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EDUCATION

Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA May 2019

Bachelor of Arts Duel Major of Literature and Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) Edward J. Sexton PPE Fellow - Selected as one of twenty-four students into a competitive major: A cohort of twelve students takes six courses together for their major; every semester a weekly essay is written and debated with the professor and one classmate.

School for International Training: Study Abroad, Bali, Indonesia September 2017 - December 2017 Wrote and presented a 50-page research paper at the Human Development Conference at the University of Notre Dame. EXPERIENCE

Fulbright – Indonesia, East Java July 2019 - May 2020 High School English Teaching Assistant

● Collaborated with local English teachers to teach 350 Indonesian high school students each week.

● Developed weekly lesson plans with 4 co-teachers to increase English speaking activities in the classroom.

● Learned Indonesian by practicing with 30 fellow teachers and in the local community as I lived alone in the village.

● Budgeted Fulbright’s allocation for Community Engagement Projects: Field trips to the closest university and private tutoring for the accelerated Accounting Class.

● Organized a 20-student 10th grade English Storytelling Competition in which students wrote, illustrated, and performed original stories.

The Society for Corporate Governance – New York, NY May 2018 - August 2018 Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) and Marketing Intern

● Researched ESG investment patterns of institutional investors such as BlackRock and Vanguard.

● Proofread the Society’s ESG Roadmap paper and the Legal Risks and ESG Disclosure paper, which was then disseminated to all of its members.

● Compiled a list of possible Society members for the marketing team using the S&P 500 and Russell 3000. U.S. Department of Education – Washington, DC June 2017 - August 2017 Policy Assistant

● Drafted a congressional report on behalf of the White House Initiative on Native American and Native Alaskan Education (WHINANAE) summarizing the successful and unsuccessful implementation of language immersion in public schools.

● Shadowed WHINANAE’s acting director and attended meetings with the Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Education, and the Office of Language Acquisition within the Department of Education.

● Represented WHINANAE at the Aspen Institute’s Native American Labor conference. New Editions Literary Agency – Washington, DC July 2017 - August 2017 Editorial Assistant / Social Media Intern

● Created a social media platform for a New Edition’s author adding 400 LinkedIn followers to his account.

● Communicated daily with New Edition’s founder regarding the literary content and social media strategy of the author. AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES

Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Issued by ITTT - International TEFL & TESOL June 2019 Best Senior Thesis in Literature Issued by Claremont McKenna College’s Literature Department May 2019 LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Writing Fellow, Claremont McKenna College Center for Writing and Public Discourse May 2016 - May 2019 First Year Guide, Claremont McKenna’s Dean of Students Office August 2016 - June 2016 Founder and President, Claremont McKenna College Climbing Club September 2016 - May 2019 SKILLS AND INTERESTS

Language: Indonesian (intermediate)

Technical: Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Zoom (advanced) Interests: Rock climbing, creative writing, hiking, and longboarding