philosopher
Service
Diversity and inclusion projects are especially important to me because I have first-hand experience of the challenges that come with being an underrepresented student in philosophy—female, Native American, first-generation, low-income, etc. I am grateful to the mentors I have had in college and now in graduate school, and to the organizers of philosophy diversity institutes. I take extra initiative to invest in my own training as an educator and mentor. Scroll to the bottom to see examples of initiatives I've organized.
01 service to the department/profession
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MAP chapter organizer 2020-present
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Founder, organizer, and mentor, dept. mentorship program (about 80% of our mentees identified as underrepresented) 2020-present
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Referee, Rocky Mountains Philosophy Grad Conference 2020
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Tea time coordinator, 2019-2020
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Planning Committee, “Multicultural Youth Leadership Conference” 2019
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Conference session chair x2, Rocky Mountains Philosophy Congress 2019
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Conference volunteer, Pacific APA 2016
02 service to the community/society
Americorps VISTA, 2018-2019
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One year of full-time national service (conceived as the domestic Peace Corps), commit to live at the poverty level to better serve struggling communities from within, design and implement capacity-building projects
Refugee ELL Tutor, Paper Airplanes, 2016-Present
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Teach English remotely and serve as intercultural support to refugee students displaced by the Syrian civil war
Academic Integrity Committee, Pepperdine University, 2013-2015
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Adjudicate violations of academic integrity code
Volunteer, Standing on Stone, 2011-2013
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Serve food weekly to homeless community in greater LA area; volunteer at annual Santa Monica Homeless Thanksgiving Dinner
Environmental Stewardship Volunteer, Plumas Corporation, CA, 2011
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Conduct watershed restoration fieldwork: reinforce stream banks against erosion, remove invasive plant species from meadowland, and harvest native plant species for fire resiliency seed bank
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission, CA, 2009-2010
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Student representative on California state commission that investigates experience of incarcerated minors and makes policy recommendations to state governance
03 non-profit work
During a year of full-time service with AmeriCorps VISTA, I was stationed at a refugee resettlement field office serving new arrivals from Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nepal. I conducted intakes, coordinated ELL classes, developed education and employment resources and workshops, and designed a system to aggregate data for program effectiveness. I've also volunteered for five years as a remote ELL tutor to Syrian refugees with Paper Airplanes, an e-learning nonprofit that mitigates the education gap for students displaced by the Syrian civil war. Before that, I interned at Yad Vashem World Holocaust Center in Jerusalem and then I worked at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles where I coordinated professional development programs on equity and inclusion. I had the immense honor of working with Holocaust survivors and leaders of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement to bring their lived experiences to bear on educational pedagogy and practices.