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Nonprofit Communications and Project Management Experience

Advocacy and Development Coordinator

Lead Call Time Program with Executive Director to build out fundraising efforts, run Grants program work involving research, relationship development, and application processes.
Coordinate with Advocacy team to expand coalition-building efforts, amplification of grassroots organizers and progressive leaders, and produce rapid-response communication deliverables.
Produce podcast episodes in collaboration with the Podcast team, involving script writing, equipment set-up, and camera footage.
Promote progressive messaging through a variety of products including weekly self-made videos on social media, persuasive articles, talking points and one-pager documents, and press releases.

Advocacy Associate

Coordinated fundraising and development through grant research, proposals, and contact acquisition.
Developed communication deliverables for rapid response multimedia organization, including press statements and advisories, a state-convention-passed resolution, podcast episodes, social media toolkits, messaging one-pagers, online micro-influencer campaigns, and weekly articles, emails, and social posts.
Self-produced weekly videos, posted to a combined audience of more than 200K Texans.
Compiled research on legislative candidates and policy issues for election and endorsement projects.
Helmed language access expansion of voting rights website, GoVoteTexas.org, and managed the buildout of the ProgressTexas.org website to display a “projects” button, presenting work for funders.

Advocacy Fellow

Compiled and researched data on legislative issues to write articles, and build a list of all lawmakers to contact on our priorities.
Gathered information for annual report.
Produced original content on progressive news in alignment with Progress Texas messaging guidelines.
Tracked targeted legislation and attended committee hearings as needed.
Attended partner events as needed.
Reported rapid response communications and digital grassroots engagement around breaking news.

Marketing and Event Assistant

Executed all elements of two city-wide contests uplifting student artwork from 55+ school districts.
Produced all project language, including press advisories and social posts, and Shortstack, Eventbrite, and Wordpress website pages to organize entries, funds, and promotions.
Constructed Google Sheets rubric, and judged more than 150 pieces. Built Printify store to manage merchandise purchases for winning submissions. Notified winners and key stakeholders of results.
Managed event preparation for the reveal of two VIA San Antonio buses wrapped in winning artwork — inviting more than 30 young artists, developing certificates and large checks for each student.
Managed and edited more than 10 interns' content, including written blogs, social media engagement analytics, and how to use new software by designing trainings and templates on content creation skills.
Built and scheduled ten social media posts weekly on social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Meta Business Suite, Trello).

Social Media and Content Intern

Engaged with 6 school districts’ social media platforms including 79 links visited regularly on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, and their Websites, to promote the stories and successes of San Antonio’s public school system.
Researched and gathered content for blog publication on Wordpress.
Submitted written blurbs to supervisor on Trello relevant to current trends, the non-profit’s brand, and their mission of “amplifying the great things happening in public schools.”

Chapter Leader. Prev: Logistics Officer, Regional Council Member

Cultivated four years of statewide relationships and expertise in lobbying, campaigns, and legislature.
Produced weekly, self-designed presentations, workshops, and graphics, as well as meetings and volunteer events, promoted on Instagram, Twitter, and Groupme.
Utilized recruitment and digital organizing strategies to grow non-profit program’s membership from five to more than 50 members in a year, by instituting community-minded events, hosting phone and text banks, and providing opportunities to register voters.

College Student Commission Vice Chair. Prev: Secretary

Advised City Council in first-of-its kind commission, dedicated to higher education student interests, advocating on behalf of more than 150K people living in Austin.
Allocated $50,000 of grant funds dedicated to food insecurity and connected distribution to high-risk populations. Passed recommendations on affordability that prompted increased access to housing.

Development Ambassador

Established development and fundraising skills, raising $25,000 in one sitting, by speaking with 75 clients or more daily in our call center, which amounted to tens of thousands of dollars raised in my tenure.
Combined my knowledge of the necessary data entry software, institution’s branding elements and impact, and applicable stories to manage donor funds and information.

Front Desk Associate

Facilitated the intake and departure information of our clientele, of around 30 groups daily, which required both conflict resolution skills and the coordination of their payments, amenities, lodging, and transport.
Taught myself and others the learned software program, Lightspeed, to assist in this hospitality and communications-oriented environment.

Digital Media: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Notion, Trello, Slack, LinkedIn, Linktree, Mobilize, Squarespace, Websites360, Calendly, DoodlePoll, When2Meet
Technical: Wordpress, Canva, Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe Indesign, Photoshop, Premiere, Google Suite, Photography with Canon Rebel t6
Language: Intermediate Spanish
In Free Time: Voter Deputy Registrar, Weekly Meals on Wheels Runner, Trivia Host, Owner of Two Cats

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
BS in Communication Studies, Political Communication at the Moody College of Communications