My Experience

My Experience

  • Education and Work Experience

Occidental College

I am pursuing Diplomacy and World Affairs, and East Asian Studies and minoring in Japanese Studies and Linguistics.

Relevant courses I've taken:

  • Diplomacy and World Affairs: The Changing Rules of the Game
  • Diplomacy and World Affairs: International Organizations
  • A Philosphical History of Utopias and Dystpias
  • Democracy, Liberty, and Eqaulity in the American Experience
  • The US and East Asia
  • Economics 101
  • Global Political Economy
  • China and the World
  • East Asian Security
  • Russian and Eurasian Politics
  • Introduction to Linguistics
  • Researching Transnational Social Movements
  • Qualitative Research in Diplomacy and World Affairs
    • My researched focused on corruption within Timor-Leste, and exploring potential correlations with state capacity
  • United Nations and Conflict Prevention: Actors and Architecture
  • Special Topics at the United Nations
  • Language, Translation, and Meaning
  • I have also taken Japanese for 4+ years

Work Experience

  • Legal Clerk at Balisok & Associates, Inc. - Summer 2018

    Skills I Acquired during my summer internship with the firm:

    • Communication
    • Organization
    • General knowledge of courtroom proceedings
    • A knowledge of the legal process outside the courtroom

    In addition, I learned valuable skills such as client management, file organization, how to draft formal letters, and how to conduct research with regard to a given case.

  • Intern at the Los Angeles office of US Senator Dianne Feinstein - Fall 2021

    • At Senator Feinstein's office, I managed office communication, drafted news breifings for the Senator, created policy breifs and memos for the office's staff assistants and field representatives, and attended events held by constituants, federal agencies, or friends of the Senator when she herself could not attend.

  • Intern at the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations - Fall 2022

    • At the mission I was a full-time intern drafting speeches, facilitating the office’s relation with other country missions and international press, and publishing office communications. I also attended General Assembly meetings, Security Council meetings, and resolution negotiations in order to prepare write-ups and summaries for the office.