Work & Internship Experience

Barry’s Santa Monica - Front Desk Hybrid, Santa Monica, CA (March 2025- Current)

  • Works in direct engagement with customers at Front Desk.

  • Prepares drink items at the Fuel Bar.

  • Manages client needs and engages in conflict resolution.

  • Keeps facilities clean and orderly.

Adam Schiff Campaign Intern, Los Angeles, CA (Summer 2024)

  • Edited campaign videos, managed social media, created and organized schedules, attended staff meetings and updated team regularly

  • Learned how to use Adobe Premier Pro to edit campaign videos and ads

  • Shadowed rapid response team exercises during presidential debate between Biden and Trump (June 2024)

  • Senator Richard Blumenthal Intern, Washington, D.C. (Summer 2024)

  • Interned in Senator Blumenthal’s office on the Hill transcribing voicemails, reading mail from constituents and running office operations

  • Spoke with the Senator and staff about upcoming policies in senate and their positions on each one as well as the bureaucracy behind how government policy is enacted

  • Attended senate hearings on bipartisan legislation relating to artificial intelligence, national security, and climate change

    Georgetown American Politics Academy, Georgetown University (Summer 2024) https://summer.georgetown.edu/programs/SHS01/american-politics-academy/

  • Course focused on gaining a deeper understanding of branches of government through lectures and debate

  • Learned role of lobbying, strategy behind congressional campaigns, basic government function, and budget security and

    national security

  • Networked with lobbyists and government professionals

  • Won a Capstone competition on the topic of voting restrictions

Washington DC Shadowing (Summer 2023)

  • Shadowed Sarah Altschuller, Director and Global Head of the Business and Human Rights division at Verizon; learned about

    the intersection of Tech and Human Rights

  • Attended counsel and staff meetings at MacArthur Justice Center to learn about police brutality and the prison system

  • Shadowed Associate Judge of the D.C. Superior Court, Todd E. Edelman, on court cases involving serious crimes such as murder and sexual assault

  • Shadowed Congresswoman Katie Porter (CA-47) in her D.C. office and on the floor of the House of Representatives during discussions and voting on H.R. 3935 – the FAA reauthorization bill, Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act (It passed 351-69)

  • Watched court cases, analyzed human behavior, practiced managing emotions and emotional response; interacted with clients

    Center for Reproductive Rights, New York, NY (Summer 2023)

  • Supported the non-profit organization in prepping for meetings, attending Zooms and in person gatherings, taking notes in speaking with General Counsel, and spending time with CRR President and CEO, Nancy Northup

  • Learned about how CRR uses the law to defend and advance reproductive rights in courts and as human rights in the United States and around the world

  • Categorized legal documents, picked up food for staff; re-organized entire storage closet to be more user-friendly