Anh Nguyen, MPA

Experience

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  University of California, Los Angeles - Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Office

  Jun 2012 - Jun 2013

  Undergraduate Intern

  • Oversaw 7 multicultural freshmen and transfer yield programs by coordinating communication between campus entities and student organizations• Drafted the application for UCLA Student Affairs Global Citizens Fellowship

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  University of California, Los Angeles - Community Programs Office (CPO)

  Jul 2014 - Jul 2017

  SEA CLEAR (Southeast Asian Campus Learning Education and Retention) Project Director

  I provided administrative direction for a multifaceted retention and student engagement program housed under the Community Programs Office that increase student’s graduation and readmission rates, participation in leadership roles, and community engagement. Each year, I supervised 10 paid student staff to provide year-round peer counseling to over 250 students through 2,000 hour-long sessions, mentorship, internship, wellness, and transfer programs to help academically at-risk Southeast Asian students build a community and successfully graduate from UCLA. At the beginning of each school year, our team produces an annual budget proposal to secure $100,000+ for project operations. Throughout the year, we continued to steward and develop relationships with stakeholders on and off campus to increase visibility, funding, and collaborations. In addition to my direct project management responsibilities, I participated in the following:• Presented at the nationwide student affairs professional conference (NASPA) and Asian Pacific Higher Education Conference (APAHE)• In partnership with other on-campus departments, I served on the Bruin Readmission Program (BRP) workgroup to help students readmit into UCLA by reviewing appeals, providing weekly counseling sessions in conjunction with full time academic counselors, connecting resources and tools, evaluating progress, and advising student leadership as they organize skill-building workshops for their peers.• I served as a UCLA Economic Crisis Response Team Department Representative to assess students' financial situations and resolve various financial crises. Our team allocated over $300,000 in grants and reassigned financial aid funding to cover students’ cost of tuition, housing costs, and other unmet basic needs. Vis mindre

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  American Cancer Society

  Aug 2017 - Jan 2021

  • Senior Development Manager

    Aug 2020 - Jan 2021

  • Community Development Manager

    Aug 2017 - Aug 2020
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  University of California, Berkeley

  Jan 2022 - Jan 2022

  Graduate Student Instructor

  Taught 50 undergraduate students as a Graduate Student Instructor to closely examine the role and power of media for civic engagement and state-public interactions

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  Common Cause

  Jan 2022 - Aug 2022

  Policy Consultant

  Designed a semester-long independent consulting project where I conducted a landscape analysis of existing media and tech policies and interviewed stakeholders to produce a 60-page report with recommendations on how California Common Cause and state legislature could address mis/disinformation in the media

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  California Department of Technology

  Sept 2022 - now

  Engagement and Operations Manager