Employment
Spanish Language Discussion Leader | Bush School of Government | College Station, TX | September 2014—May 2015
• Organizing language group discussions and designing lesson plans to help students learn how to speak Spanish • Preparing students with basic and intermediate Spanish vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar • Created online group discussion webpage to share information about the world's Spanish-speaking cultures |
Graduate Writing Consultant | Texas A&M University Writing Center | College Station, TX | August 2014—May 2015
• Advising clients how to improve their presentations and their document's composition, clarity, flow, and argument • Assisting doctoral and masters candidates with their research structure, dissertation (thesis), and speech • Educating international students about the academic culture of the United States |
Editor in Chief | The Public Servant, Bush School's Official Student Journal | College Station, TX | May 2014—May 2015
• Revitalized the organizational structure and laid the foundations for a redevelopment of the publication's mission • Developed a new, free website to allow current & former students to share views on world & local current events • Advertised, wrote, collected, and published articles on the website, including digitalizing past print material |
Student Researcher | Virginia Tech Research Center | Washington, D.C. | August 2014—October 2014
• Created a short and long timetable system chronology of United States Federal Congressional Legislation • Published fiscal budget chronology in Global Issues Initiative (GII) of Institute for Society, Culture and Environment |
Research Assistant | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) | Washington, D.C. | May 2014—August 2014
• Researched legislative operations of the U.S. Federal Budget, including appropriations bills & continuing resolutions • Examined national political occurrences that shaped the U.S. Agricultural Act of 2014 (Farm Bill) • Conducted a historical study of the United States Federal Budget from fiscal years 2008 to 2014 |
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