Experience

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  University of florida

  May 2022 - Aug 2023

  • Recruited and managed a staff of 50 that welcomed over 10,000 incoming students and family members to the University of Florida• Served as one of two liaisons between the incoming student staff and professional staff after serving as a Preview Staffer the previous summer• Attended and presented at the 2023 Southern Regional Orientation Workshop (SROW) about effective methods of reliably and consistently engaging students• Orchestrated and supported academic advising for all incoming students by coordinating with a team of over thirty faculty advisors Show less

  • Preview Coordinator

    Sept 2022 - Aug 2023

  • Preview Staffer

    May 2022 - Dec 2022
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  Peaceful paths domestic abuse network

  Aug 2022 - Feb 2023

  Child & youth intern

  • Proposed, co-organized, and contacted charitable donors for a virtual fundraiser that raised over $9,000 to support survivors of domestic violence• Developed curriculum for children’s educational groups covering topics such as time management and the importance of gratitude• Supervised clients’ children, organized donation materials, and designed promotional and educational content for the organization’s social media

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  University of florida student legal services

  Aug 2023 - Dec 2023

  Research intern

  • Conducted expert interviews concerning the legal basis and ramifications of United States v. Rahimi, a U.S. Supreme Court case currently under consideration• Authored an analytical paper introducing and examining this case and the potential impacts on the general public and survivors of domestic violence, which became the first article by a University of Florida student to be published in the Columbia Undergraduate Law ReviewThomason, Liz. “United States v. Rahimi: Originalism at the Cost of Women’s Lives?” Edited by Zara Williamson, Ava Mortier, Andrew Hu, Chloe Hoyle, Obse Abebe, Esha Iftikhar, and Ben Erdmann. Columbia Undergraduate Law Review XX, no. II (April 2024): 81–100. Show less

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  Hamilton center for classical and civic education

  Aug 2023 - May 2024

  Undergraduate fellow

  • Contributed to a faculty-led weekly reading group with fourteen other students concerned with foundational Western texts and philosophy• Traveled to England for a capstone trip, which included academic lectures at Cambridge and Oxford concerning seminal texts covered throughout the academic year

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  University of florida honors program

  Jan 2024 - now

  • Serve as part of an eight-student cohort leading large and small discussion groups and workshops with incoming Honors students designed to introduce them to mindfulness and encourage the creation of mindful habits• Teach multiple large-group workshops and lead weekly small-group discussions with three mentees about mental health and personal wellness• Exercise and gain peer-to-peer guidance skills and explore mindfulness practices including various types of meditation, journaling, and yoga and how they can be sustainably be incorporated into students’ lives Show less

  • Luminary (Honors Program Ambassador)

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Mindfulness Peer Leader

    Jan 2024 - now

  • UnCommon Reads Peer Instructor

    Jan 2024 - Dec 2024
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  University of florida

  Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

  • Selected to serve as the sole TA for a high-level course that centers on the U.S. Constitution and its role in the legal world, theories of jurisprudence, and U.S. Supreme Court case law• Created a semester-long comprehensive vocabulary list, contributed to the list of cases that students are assigned to brief, and led multiple lectures and class periods• Formulated and graded exam questions centered on topics including the theories of constitutional interpretation and of presidential powers Show less

  • Constitutional Law Teaching Assistant

    Apr 2024 - Dec 2024

  • United States Prix Goncourt Committee Member

    Jan 2024 - Apr 2024
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  Uf mindfulness

  Aug 2024 - now

  Student development and connection committee member

  • Promote mindfulness and mental health resources offered by UF Mindfulness to faculty, staff, and student communities• Contribute to the creation of a campus initiative focused on publicizing the benefits of mindfulness

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  Peaceful paths domestic abuse network

  Jan 2025 - now

  Legal intern

  • Compile and organize legal research related to injunctions for protection and dependency law in addition to evolving domestic violence statutes on the federal and state level• Conduct and facilitate client intakes and provide survivor-centered support and advocacy• Utilize Clio to catalog and store clients’ information along with the status of their cases