Experience

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  Asuc student legal clinic

  Sept 2021 - May 2023

  Caseworker

  • Conducting legal research on the civil rights of community members to address legal concerns and provide referrals• Communicating complex legal jargon and case law to inform clients of their options by increasing the accessibility of the law

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  Human rights center, uc berkeley school of law

  Sept 2021 - May 2024

  Project: Using OSINT to Prosecute Environmental Harms • Led a team in producing a literature review on the use of digital investigation tools to document environmental harms and criminal proceedings• Carried out a series of semi-structured interviews with open-source experts and lawyers in this sector• Spearheaded a joint deliverable (‘Best Practices’ Guide) with the UCLA Law Promise Institute for Human Rights• Co-authored a blog post reflecting on the experience Show less Project: The Murders of Indigenous Environmental Activists in Brazil• Worked as a Summer Research Fellow for the Human Rights Center• Investigated the murders of indigenous environmental activists in Brazil to memorialize their lives and advocate for government accountability• Compiled background research into the politics and environmental context of Brazil• Edited the research compiled across multiple campuses to help format it for a StoryMap output on ArcGIS• Geolocated the coordinates of the murders and verified source reliability• Utilized Google Earth Pro to find visual evidence of deforestation across several decades to illustrate the large-scale, industry-produced environmental damage affecting indigenous communities• Co-authored a project reflection that was published by the Human Rights Center • Collaborated with the UC Network for Human Rights and our partner organization, Cultural Survival• Selected to present the project to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk Show less Project: Human Rights Abuses against Migrants in Mexico• Utilized open-source investigative techniques to geolocate and document evidence of state-sanctioned abuse and sexual violence against Venezuelan migrants, contributing to a database of 14,380 instances • Identified, tracked, and verified instances of abuse on social media and news sites• Compiled evidence for a legal case and report against Title 42 with partner organizations Human Rights First and el Instituto para las Mujeres en la Migración (IMUMI) Show less Project: Bias in Asylum Adjudication and Immigration Law• Partnered with advocacy nonprofit Human Rights First to lobby the Biden administration’s DHS for asylum reforms, resulting in a white paper on Credible Fear Reviews• Conducted research on asylum law and developed an analytical focus for a multidisciplinary team• Found qualitative evidence of bias in the asylum system and researched quantification methods for an academic paper• Contributed to a white paper on bias and partisanship in the immigration system• Our paper won the top award at a research conference consisting of academics, policymakers, and other cross-functional stakeholders • Produced an educational fact sheet, published by the Human Rights Center, synthesizing our paper’s results Show less

  • Lead Student Researcher

    Jan 2024 - May 2024

  • Lead Student Researcher

    Aug 2023 - May 2024

  • Student Researcher

    Jan 2023 - Jul 2023

  • Student Researcher

    Sept 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Student Researcher

    Sept 2021 - Aug 2022
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  Stanford afghan scholars pro-bono project

  Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  Volunteer

  • Prepared Humanitarian Parole applications for individuals fleeing persecution in Afghanistan

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  Public rights project

  Jan 2022 - Apr 2022

  Undergraduate intern

  • Conducted legal research contributing to Amicus Briefs for state and federal human rights litigation • Consolidated relationships with prospective signatories through legal and political stakeholder engagement plans

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  Un women usa los angeles

  Mar 2022 - Mar 2022

  Formal delegate to the un 66th commission on the status of women

  • Represented UNA-USA in dialogues between NGOs, diplomats, and global leaders on gender-focused peacebuilding and nuclear disarmament• Synthesized conference notes and policy proposals in a final report

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  Brave bay area

  Feb 2023 - now

  Crisis hotline volunteer

  • Counseling survivors through an on-call 24 hour sexual assault/rape crisis hotline by validating, supporting, and listening• Providing survivors with legal and medical advocacy• Crisis intervention through safety planning and dynamic resourcing• Connecting victims with community resources and referrals• Finding emergency housing for domestic violence and unhoused survivors• Contributed 85 hours of service to the hotline• Obtained the California State Sexual Assault Counselor Certification Show less

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  Uc berkeley school of public health

  Jan 2024 - Aug 2024

  Teaching assistant

  TA for Public Health 108: Women's Health, Gender, and Empowerment

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  Corporación dunna -alternativas creativas para la paz-

  Sept 2024 - now

  Intern