EDUCATION

California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Communications Major, Public Relations Minor

Graduation May 2025

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) - Communications Internship

    • Long Beach, CA - June, 2024 - November 5, 2024

    • Created social media posts to educate the local community of ordinances, their rights, events and public statements.

    • Helped write opinion editorials to accomplish campaign goals.

    • Used video editing to push pro labor messaging to a younger audience.

    • Created press releases for protests/events to effectively spread our message to local media.

  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) - Community Engagement Program

    • Long Beach, CA - January 22, 2024 - March 5, 2024

    • Knocked on hundreds of doors to promote a pro worker ballot measure.

    • Educated potential voters on measure RW and voting information through phone banking.

    • Collaborated with fellow canvassers to efficiently complete daily tasks.

  • California Faculty Association - Students for Quality Education Internship

    • Long Beach, CA - August 2022 - Present

    • Cultivating community with students with weekly meetings to educate and create connections.

    • Organizing mass protests of students with crowd control, security, and crowd leadership.

    • Spoke to local TV news stations and media about our campaigns to increase awareness

    • Successfully lobbied State Senators and Assemblymembers for bills such as SB 808, require the California State University to submit a report to the Legislature on the investigations and outcomes of sexual harassment reports and formal sexual harassment complaints

    • Responsible for social media announcements and answering to University media organizations

    • Created coalitions of student organizations to rollback tuition hikes (Students against Tuition Hikes) and to have adequate cultural resource centers (Organization of Historically Oppressed Students)

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

  • La F.U.E.R.Z.A Student Association - Board Member, Volunteer

    • Long Beach, CA - September 2021 - Present

    • Facilitated meetings to educate our members about problems facing the latine community and led conversations surrounding these issues.

    • Helped organize major community events like our Dia de los Muertos and Tierra de Oro celebrations.

    • Assisted in mobilizing hundreds of students for on campus actions for reproductive rights, divestment from campus police and adequate cultural resource centers

  • Wrote press statements on issues directly facing students or our organization.

SKILLS

Social Media Management, Campaign Management, Community Outreach, Public Relations Training, Phone Banking, Political Canvassing, Coalition building, Media Relationship building, Public Speaking, Data Entry, Lobbying, Video Editing