Project Service

NATASHA PEREZ

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Education

The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

Bachelor of Arts: Communication Studies

Dean’s List: Fall 2008; Spring 2010

Honors & Awards

• TCNJ Communication Studies Department, recipient of The Leadership & Advocacy Award (May 2011)

• TCNJ Bonner Community Scholar, recipient of a four year academic scholarship (August 2007 – May 2011)

• Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority, Inc., recipient of The Woman of Wisdom Book Scholarship Award

• Student Achievement for The School of Arts and Communication, Scholarly Presentation in Research Methods & Health Communication title: The Role of Avatars in Decreasing Anxiety Amongst Adolescents with Autistic Spectrum Disorders.

Work Experience

The College of New Jersey, The Bonner Center for Civic & Community Engagement

Ewing, NJ

Communications Outreach Coordinator (May 2011-present)

• Responsible for communication between strategic partners such as The Attorney General’s Office, County Executives and local non-profit Directors

• Manage documents for a variety of internal and external annual reports

• Created and oversee the Trenton Prevention Policy Board Wiki that includes planning development resources and media relations for the board

• Coordinated the Trenton Heroes Project student celebration for the Attorney General Paula Dow and the local Trenton Public Schools

The City of Trenton: Mayor’s Office Trenton, NJ

Intern for the Director of Communication & Policy (January 2011 – May 2011)

• Generated communication materials such as press releases, media alerts and Executive Orders for the Mayor

• Provided onsite event support for Press Conferences and State Addresses

• Assisted Director of Communications & Policy in preparing materials for the Mayor when conducting media interviews

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The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ

Residential Housing Assistant (Sept. 2010-May 2011)

• Responsible for assisting upperclassmen enjoy their living experience while enforcing policies and regulations from college

• Provide consolation on personal, academic and career concerns.

• Managed various administrative duties such as maintenance requests, room transfers and incident reports.

Leadership Activities

The Bonner Scholars Program for Civic & Community Engagement Ewing, N

Recipient of Four Year Scholarship (August 2007-May 2011)

• One of fifteen initial scholars selected from the 1300-student Class of 2011 to complete 300 hours of service each academic year in the city of Trenton. Project highlights:

• The Bonner Center, Senior Intern: Assisted Director to capture fall and spring activities while identifying gaps, organized with the Director to establish Annual Community Partner-CEO Dinner/Meeting, provided support and supervision to class based projects, worked closely with students, faculty members and community organizations.

• Salvation Army, Site Leader: Responsible for organizing a group of students to partake in The Job Readiness Program that mentored over 30 patrons, lead incoming freshman (groups up to 30) on their community service learning days that included working in the following issues: hunger, homelessness, housing, education and youth development. Ensured activities were developed, facilitated, and delivered.

• PEI kids, Mentor: Mentored juveniles participating in a mandated court program. Created and facilitated women’s centered lessons.

• Nicaragua, New Orleans and Atlanta Trip Participant: Selected out of 75 Bonner Members to be part of a delegation to Nicaragua with Witness for Peace to examine the country’s economic struggles and history. Participated in a service trip to New Orleans to complete disaster relief work and an Atlanta Enrichment Trip to learn about the Civil Rights movement. Collaborated with TCNJ sorority to bring awareness to the on-campus community about the “Banana Workers” and how the United States affects third world countries.

Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority, Inc.

Community Service Chair; Recruitment Chair, and External Affairs Committee (Spring 2009 – present)

• Member of the national and collegiate Greek-letter sorority, committing itself to achievement while educating the college population on various social, political, culture and educational issues through programming. Project Highlights:

• Undergraduate experience: Assisted in executing over 20 events starting in Spring 2009 until May 2011 on campus leading to the honoring of Delta Chapter as Chapter of the Year (2010 and 2011) by National Governing Board.

• Graduate experience: Maintain marketing medium such as the website and promotional information, manage internal documents and controls of webmaster and responsible for external marketing and press releases in conjunction with the Trustee of Public Relations.

Special Skills and Interests:

• Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Photoshop, Indesign, Social Media Functions and Internet, SPSS (Statistical Program for the Social Sciences), Bilingual, CPR Certified, and First Aid Certified

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