Raaya Alim, MPP

Experience

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  RDCL (reasoning, decision-making, and computational modeling laboratory)

  Aug 2020 - May 2022

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  Undergraduate research assistant in Dr. Andrew Cohen's cognitive psychology lab studying decision making and reasoning. Currently pursuing an independent study on the role of context effects on decision making. Other roles include: running subjects for experiments and collecting data, attending weekly meetings, and paper presentations.

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  University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Aug 2020 - May 2022

  Member of Audit team at the Center for Health Promotion at the Mullins Center at UMass Amherst. Collected COVID-19 tests and quality checked them to see if they could be sent out for PCR testing and assays. Student representative on the SBS Hiring Committee for the SBS Pathways Center Assistant Director Conduct advising appointments with Exploratory Track students in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences to help with course and major selection, general school questions, and resume reviews.

  • Auditor for the Center for Health Promotion

    Sept 2020 - May 2022

  • Hiring Committee Student Representative

    Jul 2021 - Sept 2021

  • SBS NSO Exploratory Track Advisor

    Jun 2021 - Jul 2021

  • SBS Pathways Center - Peer Advising Intern

    Aug 2020 - May 2021
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  Saheli, Support and Friendship For South Asian Women and Families

  Sept 2020 - Jan 2021

  Legal Research Assistant

  Conduct legal, economic development, and other types of research for Saheli

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  Commonwealth of Massachusetts

  Aug 2021 - Jan 2022

  Task Force Member

  Member of the Task Force on Sexual Misconduct Surveys pursuant to Chapter 337 of the Acts of 2020. Representing public universities and colleges in the state of Massachusetts.

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  The Every Voice Coalition

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Policy Research Fellow

  Worked as a Policy Research Fellow to create a living document of research supporting the Core Five Policy Framework created by the Every Voice Coalition

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  University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Sept 2022 - May 2023

  Supports operations, supervises student staff and develops co-curricular cultural programs for students of diverse ethnic, racial, multicultural and other intersectional backgrounds that result in student learning, identity and leadership development, improved sense of belonging and cross-cultural engagement Course Instructor for SBS Pathways to College Success, an introductory first-year and transfer seminar

  • Assistant Program Coordinator

    Dec 2022 - May 2023

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Sept 2022 - Dec 2022
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  Commonwealth of Massachusetts

  Dec 2022 - May 2023

  Policy Intern

  Policy and legislation intern for the Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators

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  Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts

  Nov 2023 - now

  QuEAST Study Advisory Committee Member

  QuEAST seeks to identify the unprecedented consequences of Roe v Wade being overturned and the impact it will have among interstate travelers who seek to access legal abortions.

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  National Women's Health Network

  Feb 2024 - Nov 2024

  Policy Associate

  Support the development and execution of National Women's Health Network's policy priorities.

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  Doctors for America

  Dec 2024 - now

  Program Manager

  Community Health & Prevention and Health Justice & Equity