) from September of 2020 through January of 2022. This role included coordinating meetings, setting the meeting agenda per the needs of both students and administrators, moderating these meetings, recruiting students who are voicing issues, and relaying the relevant information from these meetings to the proper constituencies.
Post-Term Advisor
In my capacity as the Concerned Students of Middlebury post-term advisor from February to June of 2022, I provided support and guidance for our executive board in terms of the direction of the organization. I also frequently conducted outreach to the broader community to bring relevant issues to the forefront and promote a sense of equity in institutional conversations. This also allowed for me to provide a smooth leadership transition for the future of the organization.
In the summer of 2020, race and identity were at the forefront of national conversations. In the Middlebury community there was a lack of meaningful representation for people of marginalized backgrounds, and specifically a lack of action as it had to do with supporting Black students. As a result, I spearheaded the process of founding the Concerned Students of Middlebury, a student organization aimed at supporting marginalized populations at Middlebury in institutional conversations. Ranging from legislative ability to regular meetings with college leadership, the Concerned Students of Middlebury stands as an institutional body that ensures the historically unheard have a voice.
Director of Operations and Marketing
Launching the Concerned Students of Middlebury required a campaign process and lobbying of the College to give students a seat at the table. Originally, this involved mobilizing the campus community in calling for representation of marginalized communities. In the ensuing months, this role included creating a framework for the organization, spearheading a multitude of campaigns surrounding community-specific issues on campus, creating marketing guidelines and procedures, creating and maintaining an organizational website, and a thorough review of all operational components of the organization.
President
As President of the Concerned Students of Middlebury from June of 2020 through January of 2022, I helped in forming the structures of the organization. This ranged from a detailed constitution to selecting each leader of a committee. My role additionally called for regular meetings with the President of the College as well as Chief Diversity Officer, Dean of Students, and Vice President of Student Affairs to address pressing issues within the community.
Student Constituent Advisor to the Middlebury College Senior Leadership Group
I served as the lead student representative in monthly meetings with the Senior Leadership Group of the College (high ranking administrators that function as the cabinet of the institution’s President) from September of 2020 through January of 2022. This role included coordinating meetings, setting the meeting agenda per the needs of both students and administrators, moderating these meetings, recruiting students who are voicing issues, and relaying the relevant information from these meetings to the proper constituencies.
Post-Term Advisor
In my capacity as the Concerned Students of Middlebury post-term advisor from February to June of 2022, I provided support and guidance for our executive board in terms of the direction of the organization. I also frequently conducted outreach to the broader community to bring relevant issues to the forefront and promote a sense of equity in institutional conversations. This also allowed for me to provide a smooth leadership transition for the future of the organization.
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE ACTIVITIES BOARD (MCAB)
Traditions Co-Executive
I joined the Middlebury College Activities Board in December of 2020 as a general member and quickly rose through the ranks to the title of Traditions Co-Executive where I spearheaded major college events alongside my partner. All events were modified from their original formatting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These modifications required regular meetings with Middlebury governance structures in an effort to ensure student and community safety. Some of my duties included coordinating with both campus-based and outsourced security, talent recruitment, hospitality, event planning, staffing management, supporting other major campus events, copywriting, and more.
Director of Marketing (Interim)
For a two month period (September through October of 2021), the Middlebury College Activities Board lacked a Director of Marketing. I filled the role while we conducted a broad search for a new Director of Marketing. In my time in the role, I implemented language into the position’s role description that engaged a more DEI related approach to ensure as an organization– now and in the future– we reach a larger population of the student body. Additionally, I spearheaded the marketing campaign for a major concert, as well as recruitment efforts for our executive board and general membership. This led to growth in experience with mixed-media marketing via Instagram, email, and print as well as content creation on Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Canva.
President
During the 2021-2022 academic school year, I served as the MCAB President. In this role, I represented the organization as well as served the needs of our 2,800 person student body as it pertains to all-campus programming. My duties in this position included overseeing and appropriately allocating an approximately half-million dollar budget, organizing the success of multiple flagship and small-scale events, organizing large speakers and concerts, providing support for small concerts and speakers, and revising aspects of the organization at large to best support the needs of members of the student body.
