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Assistant Manager

Location:
Pleasant Hill, CA
Posted:
December 08, 2013

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Resume:

Education

Stanford University **** ****

BA History (with concentration in Modern Europe/Modern European Intellectual History), 2011

Advanced coursework in the history of European political thought and European imperialism. Graduate level

coursework on Modern Britain and European Imperialism.

Experience

Immigraton Legal Assistant/Case Manager July 2012 June 2013

Younossi Law

Performed immigration case management and legal assistant work for employment based and family based

immigration cases. Gained experience in a number of nonimmigrant visa types as well as immigrant visa

petitions. Interfaced with foreign nationals by phone or in person.

Immigraton Legal Assistant/Case Manager August 2011 May 2012

Simmons and Ungar, LLP

Performed immigration case management and legal assistant work for employment based and family based

immigration cases. Gained experience in a number of nonimmigrant visa types as well as immigrant visa

petitions. Interfaced with foreign nationals by phone or in person. Specialized in writing letters of support for

specific petitions.

Student Library Assistant 2010 2011

Stanford Mathematics and Statistics Library, Stanford Physic Library

Helped patrons at front desk, facilitated of all areas of book circulation in the Math and Statistics library as well

as in the university wide library system, including data management of information about library collections in

Microsoft Excel and daily use of Unicorn, the university wide library database platform. Especially hired to

assist in the final closing of the library, which entailed cataloging every single book in the library, marking them

for relocation, and ensuring that each book was properly disbursed to its new location.

Summer Paid Intern/Research Assistant Summer 2009

Stanford Spatial History Lab.

Research assistant on team led by PhD student Jon Christensen on his Critical Habitat project, which studied

the environmental history of California and the spatial extinction patterns of the Bay Checkerspot Butterfly. The

Spatial History Lab works at the intersection of quantitative and computational methodologies (computational

data processing, GIS, computer generated visualizations) with historical research projects carried out by

Stanford historians. I was trained in basic GIS (Geographic Information System) skills, and I was responsible

for computational data analysis and was given the task of designing data visualizations for the project.

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Research Assistant April Sept 2008

Wagner Neuroscience Lab

Worked with graduate students to help administer fMRI and EEG sessions.Worked with post doc Jesse

Rissman to assist in processing of fMRI data using Matlab. The project was an attempt to decode unconscious

states of memory from fMRI brain scans by analyzing data using machine learning algorithms. Duties were

primarily to manage and process raw data taken from fMRI scans including tailoring Matlab scripts to process

raw fMRI data, creating data visualizations and graphics in Matlab. I also assisted in administering the fMRI

scans to subjects.

Student Assistant Winter 2008

CSLI (Center for the Study of Language and Information) Publishing

Responsibilities included shelving books and organizing book warehouse, proofreading and editing manuscripts

Other Relevant Skills

Spanish Language

proficient reading ability

semi proficient conversational abilit

Other Languages

Japanese, 1 yr university study

Latvian, moderate conversational proficiency (4 month homestay)

French, equivalent 1 yr university study (intensive summer program)

Typing Speed: 109 WPM

Software Experience:

Mac and PC literate

Microsoft Office, GIS (Geographic Information Systems), Some experience in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe

Illustrator, Matlab.

Light computer programming skills and experience basic Java, C++ and Python. (University coursework

includes beginning courses in computer programming, programming theory (discrete mathematics), linear

algebra, multivariate calculus and theory of statistics.)

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