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Education
- San Diego State University 08/2004-05/2007
English
- Southwestern College 06/2000-05/2004
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Research Experience
- Summer Research Opportunity Program, UC Berkeley 06/
- 07/2006
Mentor: Dr. Laura E Perez, Department of Ethnic Studies
Title: "Portate bien escandalosa: The Construction
of Radical Chicana
Identity within Creative Literature from the 1980's and 1990's
- Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, San Diego State University 06/
-08/2005
Mentor: Dr. Adelaida R. Del Castillo, Department of Chicana/o
Studies
Title: "Richard Rodriguez: A Notion of Self-Identity."
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Conferences
- Presenter at University of California, Berkeley Summer Research
07/2006
Opportunity Program Symposium
- Presenter at University of California, San Diego Undergraduate
Research 08/2005 &
08/2006
Symposium
- Attendee at The University of California McNair Scholar's
Day University 02/2005
& 02/2006
of California, Los Angeles
- Attendee at the Southern California Forum For Diversity in
Graduate 04/2005
& 04/2006
Education
University of San Diego/University of Southern California
- Presenter of chapter at Society for Advancement of Chicano's
and Native 10/2006
Americans in Science Conference
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Work Experience
- University of California, San Diego Division of Community
Pediatrics 01/2006
- 05/2006
-Project Manager Assistant
- San Diego Superior Court Pre-Trial Services 07/2004
- 10/2005
-Student Worker
- San Diego County Sheriff's Department 01/2003
- 05/2005
-Legal Support Assistant I
- San Diego County Sheriff's Department 09/2001
- 01/2003
-Field Service Officer
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Volunteer Experience
- San Diego Food Bank 04
/2006 - Present
-Help sort and package food to be distributed to the homeless,
homebound, seniors, and others.
- Crafts For A Cause 05/2006
- Present
-Create crafts for children, hospice patients, and seniors.
- Special Delivery/Brown Baggers 08/2006
- Present
-Put together food packages for people who are homebound due
to
HIV/AIDS.
- St. Vincent De Paul 08/2006
- Present
-Prepare and serve meals to 800 homeless men, women, and children.
- Beckworth Reading Buddies 05/2006
-Tutor elementary school students, in math, English, and other
subjects.
- Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 10/2002
& 10/2006
-Completed four mile walk to help fundraise money for breast
cancer
research.
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Awards/Scholarships
- Ronald E. McNair Scholar 06/2005
- Dean's Honor List 05/2006
- Sylvia Chavez Memorial Scholarship 06/2006
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Memberships
- Ronald E. McNair Scholar Lifetime
Member
- Modern Language Association 2006-2007
- Society for Advancement of Chicano's and Native Americans
in Science 2006-2007
-Historian
- San Diego MANA 2006-2007
- Education Outreach Program, San Diego State University 2004-2005
- Education Outreach Program Service, Southwestern College 2000-2003
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References
- Ilya Kaminsky, JD. - Assistant Professor, Department of English
and Comparative Literature
- Laurie Edson, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of English and
Comparative Studies
- Adelaida R. Del Castillo, PhD. - Associate Professor, Department
of Chicana/o Studies
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