Adam Simon

Portland, OR ***** 971-***-**** ad2u4m@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA Expected Graduation: May 2026

● Psychology Major, Global Studies Concentration

● Major GPA: 4.000, Cumulative GPA: 3.974

SKILLS

● Fluent in Spanish and Hungarian

● Trauma-Informed Community Service Training

● QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Program

● Communication and Self-Advocacy: Ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of people, proactive in seeking help. Good listener and eager to help others

● Work Ethic and Accountability: I have high expectations of myself and take my responsibilities very seriously

● Organization: Smoothly manage all responsibilities in a tidy manner

● Leadership Skills: Strong ability to solve problems spontaneously and lead groups

● Time management: Ability to efficiently juggle several responsibilities at once RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Hispanic Studies 343 Writing Fellow, Whitman College Fall Semester 2023

● Individually met with 17 students in the class several times during the semester, as the class’s writing fellow, to help students with their essay assignments

● Helped students develop their arguments, practice close reading skills, discuss literary themes, and structurally organize their essays

Buddy Program, Whitman College, WA: 2022-present

● Program Leader: Led the Buddy Program, as one of Whitman’s Career and Community Engagment Programs

Organized monthly events for Whitman students and intellectually disabled members of the Walla Walla community to build friendships and bridge their interpersonal differences, through various events put on in the Walla Walla area

Worked closely with the Walla Walla Valley Disability Network to put on these events, and coordinate our community “buddies” consistently showing up

Worked on campus wide marketing efforts, and translated marketing materials into Spanish for Spanish speaking community members

● Formed friendships with various “buddies” by acting as a consistent and committed member of the program, dedicated to attending all the program events and engaging fully in all activities

● Spoke Spanish to communicate with many of the individuals in the Buddy Program Caldera Arts, Portland, OR and Sisters, WA: Junior Advocate (https://www.calderaarts.org/) 5-6/23

● Acted as a role model and mentor to inspire and uplift middle and highschool aged youth from underserved rural and urban communities, by awakening the potential of their creative voice.

● Served as behavioral support and a consistent backbone for the youth, during their art classes and throughout the whole day, facilitated nightly campfires.

● Engaged near daily in difficult conversations and behavioral redirections. Friends Program, Whitman College, WA 2023-present

● Acted as a consistent mentor figure and friend to a local kindergartener, by meeting weekly for lunch and recess to provide social-emotional support and build trust

● Developed a trusting relationship with my “friend” and his classmates, by establishing my commitment to showing up every week, and engaging in various activities, in addition to 1-1 time Food Justice Project, Whitman College, WA 2022-present

● Participated in food drive packing, and food distribution events, to increase food accesseibility for the local communities in the Walla Walla area

● Stayed flexible by helping with various tasks at the events depending on what was most needed, from packaging food into boxes in a warehouse, to handing individual families boxes of food that we packaged

● Utilized Spanish fluency skills for the large immigrant populations we served Post58, OR: Youth-Led Climbing Organization (www.post58.org) 2016-2021

● President (2020-21): Managed 23 steering committee members and their tasks, led monthly steering committee and general member meetings for all ~110 members, served on the board. Helped establish the Post 58 Equity Team to review and improve matters of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

● Vice President (2019-20): Planned monthly general meetings, worked with steering committee members

● Transportation Manager (2020): Organized transportation for 200 students for their summer climbs

● Co-Fundraising Coordinator (2019-20): Planned and attended monthly fundraisers

● Treasurer (2018-19): Managed yearly budget, collected member dues, kept track of trip payment

● Took local foster kids on several hiking and climbing trips. Engaged in ongoing trail maintenance, tree planting, and ivy-pulling events (2016-21)

WINGS Peer Mentoring Leader, Catlin Gabel School, OR 2020-21

● Served as a year-long supportive mentor and ‘go-to’ person for incoming ninth graders to Catlin Gabel School, through regular programming and group meetings, as well as 1-1 meetings

● WINGS is a peer mentorship program which seeks to build trusting relationships between incoming ninth graders and senior leaders, with a curriculum based on the work of the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional learning (CASEL) and the Peer Group Connection (PGC) Thrive, Catlin Gabel School, OR 2019-2020

● Formed connections with unaccompanied refugee minors from South America on the Catlin Gabel School campus through recurring events

● Built bridges across personal divides through collaborative activities and conversations Teacher’s Assistant at Summer School, OR 6-8/2019

● Worked with local elementary aged refugee kids through Catholic Charities at their summer school, to assist with activities and act as a role model and supervisor in their classroom environment

● Helped with activities like arts and crafts projects or games/sports, and supervised the kids during free time and excursions to the park

REFERENCES

Peter Green - Founder of Post58 and mentor

● ad2u4m@r.postjobfree.com, 503-***-****

Aasha Benton - Junior Advocate Supervisor at Caldera Arts

● ad2u4m@r.postjobfree.com, 971-***-****

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