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UPSKILLING & THE FUTURE OF WORK:
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Serve as a Talent of Tomorrow Fellow at Jobs for the Future (JFF), a cohort featured as part of the ECMC Foundation's CTE Leadership Collaborative.
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Serve as an advisory committee member, supporting BMCC fullfill their NSF grant objective aimed at developing a diverse tech workforce for high-paying mobile programming roles.
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Launched Cognizant Skills Accelerator in partnership with Udacity, in an effort to upskill over 1,300 jobseekers with in-demand software development and Generative AI skills.
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Hosted two faculty forums and co-wrote a 50-page report, sponsored by the NYC EDC, outlining how CUNY is equipped to generate cybersecurity and data science talent for NYC employers.
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Recruited Salesforce, HP, and Coursera to offer free online courses to nearly 500,000 part-time and full-time CUNY students with certificate options and exclusive enrollment data sharing agreements.
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Launched the Google IT Support Professional Certificate at Queensborough Community College.
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Coordinated Youth Workforce panel discussion featuring speakers from Clinton Foundation, AT&T, General Assembly, and LeadersUp.
EMPOWERING ENTREPRENEURS:
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Launched a partnership with the U.S. State Department to administer a three-month,cross-border entrepreneurship initiative for over 30 under resourced women in Mexico.
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Created a cross-campus, cross-sector partnership providing 18 business and engineering students with the opportunity to design a ‘market-ready’ automated drone pollinator in Yuma, Arizona.
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Leveraged donor funds and in-kind support to host an exclusive student pitch competition, Bear Down & Pitch, featuring senior university leadership and over 100 Phoenix investors and economic stakeholders.
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Oversaw short-term Bulgarian education exchange for 30 aspiring entreprenruers as part of $2.4 million grant from the America for Bulgaria Foundation.
BROADENING ACCESS & OPPORTUNITY:
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Managed Secretary Hillary Clinton's Job One initiative, a set of 21 commitments aimed at connecting U.S. Opportunity Youth with mentoring and upskilling opportunities, internships and jobs.
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Recruited CEOs, high-profile academics, government officials, and media personalities to launch the Schwarzman Scholarship.
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Served as the on-site lead at the Tower Bridge and Stanford University Schwarzman Scholarship launch events.
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Recruited Salesforce and the NYC Blockchain Center to participate in the 2019 CUNY Career Innovation Summit.
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Co-hosted an immersive career exploration panel discussion for over 40 junior and senior CUNY college students at Salesforce Tower.
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Placed over 35 virtual interns at 25 participating startups at COMPANY.
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Recruited 120 global panelists to review over 2,000 applications for the Rolex Awards for Enterprise
LEADERSHIP & SERVICE:
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Coached 139 Brooklyn public schools in the "Penny Harvest" program, raising $250,000 (in pennies!) for neighborhood charities as part of AmeriCorps VISTA service.
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Secured over $87,000 through employee engagement programs and a robust social media strategy.
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Worked with students to address the 2011 Japanese tsunami by raising over $30,000 for local Japanese NGOs.
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Served as Sejong Teaching Fellow to over 600 South Korean middle-school students.
