Available as a pdf here.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

City Bureau, Chicago IL — Civic Reporting Fellow 

JANUARY 2025 - CURRENT 

  • Collaborate closely with City Bureau staff and mentors to develop strong journalistic writing and reporting skills

  • Participate in weekly workshops focused on journalism that advances racial equity and community engagement

  • Analyze and critique traditional media portrayals of Chicago’s South and West Sides

  • Work with a team leader and three fellows to produce collaborative stories and community-driven reporting projects

Housing Action Illinois, Chicago IL — Housing Policy Organizer

OCTOBER 2022 - OCTOBER 2024

  • Organized and engaged with the member organizations that make up Housing Action’s coalition to understand the on-the-ground needs which inform state and federal advocacy

  • Represented Housing Action Illinois in monthly meetings with Continuums of Care, planning bodies mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that coordinate housing and services for unhoused people

  • Conducted and synthesized academic research for policy reports and scholarly articles

  • Created, managed, and facilitated workshops and programming for annual Housing Matters conference

Housing Action Illinois, Chicago IL — National Service Program Associate

JUNE 2021 - OCTOBER 2022

  • Supported all aspects of Housing Action’s AmeriCorps program, including recruitment, marketing, onboarding, training, as well as tracking the progress and impact of AmeriCorps members

  • Worked with the National Service team to establish annual goals and desired outcomes for the AmeriCorps Program

  • Coordinated AmeriCorps recruitment efforts, including RFP evaluations, site selections, and member placement.

  • Designed In-Service Training events for AmeriCorps members based on Housing Action’s mission to protect and expand quality affordable housing.

Working America, Chicago IL — Organizer

SEPTEMBER 2020  - JUNE 2021

  • Conducted outreach to allies to build support for Working America organizing objectives in coordination with the Regional Director

  • Supported members and volunteers conducting outreach, including facilitation of trainings and logistics

  • Used online tools to facilitate outreach and engagement

  • Tracked outreach and development using database tools

Shriver Center on Poverty Law, Chicago IL — Policy Intern

JUNE 2019 - AUGUST 2019

  • Researched healthcare coverage pathways for immigrants in Illinois

  • Analyzed take-up rates and other data related to Medicaid expansion

  • Researched, wrote, and edited a Legal Impact Network toolkit on disrupting exploitative systems of Fines and Fees in criminal legal systems

EDUCATION

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL — Master of Urban Planning and Policy

Concentration: Community Development

DePaul University, Chicago IL — Bachelor of Arts

Major: Secondary Education, Concentration: U.S. History

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

We Will Chicago, Chicago IL — Housing & Neighborhoods Research Team member

JULY 2021 - OCTOBER 2022 

  • Participated in monthly meetings as part of the City of Chicago’s first comprehensive planning project since 1966 

  • Advocated for equitable development without displacement for all of Chicago’s neighborhoods 

  • Determined goals, objectives, and policies to promote and support affordable housing

Market Box, Chicago IL — Dispatch, coordinator, volunteer 

APRIL 2021 - PRESENT 

  • Assists in coordination of mutual aid distribution of fresh food to 400+  South Side households 

  • Provides training and orientation to new packers and drivers 

  • Helps collect and share information and resources pertinent to our community 

  • Adjusts route assignment and distribution due to cancellation and emergency

Girls Rock Chicago, Chicago IL — Board of Directors

APRIL 2021 - PRESENT

  • Plans and engages in outreach to potential campers and volunteers 

  • Collaborates to create programming to assist with social-emotional learning & support for youth 

  • Participates in monthly board meetings 

  • Assists in development and fundraising efforts to support camp accessibility

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

PeoplesHub

MAY - JULY 2024

Undoing Internalized Ableism cohort

re:power Data and Analytics Camp

APRIL - AUGUST 2020

Data Strategy and Engineering