Rhea Kulur

Experience

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  The University of British Columbia

  Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

  • The tandem program is a language exchange program at UBC.• Teach a student from Italy how to speak English through planned lesson plans.• Learn intermediate Italian through conversation, written activities and video clips.• Facilitate activities to immerse one another in the Canadian/Italian culture. • Received training from individuals organizing the Jumpstart program• Organized activities for the incoming students in the arts program • Guided a group of 25 students• Collaborated with residence advisors to facilitate the transition of incoming UBC students

  • English Teacher

    Sept 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Orientation Leader

    Aug 2018 - Sept 2018
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  AIESEC in UBC

  Sept 2018 - Dec 2019

  • Promote the volunteer programs offered by AIESEC through booths, classroom presentations and social media • Promote company culture to clients and internal executives to ensure high motivation and low turnover.• Recruit, manage and train new members to market and sell volunteering opportunities to prospective customers.• Partner with AIESEC entities worldwide to facilitate knowledge translation of opportunities. • Promoted AIESEC’s product through booths, classroom presentations and social media • Contacted potential exchange participants • Organized presentations about projects offered in the global volunteer program. • Managed a team of 3 volunteers.• Facilitated the exchange of 11 participants

  • Vice President Outgoing Volunteer

    Sept 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Team Leader

    Sept 2018 - Sept 2019
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  UBC Latin Dance Club

  Sept 2018 - Apr 2020

  • Manage an executive team of 9 students and over 250 members.• Train executives and organize meetings for the smooth functioning of the club.• Coordinate weekly dance classes for 6 styles of Latin Dance. • Communicate with individuals in the Vancouver community to organize dance workshops. • Ensure the finances, marketing and event planning takes place in an efficient and timely manner. • Planned Latin dancing events (formal gala, parties, dance workshops) for the club.• Collaborated with organizations in the Vancouver dance community to organize workshops and performances.• Collaborate with student clubs to organize fun activities for the student community in UBC. • Participated as a teaching assistant during classes to facilitate a safe and inclusive environment.

  • President

    May 2019 - Apr 2020

  • Event Coordinator

    Sept 2018 - Apr 2019
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  West Coast LEAF (Legal Education and Action Fund)

  Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  Event Coordinator Intern

  • Contact and recruit volunteers and financial sponsors for the annual event (Equality Breakfast).• Utilize Income Manager 5.4 to log financial donations on to the company’s central database.• Partner with team members to streamline donations and memberships to the company.• Participate in weekly meetings disseminating relevant current research.

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  Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

  Jul 2019 - Aug 2019

  Clinical Psychology Intern

  • Accompany psychiatrists during rounds in wards at the hospital and community camps.• Observe and discuss case histories, assessments, and intervention strategies with clinical psychologists.• Observed psychiatrists consult with clients diagnosed with various mental health disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety etc. • Create detailed case histories for approximately 25 patients in the psychiatry office of the hospital.

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  CREST.BD

  Sept 2019 - Aug 2020

  Student Volunteer

  • Research and disseminate relevant information on mental health on social media platforms like Facebook.• Direct weekly meetings to brainstorm creative ways to talk about mental health and reduce the stigma.• Recruit 50+ world-wide organizations to obtain participants for the Bipolar Bridges study.• Assist the team with updating the 'Bipolar Bridges' website.

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  The University of British Columbia

  Sept 2019 - Aug 2020

  Research Assistant

  • Facilitate the Goal Regulation in Individuals and Partners study by taking participants through the process.• Participate in team discussions on relevant and current research around the topic of health psychology.• Contact local organizations and community centres every week to recruit participants.• Input data collected from the study into SPSS.

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  South Granville Seniors Centre

  Feb 2020 - Sept 2020

  Community Volunteer

  • Organize and teach weekly Zumba classes to the senior community.• Create a safe and inclusive environment for elderly individuals in the Vancouver community.• Complete the COVID-19 peer support volunteer training, and provide telephone support services to help elderly individuals.• Assist the team with the transition to online activities during COVID-19.

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  Mentoring the Stars

  Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

  Educator

  • Teach an 8 year old student with Autism math and english on a weekly basis.• Create personalized lesson plans and weekly homework. • Organize weekly check in meetings with the family to facilitate the student's learning. • Research different ways to teach math concepts to students in elementary school.

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  American Wellness Center

  Dec 2020 - Jan 2021

  Clinical Psychology Intern

  • Learn counseling skills via classes and role play with clinicians (individual, couple and group therapy).• Learn about diagnostic criteria of affective disorders and how they present in clients. • Gain insight into the workings of a private clinic (intake, assessment, treatment, insurance and billing).• Learn about speech therapy, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Existential therapy and exposure therapy.

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  Rokesly Junior School

  Aug 2021 - Feb 2022

  Special Education Teaching Assistant
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  One Housing

  Apr 2022 - Jul 2023

  Mental Health Support Officer
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  Riverside

  Jul 2023 - now

  • Specialist Team Manager

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Specialist Deputy Manager

    Dec 2023 - Mar 2024

  • Deputy Manager

    Jul 2023 - Dec 2023