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E D U C A T I O N

June 2013 Northwestern University, B.A.Evanston, IL American Studies Programconcentration in Urban Studies Minor in Global Health

GPA 3.78/4.0

Feb 12 May 12 SIT Study Abroad: Culture, Development & Social ChangeHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam Independent Study Project: Fast Food in Ho Chi Minh City: Examining the Socioeconomicsof Diet

R E L E V A N T W O R K E X P E R I E N C E

June 12 Aug 12 Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard UniversityInternCambridge, MA Conducted legal research regarding intellectual property, copyright policy, Internet

governance models, andinformation quality and access for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) planning initiative;

authoredmemos and use cases to present to DPLA Secretariat and circulate within DPLA community,

creatively bridgingresearch and practice; managed DPLA social media outlets; collaborated with team of four interns to

producea series of video documentaries with open-source HTML5 platform for emerging multimedia

initiative, Zeega.

June 11 Aug 11 Northwestern University Academic & Research TechnologiesResearch AssistantEvanston, IL Designed and built front end interface of mobile application and website for a special

exhibition at the ChicagoHistory Museum, The Great Chicago Fire and Web of Memory; retrieved, categorized, and digitizedphotographs and fire artifacts from museum archives to be featured on mobile application; managed

ingestforms to organize and edit over four hundred pages worth of content onto online project server.

Sept 09 June 11 Civic Education ProjectAdministrative AideEvanston, IL Engaged with hands-on management of civic engagement program for pre-college youth;

managed andorganized over five hundred applications in database of student participants and temporary staff

members;conducted online research of education-focused organizations to support recruitment and hiring of

staff;served as a Residential Assistant for service-learning trips in Chicago for high-achieving high school

students.

April 10 Dec 10 Institute for Policy ResearchResearch Assistant for Professor James RosenbaumEvanston, IL Researched and evaluated economic impact of educational investments between technical

college programsand traditional community college trajectories in Illinois and California; transcribed and reviewed

faculty andstudent interviews; created project management data set to be used for pending publication;

administeredsurvey data from students; quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed impressions from interviews and

surveys.

June 10 Aug 10 Asian Pacific Liver CenterCommunity Development Intern

Los Angeles, CA Developed culturally sensitive Hepatitis B outreach and education programs for over sixtyunderserved Asiancommunities in the Los Angeles metropolitan area; assisted phlebotomists with blood tests during

weeklyHepatitis B screenings; transcribed, interpreted, and communicated test results in Korean, Mandarin,Vietnamese, and Thai for each screening of over one hundred patients per week.

C O M M U N I T Y E N G A G E M E N T

Oct 09 Present Peer Health ExchangeSenior Health Educator & Cluster Teaching Program EducatorChicago, IL Teach weekly sexual health workshops for at-risk Chicago high school students who would not

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receive health education; selected as Cluster Teacher to lead national pilot program in multi-topicinstruction;trained in educational content and classroom management techniques to foster students success.

Nov 08 Present Project WildcatCounselor & ParticipantUpper Peninsula, MI Plan and execute entirely student-run, week-long backpacking orientation program for over

two hundredAllegheny, PA first-year students at Northwestern University; facilitate small group dynamic; completed

twelve-week trainingcourse in outdoor skills, wilderness safety, interpersonal communication, and leadership

development.

Oct 09 April 10 Global Engagement Summit International Delegates Committee Co-ChairEvanston, IL Recruited over one hundred delegates for Northwesterns largest student conferencea five-

day socialentrepreneurship summit to implement change-based projects; directed applicant review and

selectionprocess; arranged student visas and in country transportation; created summit itinerary for delegates.

A W A R D S , S K I L L S & I N T E R E S T S

Awards Academic Year Undergraduate Research Grant (2012); SIT Study Abroad Asian StudiesScholarship (2012);

Los Angeles Air Force Spouses Club Scholarship (2012); J.G. Nolan Scholarship (2008-2011).Technology PC/Mac Operating Systems; Microsoft Office Suite; FileMaker Pro; InDesign; R StatisticalProgramming.

Language Study Six years of study in Spanish: proficient reader, writer, listener, and speaker; intermediateVietnamese.

Interests Digital humanities; education policy; urban ecology, design, and planning; socialentrepreneurship.