Family Services Editorial Assistant

Nora A. Paul

708-***-**** ad09m8@r.postjobfree.com Boston, MA

EDUCATION

Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA – B.A. 2022, Anthropology (Honors)

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

August 2022 to Present

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Summer of 2020

Summer of 2018

2018-2022

Summer of 2020

Summer of 2019

Summer of 2019

2019 to Present

Paralegal – MacMurray & Associates

●In the administrative department, I maintain organization of clients’ documentation and personal information

●Complete and submit Freedom of Information Act requests on behalf of clients

●Communicate with clients in Spanish to gather information and arrange appointments

Research Assistant – Grinnell College

●Assisted Professor Tess Kulstad in research on the historical and current effects of flooding and damming in the Lake Red Rock region in central Iowa,, particularly in their displacement of low-income and working-class communities

●Planned and coordinated ethnographic research and travel, managing the overall budget

Contributor to OASIS Research Group

●Research with Pomona professor Guillermo Douglass-Jaimes focused on environmental health in Oakland, particularly in its social, racialized, and identity-based dimensions

●Developed Qualtrics surveys to analyze records of City Council meetings and events held at Lake Merritt park, as well as doing background research, data entry, and reporting, liaising with a City Council member

Intern – Outcomes/Evaluation, Metropolitan Family Services, Chicago, IL

●Entered data on clients’ feedback into different applications within Microsoft Office Suite

●Constructed reports on program outcomes in order to promote development

Co-Editor-in Chief (2020-2021) – Press

●Facilitated the editing and publishing of over 20 student publications

●Managed the budget and coordinated with printing companies for orders.

Intern – Latin Advocacy Network

●Worked directly with clients to assist with applications for immigration benefits

●Contacted and collaborated with outside experts to build clients’ cases

●Wrote briefs and cover letters for clients when applicable

Intern – Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5

●Created an efficient and accurate method for developing Underground Injection Control Class V well closure communications of environmental regulations to promote compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act

Intern – Care for Creatives, New Orleans, LA

●Assisted with program development and administration, and managed operation of weekly pay-what-you-can workshops that included a circuit of health care practitioners and a monthly series of health-focused participatory and educational programming

Writer – Chicago Reader, Pioneer Press

●Write on a freelance basis for the Chicago Reader, and in 2018 wrote for branch publications of the Chicago Tribune

AWARDS AND HONORS

Honors in Anthropology: 3.8 GPA

Grinnell College Dean’s List, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022

Campbell Memorial Scholarship Awardee, 2018

Grinnell College Founder's Scholarship Recipient, 2018

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