Lakshi Gunawardena

Phone: 763-***-**** Email: adxjae@r.postjobfree.com

Education

St. Catherine University - International Studies major, French and Economics minor

GPA 3.579, Graduated May 2022

Work Experience:

The Sanneh Foundation (November 2022- May 2023)

● Volunteer and Event Coordinator: Worked with the recruitment and managing of volunteers and assisted in planning events

Minnesota Humanities Center (June 2022- October 2022)

●Grant Research: Pulled research and data and compiled it on Excel spreadsheets for readability and comprehension and unit

●Attended community lead events, engaged with community through direct conversations and activities

●Wrote thought based reflections after attending events based on what was observed

Tele fund caller, St. Catherine University (September 2018- May 2022)

●Engaged alumni through meaningful conversation

●Diplomacy and patience with different opinions surrounding university

●Team building and collaboration through weekly meetings, events and team based structure

United Nations Inter Press Service: (June- August 2019):

●Wrote thoughtful and critical articles on different U.N. topics and events surrounding the Sustainable Development Goals

●Attended NGO and Civil society and U.N. lead events

●Interviewed multiple event speakers, asked innovative and creative questions on their work

Awards/ Achievements:

•Pi Sigma Alpha Honors Society - Political Science Honors

•Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society - Academic Honor Society

•Omicron Delta Honors Society - Economics Honor Society

•St. Catherine University Dean’s list Fall 2021 and Spring 2020 semester

Extra Curricular's

●Orientation Leader: welcomed incoming freshmen class; planned orientation activities and events, and was a resource for freshman

●Economics mentor: Engaged younger high school or college students with economics through events and thought provoking discussions on topics such as housing discrimination and education disaparities

Community Involvement:

Intern at United Nations (June- August 2019): Regularly volunteered and attended community events

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