Indeera Pujar

Experience

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  Deb Ciamacca for State Rep PA D168 (org)

  Jun 2019 - Mar 2020

  Student Volunteer (Fellow)

  As an active fellow on Debra Ciamacca's campaign for State Legislature, I participated in numerous canvassing events as well as interned under the Deputy Campaign Manager.

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  Fundación Tierra Nueva

  Jul 2019 - Jul 2019

  Student Volunteer

  Volunteered full-time at Centro Médico Tierra Nueva and a Daycare for children in Ecuador for a month. At the Hospital, I shadowed Pediatric Physiatrists and took vitals for incoming patients. And at the daycare, I fed, played with, and helped teach the children.

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  New Voters

  Mar 2020 - Jun 2021

  As a Social Media and Research Intern, I did policy research and collected content from the rest of the team for New Voters’ social media accounts as well as create content for New Voters' social media accounts. As a Training and Resources Intern, I Created text banking templates, edited comprehensive state-wide toolkits for running successful social media/virtual campaigns, and coordinated training sessions for high school students interested in hosting a successful voter registration drive.

  • Social Media and Research Intern

    Sept 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Training and Resources Intern

    Mar 2020 - Aug 2020
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  Draw the Lines PA

  Sept 2020 - Jul 2022

  Member

  Member of the DTL Map Corps, I have helped create the Citizens' Map, which is a composite, 17-district congressional map that attempts to represent what over 7,200 Pennsylvanians have collectively mapped in five Draw the Lines competitions. Now, looking to push the Citizens' map through the media, I have participated in a podcast and have helped write an OP-ED for a local paper.

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  TJ's Restaurant and Drinkery

  Apr 2021 - Aug 2021

  Hostess and New Hire Trainer

  I handled duties such as fulfilling orders for food delivery services like Grubhub and Doordash, greeting and seating guests, bussing tables, and training prospective hosts.

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  Harvard University

  May 2021 - Aug 2021

  Research Assistant

  As a research assistant under the direction of Post-Doc Vinny Chandran-Suja and Professor Samir Mitragotri from Harvard University, I bridged cellular hitchhiking with computer models to simulate blood flow around cells on MATLAB.

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  Stanford University

  Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

  Summer Student

  I attended the Stanford University EXPLORE Lecture Series, which covered the basic fundamentals and current research areas represented by the various research areas of the Stanford School of Medicine (Immunology, Neuroscience, Regenerative and Stem Cell Medicine, Cancer Biology, Bioengineering, and Bioinformatics).

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  Stanford Clinical Science, Technology and Medicine Summer Internship

  Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

  Intern

  I completed the Stanford Anesthesia Summer Institute Program, where I attended lectures on anesthesiology and post-operative pain medicine; diversity and empathy in the medical field; emergency medicine in the era of COVID; and others. I also completed a capstone project, wherein my peers and I created a proposed solution and prototype for Stage IV Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and presented it to a panel of Stanford Doctors and Professors.

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  Justice For Our Neighbors of the Delaware Valley

  May 2022 - Jun 2022

  Intern

  I worked primarily as a translator between clients and employees at JFON-DV, translating affidavits, client messages, and calls. I sat in on meetings with refugees and asylum-seekers, shadowing the lawyers and helping with case outreach. I also worked with the social media manager and helped to plan the JFON-DV annual fundraiser. Some of my general tasks included optimizing the use of the online case database, LawLogix.

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  The Tritones @ UCSD

  Sept 2022 - now

  Plan bi-weekly rehearsals, retreats, showcases, social events, and competitions; communicate with other UCSD A Cappella groups and Tritones Board The tritones are UCSD’s premier A Cappella group. Out of 80 auditionees, 8 new tritones were selected this year.

  • Vice President

    May 2023 - now

  • UCSD Tritones Member

    Sept 2022 - Aug 2023
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  Flagship Pioneering

  Jun 2023 - Sept 2023

  Intern, Stem Cell Biology at Flagship Labs 68

  Completed innovative stem cell research to explore the behavior of a revolutionary cellular therapeutic.