I joined the Middlebury College Activities Board in December of 2020 as a general member and quickly rose through the ranks to the title of Traditions Co-Executive where I spearheaded major college events alongside my partner. All events were modified from their original formatting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These modifications required regular meetings with Middlebury governance structures in an effort to ensure student and community safety. Some of my duties included coordinating with both campus-based and outsourced security, talent recruitment, hospitality, event planning, staffing management, supporting other major campus events, copywriting, and more.
Director of Marketing (Interim)
For a two month period (September through October of 2021), the Middlebury College Activities Board lacked a Director of Marketing. I filled the role while we conducted a broad search for a new Director of Marketing. In my time in the role, I implemented language into the position’s role description that engaged a more DEI related approach to ensure as an organization– now and in the future– we reach a larger population of the student body. Additionally, I spearheaded the marketing campaign for a major concert, as well as recruitment efforts for our executive board and general membership. This led to growth in experience with mixed-media marketing via Instagram, email, and print as well as content creation on Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Canva.
President
During the 2021-2022 academic school year, I served as the MCAB President. In this role, I represented the organization as well as served the needs of our 2,800 person student body as it pertains to all-campus programming. My duties in this position included overseeing and appropriately allocating an approximately half-million dollar budget, organizing the success of multiple flagship and small-scale events, organizing large speakers and concerts, providing support for small concerts and speakers, and revising aspects of the organization at large to best support the needs of members of the student body.
Middlebury COllege Community Council
Co-Chair of Community Council
My time as Co-Chair of Community Council was one of organization and expansion. The Community Council had struggled for many years to find its unique identity within the infrastructure of the college. Under my leadership, the Council found its identity in serving as a focal point for all aspects of the institution– Middlebury College, Institute for International Studies in Monterey, Schools Abroad, and Language schools– to have meaningful conversations and make deliberations on institutional policies. I conducted a thorough reframing of the guidelines and regulations of the Council and created specific methods of legislation. The Council made several advisement to the College on
My time as Co-Chair of Community Council was one of organization and expansion. The Community Council had struggled for many years to find its unique identity within the infrastructure of the college. Under my leadership, the Council found its identity in serving as a focal point for all aspects of the institution– Middlebury College, Institute for International Studies in Monterey, Schools Abroad, and Language schools– to have meaningful conversations and make deliberations on institutional policies. I conducted a thorough reframing of the guidelines and regulations of the Council and created specific methods of legislation. The Council made several advisement to the College on
Institutional Committees
Mental Health Awareness Committee
My freshman spring and sophomore fall, I was a member of the Mental health Awareness committee where I worked with campus partners (faculty, staff, and the Middlebury College Davis Family Library) to promote mental health resources on campus as well as generally raising awareness on mental health issues. Managing this project was a large time commitment and allowed me to practice skills in coalition building, data representation, and event planning, particularly around a sensitive issue.
Wonnacott Commons Council Chair
My sophomore year, I served as the chair of my commons council. In this capacity, I oversaw a 5 person committee, managed a budget of approximately $20,000, and created programming that benefitted the campus community. Additionally, I allocated portions of this fund towards student needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
My freshman spring and sophomore fall, I was a member of the Mental health Awareness committee where I worked with campus partners (faculty, staff, and the Middlebury College Davis Family Library) to promote mental health resources on campus as well as generally raising awareness on mental health issues. Managing this project was a large time commitment and allowed me to practice skills in coalition building, data representation, and event planning, particularly around a sensitive issue.
Wonnacott Commons Council Chair
My sophomore year, I served as the chair of my commons council. In this capacity, I oversaw a 5 person committee, managed a budget of approximately $20,000, and created programming that benefitted the campus community. Additionally, I allocated portions of this fund towards student needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Overview
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Education
Upland High School Upland, CA, 2014 - 2018 Middlebury College Middlebury, VT, 2018 - 2022 Degree: Neuroscience (B.A,); Sociology (minor) Community Leadership
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Professional Experience
Previous Projects
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