Advocacy
For the past six years, I've dedicated myself to a wide variety of public policy and community service projects. I started at 14 by lobbying for immigrant rights with Congressional staff, continuing through high school — including organizing the DMV area anti-gun violence walkouts of 2018/2019, alongside original March For Our Lives leaders — to today.
In the process, I've learned to plan and host events with ease, facilitate dialogue with compassion, organize in the field, and lobby on behalf of marginalized communities.
College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Student Council
Community Service Chair (2021-2023)
Curriculum Committee Member (2022-2023)
First Year Class Board Member (2020-2021)
As Chair of the Community Service Committee, I was tasked with managing our service projects and fundraisers; however, I often went beyond the scope of my role to assist the Class Boards and Curriculum Committee, leaning on my prior experience as an educator and organizer. My goals were twofold: empower students in their own advocacy and career, and give back to the city via volunteering and fundraising.
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During my tenure, I:
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Raised over $3000 for various nonprofits;
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Offered opportunities for students to get involved in Service via the first-ever Service Social, which included a nonprofit fair and panel with NYU administrators, including Dean Kalb;
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Promoted shopping sustainably with the now-annual Spring Cleaning Sale, which was also the first event ever hosted at NYU's Bobst Library Mamdouha Gallery;
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Packaged sandwiches and care kits for people in need;
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Designed merchandise for NYU's Welcome Week CAS Kickoff, and for our Merch Sale raising funds for Puerto Rico's Comedores Sociales (Community Kitchens);
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Raised awareness on Women's History Month and following Hurricane Fiona;
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Created advertisements and assisted in logistics for the 2021 and 2022 Student-Faculty banquets, in aid of the Curriculum Chair;
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Cohosted CAS After Hours with the Curriculum Committee, in which we facilitated smaller, personal chats between students and distinguished professors;
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Spoke up for students' needs via our Town Halls with CAS Advising, CAS Dean Wendy Suzuki, and Dean of Academic Affairs Armanda Lewis;
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Advised the direction of CAS initiatives and provided input into University affairs as a member of the CASSC Executive Board;
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Hosted networking and alumni panels for the Class of 2024 and Class of 2026.
NYU Teaches
Director
Borne out of a Community Service committee meeting, NYU Teaches was a one-year initiative I founded to provide virtual tutoring assistance to students at a majority-minority Manhattan middle school. I selected and trained 30 tutors, and they met with their assigned students weekly via Google Meet.
Starting it from scratch required: communicating across departments within the University and our partner school; conducting outreach to find tutors, using Instagram Business, Photoshop, Weebly/Wix, and Canva Pro; and designing program policies in accordance with existing regulations and practices.
Amnesty International
Youth Strategist for the Northeast Region
Having founded an Amnesty International chapter in high school, I transitioned to serve as a strategist via the New York leadership team during my first year of college. In the role, I formed a working group on death penalty abolition efforts, and created a digital advertising and events strategy for a nationwide member-led week of action for abolition.
During my time with AIUSA, I also consistently trained members to and advocated for human rights protections in Congressional offices, among other policies.
As president of my local chapter, I: Built campaigns resulting in over 100 petition signatures in support of Uyghur Muslims in China, over 70 letters for the Write For Rights campaign, and over $300 to donate menstrual hygiene products to incarcerated people. I also trained chapter members for meetings with Congressional staff to advocate for the C.R.O.W.N. Act, Savanna’s Act, and the Break the Cycle of Violence Act.
